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
All parishioners are invited to the Healing Service at St Mary’s RC Church, Oswaldtwisle, on the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and World Day of Prayer for the Sick, on Wednesday 11th February.
12 noon – 1pm
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
and Confession
1pm
Mass of Our Lady of Lourdes
7pm
Prayer and Healing Service
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.
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.
On the weekend of 14th & 15th February, The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) will be holding its annual appeal in both churches.
SPUC wants a world where abortion is unthinkable, and is raising awareness of the widespread problem of abortion coercion.
Please be as generous as you can to help SPUC defend unborn babies and their mothers by highlighting this urgent crisis.
There will be a meeting of the Knights on Tuesday, 17th February at 7:30pm in the Marian Room at St Anne’s.
All men of the parish are warmly invited to attend.
The next meeting will be on Monday, 9th March, at 6pm in St Anne’s Church.
Bookings are now open for our annual diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes which this year takes place 30th July to 5th August.
Further details and booking forms are available at www.salfordlourdes.co.uk or by calling 0161 817 2209.
Mount Carmel was inspected by Ofsted on 25th and 26th November, 2025. The report confirms that the school has many strengths and much to be proud of.
Well done to all the staff and students at Mount Carmel.
The full report is available here.
It is time once again to collect church lottery money. Please place lottery money, with your name on the envelope, in the baskets in church or post through St Anne’s presbytery door.
Many thanks to all those who support our weekly lottery.
Saturdays: 11am-11:45am & 4:45pm-5:15pm
Saturdays: 10.30am-11.30am
Saturdays: 11am-11.45am
| 10am | Mass at St Joseph's |
| 10:30am | Confessions at St Joseph's |
| 11am | Exposition & Confessions at St Anne's |
| 12 noon | Healing Mass at St Anne's |
| 4:45am | Confessions at St Anne's |
| 5:30pm | Vigil Mass at St Anne's |
| 9am | Mass at St Joseph's |
| 11am | Mass at St Anne's |
| 9am | Mass at St Anne's |
| 9:30am | Mass at St Joseph's |
| 9am | Mass at St Anne's |
| 7pm | Mass at St Joseph's |
| 9:30am | Mass at St Joseph's |
| No Mass at St Anne's |
| 6:30pm | Mass at St Anne's |
| No Mass at St Joseph's |
| 9am | Mass at St Anne's |
| 9:30am | Mass at St Joseph's |
| 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 |
| 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
