St Anne's & St Joseph's RC Parish

——  Accrington • Diocese of Salford  ——

St Anne's & St Joseph's
RC Parish

—  Accrington • Diocese of Salford  —

Notices

Here you will find the latest parish news and announcements.

Priest Celebrating Holy Mass

Friday’s Mass at St Anne’s

On Friday, 30th January, Mass at St Anne’s will be at the later time of 9:30am as we welcome the staff and students from our primary school, St Anne’s & St Joseph’s.

All parishioners are also welcome to attend.

Please see the schedule for all Masses this week.

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

Polish Mass

Fr Robert Pytel, the chaplain to our Polish community, will be celebrating Mass on Sunday, 1st February at 1pm in St Anne’s Church.

Confessions will be heard before Mass.

Sacramental Programme

Sacramental Programme

Preparation for First Holy Communion begins on Monday, 2nd February, with a meeting for parents and children at 6pm in St Anne’s Church.

Information will be given out at the meeting.

Friendship Group Logo

Friendship Club

The Friendship Club will be meeting in St Joseph’s Hall at 2pm on Wednesday, 4th February.

It will be great to meet up again for our first time in 2026.

The theme will be Howdy Cowboy! Members can dress for the theme if they wish.

Lourdes Apparition

Lourdes Pilgrimage 2026

Bookings are now open for our annual diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes which this year takes place 30th July to 5th August.

Further details together with booking forms are available at www.salfordlourdes.co.uk.

Parish Lottery

Lottery Money

It is time once again to collect church lottery money. Please place lottery money, with your name on the envelope, in the baskets in church or post through St Anne’s presbytery door.

Many thanks to all those who support our weekly lottery.

Schedule

Saturday 24th January

St Francis de Sales

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

Sunday 25th January

3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

9am Mass at St Joseph's
11am Mass at St Anne's

Monday 26th January

SS Timothy & Titus

9am Mass at St Anne's
9:30am Mass at St Joseph's

Tuesday 27th January

St Angela Merici

9am Mass at St Anne's
9:30am Mass at St Joseph's

Wednesday 28th January

St Thomas Aquinas

9:30am Mass at St Joseph's
No Mass at St Anne's

Thursday 29th January

9am Mass at St Anne's
No Mass at St Joseph's

Friday 30th January

9:30am Mass at St Anne's (with school)
9:30am Mass at St Joseph's

Saturday 31st January

St John Bosco

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

Sunday 1st February

4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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