There will be no weekday Masses at either church from Monday 19^th to Friday 23^rd October.

Please see the full timetable for all Masses this week.

The Knights of St Columba are about to begin their Centenary Year, and we will mark the occasion at all the Sunday Masses on the weekend of 24^th/25^th October. It will be a fitting way to close Fr Francis’s ministry here in Accrington.

If you have ever thought about joining the Knights, please give it prayerful consideration and help them to continue their good work.

If any parent/carer of a year 5/6 child would like a personal tour of the school, please contact Susan Fielding on 01254 233458.

As we are currently full or oversubscribed in all year groups, we strongly advise parents who want a place for their children to put us down as first choice or it is unlikely that you will be awarded a place.

Deadline for applications is Saturday, 31^st October. All applications are to be made online.

If your child is a baptised Catholic, please let school have a copy of their baptism certificate to ensure that they are placed in the correct admission category.

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

Confessions will be heard before Mass.

This year’s Christmas Fair is on Sunday 29^th November after the Mass at St Joseph’s, which will be at 10am.

Donations welcome: bottles, toiletries, fancy goods, chocolates and baked goods (brought on the day). No bric-a-brac please. Items can be left at the back of either church or at St Anne’s Presbytery on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings.

On the day of the Christmas Fayre, Sunday 29^th November, there will only be one Mass celebrated that day at 10am in St Joseph’s Church. There will not be a Mass at St Anne’s.

The Vigil Mass on Saturday at 5:30pm at St Anne’s will take place as usual.