Only One Mass This Sunday
On the day of the Summer Fayre, Sunday 21st July, there will only be one Mass at 10am in St Anne’s Church. There will not be a Mass at St Joseph’s. The Vigil Mass on Saturday at 5:30pm at St Anne’s will take place as usual.
Lighting at St Joseph’s
Work on the lighting at St Joseph’s will begin on Monday 22nd April and will take a week to complete. There will be NO WEEKDAY MASSES at St Joseph’s during this time. I am very grateful to a parishioner for undertaking this work and for the very generous discounted quotation. Let there be light!
Divine Mercy Devotions – Blackburn
2pm on Sunday, 7th April at St Joseph’s RC Church, Audley Range, Blackburn. Starts at 2:00pm with Eucharistic Adoration, Confessions and Divine Mercy Chaplet. Prayer Blessing and Procession of the Divine Mercy Image at 3pm. Concludes with Holy Mass at 3:15pm.
Lent: Station Masses
Thursday 29th FebruarySt Mary’s Oswaldtwistle. Thursday 7th MarchSt James the Less, Rawtenstall. Thursday 14th MarchSacred Heart, Colne. All Masses begin at 7pm.Confessions from 6pm.
Lent: Evening Prayer and Benediction
Fr Francis will be leading Evening Prayer and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament each Sunday in Lent. Next date: Sunday, 24th March. From 4:30pm in St Anne’s Church. Do come and spend some time with the Lord during the season of Lent.
Easter Memorial Candles
If you would like a memorial candle to burn for an intention throughout the Easter Octave, please write down names and intentions and put this into an envelope marked ‘MEMORIAL CANDLE’ together with an offering of £5 per candle. Please post the envelope through the presbytery door or place in the offertory collection basket at […]
The Feast of the Ascension
Thursday 9th May is the solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord. It is a holyday of obligation. Mass times are as follows:7pm Wednesday Vigil at St Joseph’s9:30am Thursday at St Anne’s9:30am Thursday at St Joseph’s6:30pm Thursday at St Anne’s Children and staff from our primary school will be at the Thursday morning Mass at […]
In the Pink
This Sunday, 10th March, we celebrate Laetare Sunday—the 4th Sunday of Lent. The liturgical colour for that day is rose. Perhaps you would like to come to Mass wearing something rose/pink to help celebrate this midpoint in the season of Lent.
Mothering Sunday
This Sunday, 10th March, prayer cards will be distributed to all mothers and those with a mothering role in out lives.
Dementia Awareness
5:30-7:30pm, Monday 13th May, St Joseph’s Hall. More than 920,000 people in the UK are living with dementia—a number expected to rise to more than a million by 2024. Most people with dementia are aged 65 and above, accounting for over 880,000 people. Now is the time to become more welcoming towards dementia and so […]
