St Anne's & St Joseph's RC Parish

——  Accrington • Diocese of Salford  ——

St Anne's & St Joseph's
RC Parish

—  Accrington • Diocese of Salford  —

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22nd February 2026

1st Sunday of Lent

Confessions +
Other Liturgy

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

St Mary's Oswaldtwistle

LENTEN RETREAT

Monday 23rd to Wednesday 25th February

All are invited to attend the upcoming Parish Lenten Retreat at St Mary’s Church, Oswaldtwistle, led by Angela McMorrow.

Daily Timetable:

5pm – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
6pm – Holy Mass
7pm – Lenten Talk

St Mary’s RC Church, Catlow Hall St, Oswaldtwistle, BB5 3EZ

Stations of the Cross 2026

in Accrington

7pm on Fridays in Lent

Stations of the Cross will be offered together between the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches in Accrington during Lent.

27th February
6th March
13st March
20th March
27th March
3rd April

St Andrew’s
St Anne’s
St Joseph’s
St Andrew’s
St Anne’s
St Joseph’s

St Anne’s RC Church, Cobham Road, BB5 2AD
St Joseph’s RC Church, Belgarth Road, BB5 6AH
St Andrew’s C of E, Swiss St, BB5 1SJ

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

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Masses at St Anne’s

Due to Fr Francis being on leave, there will be no weekday Masses from Thursday, 19th February to Wednesday, 25th February at St Anne’s.

On Saturday, 21st January, as well as no midday Mass, there will also be no Adoration or morning confessions. Sunday and vigil Masses are as normal.

Mass on Thursday, 26th February will be at 9am and not the usual time of 6:30pm.

On Friday, 27th February, Mass will be at the later time of 9:30am as we welcome the staff and students from our primary school, St Anne’s & St Joseph’s.

Please see the schedule for all Masses this week.

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Lent 2026

The Penitential Season of Lent will soon be upon us. Through prayer, fasting and almsgiving we seek to bring ourselves closer to the Lord. Ash Wednesday is this coming Wednesday 18th February.

To help us in this Holy Season there are some ‘Walk With Me’ Booklets at the Piety Stall priced £1.50. They contain readings and reflections for each day of Lent.

The Stations of the Cross, as in previous years, will be prayed on the Fridays of Lent together with our Anglican friends. Like last year, we will alternate between our churches. This will begin on Friday 27th February in St Andrew’s Church.

Poster Advertising an Appeal for Missionary Society of St Paul

Mission Appeal

Fr Kris Aneke MSP, of the Missionary Society of St Paul (MSP), will make the mission appeals this weekend 21st/22nd February.

The MSP is a religious congregation working in different parts of the world, committed to spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ and the salvific work of God the Father in the Holy Spirit.

The MSP warmly invites you to support their mission appeal. There will be a SECOND COLLECTION at all Masses.

Fr Kris will also be celebrating the weekend Masses. I know you will make him welcome. Please be as generous as you can.

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St Anne’s Ladies

Our next meeting will be on Monday, 23rd February. We will be going to the Tiger Lounge.

Meet on the church car park at 12:30pm for lunch at 1pm.

Sacramental Programme

Sacramental Programme

The next meeting will be on Friday, 27th February, at 6pm in St Anne’s Church.

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Polish Mass

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

Confessions will be heard before Mass.

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Confessions

St Anne's

Saturdays: 11am-11:45am & 4:45pm-5:15pm
No morning confessions on Saturday 21st February

St Joseph's

Saturdays: 10.30am-11.30am

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

St Anne's

Saturdays: 11am-11.45am
No Exposition on Saturday 21st February

Schedule

Saturday 21st February

St Peter Damien

10am Mass at St Joseph's
10:30am Confessions at St Joseph's
4:45am Confessions at St Anne's
5:30pm Vigil Mass at St Anne's
No Exposition, morning confessions or midday
Mass at St Anne's.

Sunday 22nd February

1st Sunday of Lent

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

Monday 23rd February

St Polycarp

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

Tuesday 24th February

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

Wednesday 25th February

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

Thursday 26th February

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

Friday 27th February

St Gregory of Narek

9:30am Mass at St Anne's (with school)
9:30am Mass at St Joseph's

Saturday 28th February

St Peter Damien

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 1st March

2nd Sunday of Lent

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