Due to Fr Francis being on leave, there will be no weekday Masses from Tuesday, 7th April to Friday, 10th April at St Anne’s.
Weekday Mass will resume on Tuesday, 14th April.
Please see the schedule for all Masses this week.
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
Holy Week & Easter Day
Palm Sunday
29th March
| 9am | - | Mass at St Joseph's |
| 11am | - | Mass at St Anne's |
Holy Thursday
2nd April
| 7:30pm | - |
Mass of the Lord's Supper at St Joseph's followed by watching until 10pm |
Good Friday
3rd April
| 3pm | - |
Liturgy of the Lord's Passion at St Anne's |
| 7pm | - | Stations of the Cross at St Joseph's |
Holy Saturday
4th April
| 8:30pm | - | Easter Vigil & First Mass of Easter at St Anne's |
Easter Sunday
5th April
| 9am | - | Mass at St Joseph's |
| 11am | - | Mass at St Anne's |
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
Masses at St Anne’s
Polish Mass
Fr Robert Pytel, the chaplain to our Polish community, will be celebrating Mass on Easter Sunday, 5th April at 1pm in St Anne’s Church.
Confessions will be heard before Mass.
Requiem Mass
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Teresa Chaplow who has died recently.
Requiem Mass will take place at St Joseph’s Church on Monday, 13th April at 10am.
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord.
St Anne’s Ladies
Our next meeting will be on Monday, 20th April at 1pm.
Further deatils to be confirmed.
Sacramental Programme
The next meeting will be on Monday, 20th April, at 6pm in St Anne’s Church.
Knights of Saint Columba
There will be a meeting of the Knights on Tuesday, 21st April at 7:30pm in the Marian Room at St Anne’s.
All men of the parish are warmly invited to attend.
