St Anne's & St Joseph's RC Parish

——  Accrington • Diocese of Salford  ——

St Anne's & St Joseph's
RC Parish

—  Accrington • Diocese of Salford  —

Curry Night

The Salford Diocesan Nursing & Medical Group will be holding their annual curry night at 6:30pm on Thursday, 30th April at The Agra, Hapton, to raise money for the Lourdes Nursing and Medical Team. Tickets cost £20 per person and include mixed starters and a main. If you would like a ticket please speak to […]

Healing Mass

The next Mass for healing with anointing of the sick will be at 12 noon on Saturday, 2nd May at St Anne’s. Exposition and confessions from 11am. Let us hold in prayer all who are sick. All welcome.

Polish Mass

Elevation of the Eucharistic Bread against a background of the outline of Poland in the colours of the national flag

Fr Robert Pytel, the chaplain to our Polish community, will be celebrating Mass on Sunday, 3rd May at 1pm in St Anne’s Church. Confessions will be heard before Mass.

Friendship Club

The next meeting will be on Wednesday, 6th May, 2pm – 4pm in St Joseph’s Hall. It will be a Mardi Gras theme celebrating carnival. It will be great fun!

St Anne’s Ladies

Three women sitting at a table chatting and drinking tea

Our next meeting will be on Monday, 11th May. We will be going to The Park on Manchester Road. Meet on the church car park at 12:30pm for lunch at 1pm.

Knights of Saint Columba

There will be a meeting of the Knights on Tuesday, 19th May at 7:30pm in the Marian Room at St Anne’s. All men of the parish are warmly invited to attend.

Corpus Christi

To celebrate the Solemnity of Corpus Christi the deanery are holding an outdoor procession of the Blessed Sacrament. The procession will take place on Sunday 7th June at 3pm at St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Gawthorpe Road, Burnley, Lancashire BB12 0JP. This is a wonderful way to witness to our faith and to Our Lord truly present in the Blessed Sacrament. […]

Diamond Jubilee

To celebrate Father Livesey’s up and coming Diamond Jubilee there will be Mass on Monday, 8th June, at 7pm in St Joseph’s Church followed by refreshments in the hall. In the next couple of weeks, sign up sheets will be placed at the back of both churches for catering purposes.

Lourdes Pilgrimage 2026

Bookings are now open for 92nd diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes which this year takes place 30th July to 5th August. For booking information visit www.salfordlourdes.co.uk or contact Joe Walsh Tours on 0808 189 0468.

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