On June 13th 1981 13 parishioners were commissioned as eucharistic ministers for Crook at Ushaw College near Durham.

Today we are 51 ministers of the Eucharist working in our Parish, visiting the housebound with holy communion and assisting with distribution of the eucharist at weekday and Sunday masses. We are a happy mix of retired and working men & women but unfortunately very few youngsters among us.

Each week we visit on average 25 of our elderly or housebound parishioners. In order to do this at least 36 of our ministers are grouped into teams of four and each group is responsible for 2 or 3 parishioners who receive holy Communion after every Sunday morning mass.

Some parishioners are visited during the week after a morning mass and we also visit the local hospital and nursing/residential homes each week.

Each year we renew our commitment on the feast of Corpus Christi and during the year we undertake a day of prayer together.