St Anne's & St Joseph's RC Parish

——  Accrington • Diocese of Salford  ——

St Anne's & St Joseph's
RC Parish

—  Accrington • Diocese of Salford  —

A Few Words About Us

It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the website for St Anne’s and St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Parish. As you look around the site you will find a snapshot of parish life—what we do and who we are. Here you will find our weekly newsletters, Mass times, news, events and much more.

St Anne’s and St Joseph’s is an active and welcoming parish in Accrington, Lancashire. We are served by our Parish Priest, Father Francis Wadsworth, and retired priest Father Robert Livesey.

The present church of St Anne was begun in the 1920s, the foundation stone was laid 11 October 1924 by Bishop John Vaughan and it was opened by him 24 May 1925 at a cost of £10,000.

The parish of St Joseph was established in 1949 after the Second World War. Construction of the church began in June 1950 and was opened for worship in 1954. The parish of St Joseph was merged with St Anne’s in 2017.

Mass is celebrated daily at one or both of our beautiful churches details of which can be found in the weekly newsletter or the Mass Schedule panel above.

If you find yourself lingering on our website, don’t just bookmark it. Come along and join us in person to pray, serve and strengthen the bonds of real community! We look forward to seeing you soon.

Fr Francis Wadsworth
Our Parish Priest

Mount Carmel High School Notices

Notices
Mount Carmel High School

September 2026 Applications

If any parent or carer of a Year 5 or 6 child would like a personal tour of the school, please contact Susan Fielding on 01254 233458.

As we are currently full or oversubscribed in all year groups, we strongly advise parents who want a place for their children to put us down as first choice or it is unlikely that you will be awarded a place.

Deadline for applications for a place at secondary schools is 31st October and all applications are to be made online.

Christmas Fayre

Friday, 28th November

Get into the festive spirit at our annual Christmas Fayre. Come join us, and bring along family and friends for some Christmas magic.

Community Christmas Party

Monday, 8th December

We once again look forward to welcoming the senior members of our local parishes for a Christmas lunch and an afternoon of festive fun.

The story of a boy at a non-Catholic primary school who hears about the apparitions of Our Lady in 1858 in Lourdes. He maintains an interest that is boosted in high school by the opportunity to go to Lourdes himself. His first trip there continues his journey—a journey of faith that leads him to becoming a Catholic and culminates with his ordination to the sacred priesthood. This is the story of Fr Francis Wadsworth, our parish priest.

Jubilee Hymn in BSL

The Jubilee hymn, Pilgrims of Hope, signed by Fr Francis. The blog post The Jubilee Year of Hope (2025) delves a little into the purpose and theme of this jubilee year.

Donations

The traditional weekly offertory collection is one way in which you can support the parish financially. An easier modern alternative is to use a standing order, which allows you to make regular donations directly from your bank account, and has the advantage that you will not have to worry about having the right amount of cash every week. If you have online banking you can set this up online, or you can download and complete this standing order form and post it to your bank or hand it in at the parish.

You can also make donations using the Dona card machine located near the collection baskets in St Anne’s church. This digital collection plate supports both contactless and Chip & PIN payments and you can opt to Gift Aid your donation. You can also make a contribution online by using our Dona webpage. Please use the button below.

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Hands Praying the Rosary

Rosary before Mass

Due to poor attendance, we will no longer pray the rosary before weekday Masses at St Anne’s.

The Holy Souls by Guillaume Grève. (Crop of the bottom half.)

Month of Holy Souls

November is the time when we traditionally remember our beloved dead.

Envelopes are available at the back of church in which to place the names of those you wish to remember together with your offering.

The names of your loved ones will be placed near the altar and remembered at Masses offered for them in November.

Image: Les âmes du purgatoire, by Guillaume Ernest Grève, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

All Saints and All Souls

All Saints & All Souls

This year the Solemnity of All Saints falls on Sunday 2nd November with Masses at their usual times.

Masses for All Souls will be on Monday 3rd November at the usual times.

Elevation of the Eucharistic Bread against a background of the outline of Poland in the colours of the national flag

Polish Mass

Fr Robert Pytel, the chaplain to our Polish community, will be celebrating Mass on Sunday, 2nd November at 1pm in St Anne’s Church.

Confessions will be heard before Mass.

Blessing of Graves

Blessing of Graves

On Sunday 2nd November Fr O’Brien from St Mary’s, Oswaldtwistle will be blessing graves at Dill Hall Cemetry beginning at 2pm.

On Sunday 9th November Fr Francis will be blessing graves at Accrington Cemetery also beginning at 2pm.

Signed Holy Mass

Mass in Sign Language

Fr Francis will be celebrating Mass in sign language on Sunday, 2nd November at 3pm at St John the Baptist, Bracewell Street, Burnley, BB10 1TB.

All parishioners are very welcome to attend.

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Latest Blog Posts

Latest Posts

Jubilee Year of Hope (2025)

School Inspection

Congratulations

First Holy Communion

Confessions

St Anne's

Saturdays: 11am-11:45am & 4:45pm-5:15pm

St Joseph's

Saturdays: 10.30am-11.30am

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

St Anne's

Saturdays: 11am-11.45am

Schedule

Saturday 25th October

Saturday Memorial of The Blessed Virgin Mary

10am Mass at St Joseph's
10:30am Confessions at St Joseph's
11am Exposition & Confessions at St Anne's
12 noon Mass at St Anne's
4:45am Confessions at St Anne's
5:30pm Vigil Mass at St Anne's
ⓘ Clocks go back tonight.

Sunday 26th October

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

9am Mass at St Joseph's
11am Mass at St Anne's

Monday 27th October

9am Mass at St Anne's
9:30am Mass at St Joseph's

Tuesday 28th October

St Simon & St Jude

9am Mass at St Anne's
9:30am Mass at St Joseph's

Wednesday 29th October

9:30am Mass at St Joseph's
No Mass at St Anne's

Thursday 30th October

6:30pm Mass at St Anne's
No Mass at St Joseph's

Friday 31st October

9am Mass at St Anne's
9:30am Mass at St Joseph's

Saturday 1st November

Saturday Memorial of The Blessed Virgin Mary

10am Mass at St Joseph's
10:30am Confessions at St Joseph's
11am Exposition & Confessions at St Anne's
12 noon Mass at St Anne's
4:45am Confessions at St Anne's
5:30pm Vigil Mass at St Anne's

Sunday 2nd November

All Saints

9am Mass at St Joseph's
11am Mass at St Anne's

Churches

St Anne’s, Cobham Road,
Accrington, BB5 2AD.
Tel: 01254 232 920

St Joseph’s, Belgarth Road,
Accrington, BB5 6AH.

Priests

Rev Fr Francis Wadsworth (parish priest)
Rev Fr Robert Livesey (retired)

Parish Administrator

Mrs Siobhan Wood
Tel: 01254 232 920

Office Hours

Mon: 8:30am to 12:30pm
Tues, Thurs: 8:30am to 1:30pm