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
As parish priest and chaplain to St Anne’s and St Joseph’s Primary, I am delighted to share with you this video clip of our wonderful school. The enthusiasm and joy on the faces of the children is palpable. The only way to experience the school is to pay us a visit. You would be most welcome. Better still, choose to send your child to St Anne’s and St Joseph’s RC Primary.
Saturday 27th July
No 10am Mass at St Joseph’s
Masses as usual at St Anne’s.
Monday 29th to Wednesday 31st July
No Masses at either St Anne’s or St Joseph’s
Thursday 1st August
9:30am Mass at St Anne’s.
No Mass at St Joseph’s.
Friday 2nd August
No Masses at either St Anne’s or St Joseph’s
Saturday 3rd August
No Exposition, Confessions or 12 noon Mass at St Anne’s.
Please see the schedule for all Masses this week.
Fr Francis will be on leave from Friday 26th July to Friday 9th August. Fr Kelly has kindly agreed to celebrate the weekend Masses at both churches and the Thursday Masses at St Anne’s which will be at 9:30am. There will be no Masses at St Anne’s on all other weekdays during this time.
Fr Livesey will be on leave from Friday 26th July to Friday 2nd August. There will be no weekday Masses at St Joseph’s from 26th July to 2nd August.
Our next meeting will be on Monday 29th July. We will be going to Café Bistro for lunch at 1pm.
As usual, meet at 12:30pm in the car park at St Anne’s.
Fr Robert Pytel, the chaplain to our Polish community, will be celebrating Mass at 1pm on Sunday 4th August in St Anne’s Church.
Confessions will be heard before Mass.
We now have some spare lottery numbers. If you would like a number, please email Siobhan, the parish administrator.
Many thanks to all those who support our weekly lottery.
In preparation for our Centenary Pilgrimage to Lourdes Fr Franics has written a series of reflections on the Pilgrimage entitled A Child of the Domaine. There are a few copies available at the back of the church.
If you would like one then help yourself, but please do make a donation. This will go to the Pilgrimage Fund to help cover some of the costs in organising the pilgrimage—particularly for our sick pilgrims.
This website is dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes
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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
