We offer our condolences to the family of Frederick Withoff who has died.
Requiem Mass will take place at St Anne’s Church on Tuesday, 22nd July at 1:45pm.
Eternal rest grant unto him, 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
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
Requiem Mass
Baptism
We welcome to the parish Theodore English who is to be baptised at St Anne’s on Saturday, 26th July.
Please keep Theodore and his family in your prayers.
Holy Hour at St Joseph’s
Time for reflection and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at St Joseph’s from 4pm to 5pm Sunday, 27th July, followed by Benediction.
All Welcome.
Lourdes Pilgrimage Mass
The Mass in preparation for this year’s diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes will take place at 5:30pm on Sunday, 27th July at St Patrick’s Church, Livesey Street, Collyhurst, M4 5HF.
Whether you are planning to join us in Lourdes this summer, or will be praying along at home, you’d be most welcome to join us at this Mass.
Parish Newsletter
There will be a bumper edition of the newsletter for the weekends of 1st/2nd August and 9th/10th August.
Please make sure any content for that period is sent to the parish office by Sunday, 27th July at the latest.
Please email Fr Francis as Siobhan will be on leave from Tuesday, 22nd July.
St Anne’s Ladies
Our next meeting will be on Monday, 28th July. We will be going to The Tiger Lounge.
Meet at 12:30pm in the car park at St Anne’s for lunch at 1pm.
See you there!
