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
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
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.
In the Penitential Season of Lent, by prayer, fasting and almsgiving, we seek to bring ourselves closer to the Lord.
Walk With Me booklets are available at the Piety Stall for £1.50. They have 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. The next one is at 7pm on Friday, 13th March at St Joseph’s.
The next Mass for healing with anointing of the sick will be at 12 noon on Saturday, 7th March at St Anne’s. Exposition and confessions from 11am.
Let us hold in prayer all who are sick.
All welcome.
A skip will be delivered on Monday, 9th March, to begin disposing of rubbish from the hall at St Joseph’s.
Please ensure that anything that needs keeping, is either moved from the area or clearly labelled and stored away. Thank you.
Our next meeting will be on Monday, 9th March. We will be going to Café Bistro.
Meet at 12:30pm in the car park at St Anne’s for lunch at 1pm.
See you there!
The next meeting will be on Monday, 9th March, at 6pm in St Anne’s Church.
The next meeting of the SVP will be on Tuesday, 10th March at 7pm in St Anne’s presbytery.
If you would like to know more about the work of the SVP then please feel free to come along to the meeting.
Saturdays: 11am-11:45am & 4:45pm-5:15pm
No morning confessions on Saturday 21st February
Saturdays: 10.30am-11.30am
Saturdays: 11am-11.45am
No Exposition on Saturday 21st February
| 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 |
| 9:30am | Mass at St Joseph's |
| 9:30am | Mass at St Joseph's |
| No Mass at St Anne's |
| 12.30pm | Requiem Mass at St Joseph's |
| 6:30pm | Mass at St Anne'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
