St Anne's & St Joseph's RC Parish

——  Accrington • Diocese of Salford  ——

St Anne's & St Joseph's
RC Parish

—  Accrington • Diocese of Salford  —

Siobhan on Leave

Siobhan will be on annual leave from 15th to 30th August. If anyone has any news articles/notices for the newsletter, please email Fr Francis.

Our Lady of Częstochowa

On Monday, 26th August we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Częstochowa, the Queen of Poland (Królowa Polski). She is the Patroness and Protectress of Poland. May Our Lady, the Queen of Poland, pray for our Polish Parishioners and all of us.

Weekly Lottery

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.

Mass at Mount Carmel

On Monday, 2nd September at 8:45am, Fr Francis will be celebrating Mass at Mount Carmel High School for the staff as they prepare for another academic year. This means there will be no Mass at St Anne’s Church that day.

Lourdes Memoirs

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 […]

Friendship Club Trip

Our trip this year is on Wednesday 4th September. We will be going to the Bedford Hotel at Lytham. The coach will leave St Anne’s church at 11:00am. There will be a glass of bubbly or orange juice on arrival, followed by a 3 course lunch. After the meal, we will enjoy an afternoon of […]

St Joseph’s Hall

We would like to make greater use of the hall at St Joseph’s church for the benefit of the parish. For this to be possible volunteers are needed to manage hall bookings, be keyholders to open and close the hall and help promote the facility in the locality. If you are interested please have a […]

Foundation Governors

There are vacancies available for Foundation Governors at St Anne’s and St Joseph’s primary school and Mount Carmel secondary school. Governors are lay people who have an interest in the role schools play in society and wish to make a positive contribution to their community. Governors must be baptised Catholics who regularly attend Mass and […]

DBS Clinic

The Diocese will be holding a DBS Clinic at St Anne’s on Friday, 12th January, 6pm-7pm. You need a DBS certificate if you are a key holder, handle money, a Eucharistic minister who takes Communion out to people, or a leader of a parish or church group. Forms can be completed on the night. You […]

The Big Listen

We want to hear from you! Do you want to help shape the future of our diocese? Would you like to help us better understand what God is asking of our Church? If so, come along to our ‘Big Listen’ session after the Vigil Mass on Saturday 13th January 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