We pray for the repose of the soul of Lisa Blezard who has died recently.
The funeral service will take place at Accrington Crematorium on Tuesday, 30th December.
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord.
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
Learning BSL
A short video in which Fr Francis talks in sign language about how he got started with British Sign Language (BSL) and why he is learning to sign.
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.
Notices
Latest Announcements
Latest Items
Funeral Service
Mass with Anointing
The next Mass for healing with anointing of the sick will be at 12 noon on Saturday, 3rd January at St Anne’s. Exposition and confessions from 11am.
Let us hold in prayer all who are sick.
All welcome.
Polish Mass
Fr Robert Pytel, the chaplain to our Polish community, will be celebrating Mass on Sunday, 4th January at 1pm in St Anne’s Church.
Confessions will be heard before Mass.
SVP Meeting
The next meeting of the SVP will be on Tuesday, 6th January at 7pm in St Anne’s presbytery.
If you would like to know more about the work of the SVP then please feel free to come along to the meeting.
Wedding
Please pray for Francis Apaloo and Charlotte Norris who are to be married at St Joseph’s on Saturday, 10th January.
Requiem Mass
We pray for the repose of the soul of Ann Duckworth who has died recently.
Requiem Mass will take place at St Anne’s Church on Monday, 12th January at 11:45am.
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord.
