St Anne's & St Joseph's RC Parish

——  Accrington • Diocese of Salford  ——

St Anne's & St Joseph's
RC Parish

—  Accrington • Diocese of Salford  —

School Photo Display

The children from our primary school have been involved in a photography competition on the theme of ‘where do you see God in our school?’ Parishioners are invited to come and see the responses to this on Friday morning, 4th July at the school. All welcome. It is also a wonderful opportunity for parishioners to […]

School Summer Fair

FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY· FOOD ·· STALLS · GAMES ·· ICE CREAM VAN · The PTA Summer Fair at St Anne’s & Joseph’s Primary School will take place from 11am to 2pm on Saturday, 5th July.

British Sign Language Course

7pm to 8:30pm on Monday, 3rd March. The cost is £65. This foundation course, held via Zoom, will give an insight into BSL and deaf culture. Further information at www.signcore.uk or email info@signcore.co.uk.

Wedding Anniversaries Mass

The Vicar General, Fr Peter Hopkinson, will be celebrating a special Mass at St Bernadette’s Church, Whitefield, onTuesday, 3rd June at 7pm. The Mass is for anyone celebrating a significant wedding anniversary, whether your 1st, 10th, 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, or beyond! Married couples living in the Diocese of Salford are warmly invited to […]

St Anne’s Centenary

This year we celebrate 100 years of the opening of St Anne’s Church. It would be lovely if we could mark this event in some way. If you would like to contribute to the planning of a celebration then please come to a meeting in the Marian Room at St Anne’s on Tuesday, 6th May […]

Parish History

As part of our centenary celebrations Fr Francis has commissioned someone to write a history of the parish. If you have any reflections, stories or memories of former priests that could be included, please email them to lrcgregory@outlook.com or give the information to Fr Francis.

Accessibility

Are you active in your parish; SVP; Eucharistic Minister; Reader? Do you go into the community, with the Church? What does accessibility mean to you? Think about how, a blind person, a deaf person, someone with mobility issues, or a learning disability. How can they access the Church, – or neurodiversity? How would someone with […]

William Livesey RIP

We offer our prayers and condolences to Fr Livesey on the death of his brother William. Please remember William and the Livesey family in your prayers. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord.

Ash Wednesday

On Ash Wednesday, which this year is the 5th March, morning Mass at St Anne’s will be at the later time of 9:30am as we welcome the staff and pupils from our primary school. There will also be a Mass at 7:00pm at St Anne’s and the usual Mass at 9:30am at St Joseph’s. It […]

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