Fifth Sunday of Lent

 

Sunday 26th March.

Fifth Sunday of Lent. Year A.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room.

Come and join us!

FIRST SACRAMENTS.

Preparation session on 

Monday 27th March at 4.30pm 

in the Pope John Paul Room.

SERVICE OF RECONCILIATION

with individual Confession

at St Mary's Church, Leyland

at 7pm on Wednesday 29th March.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS 

Thursday at 7pm

MASSES THIS WEEK. 

 

Monday  9.30am Mass

Tuesday 9.30am Mass

Wednesday 9.30am Mass

                   7pm at St Mary's Leyland,

                   Deanery Reconciliation Service

Thursday  7pm Stations of the Cross

                   

Friday 9.30am Mass

           7pm  Shared Stations of the Cross 

                    with our family of parishes  

                    at St Mary Magdalene's, Penwortham

                       

Saturday 9.30am Mass

                10am FIRST CONFESSIONS

   

Sunday 2nd April.

Palm Sunday. Year A.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Laetare Sunday

 

Sunday 19th March. 

Fourth Sunday of Lent. Year A.

Mass at 8.30am 

Mass at 10am 

with a Procession of flowers for Our Lady 

on this Mothering Sunday

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room.

Come and join us!

FIRST SACRAMENTS.

Preparation session on 

Monday 20th March at 4.30pm 

in the Pope John Paul Room.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS 

Thursday at 7pm

Please note the revisions to the weekday Mass schedule.

MASSES THIS WEEK. 

 

Monday  --- (No public Mass today)

Tuesday 9.30am Mass

Wednesday 9.30am Mass

Thursday  7pm Stations of the Cross

                   

Friday 9.30am Mass

           7pm  Shared Stations of the Cross 

                    with our family of parishes  

                    at St Mary's, Leyland

                       

Saturday 9.30am Mass

                10am CONFESSIONS

   

Sunday 26th March.

Fifth Sunday of Lent. Year A.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Third Sunday of Lent

Sunday 12th March. 

Third Sunday of Lent. Year A.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room.

Come and join us!

FIRST SACRAMENTS.

Preparation session on 

Monday 13th March at 4.30pm 

in the Pope John Paul Room.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS 

Thursday at 7pm

NEXT SUNDAY IS MOTHER'S DAY

A reminder that we invite children to bring flowers up for Our Blessed Lady in the procession at the start of the 10am Mass.

 

Please note the revisions to the weekday Mass schedule.

MASSES THIS WEEK. 

 

Monday   9.30am Mass

Tuesday 9.30am Mass

Wednesday 9.30am Mass

Thursday  7pm Stations of the Cross

                   

Friday 9.30am Mass

           7pm  Shared Stations of the Cross 

                    with our family of parishes  

                    at St Oswald's, Longton

                       

Saturday 9.30am Mass

                10am CONFESSIONS

   

Sunday 19th March. Mothering Sunday.

Fourth Sunday of Lent. Laetare. Year A.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Final Traditional Latin Mass

 

Last Saturday we celebrated what will be - for the foreseeable future - the final "Old Rite" Mass in the parish church here at St Catherine's. This follows on from the implementation of the latest directives issuing out of Rome - much to most people's bafflement.

Thank you to visitors, parishioners and my fellow priests who came along to make a goodly congregation.

We celebrated a Low Mass and sang Faith of our Fathers at the end, during which, I have to admit, a tear or two welled up in the priestly eye.

I'm making no further remarks here about the whole sad situation, as plenty more erudite words have been written by others... in sadness, in righteous anger sometimes and in bafflement. All of which I can relate to.

Let us continue to pray - in whatever language we prefer - for God's Church and all Her members.

With thanks to Michael Durnan for the photographs.

Second Sunday of Lent

 

This comes out in time to remind everyone that at 12 noon today - Saturday - we will celebrate what will be, for the time being at least, the final Traditional Latin Mass here in our parish church. My thanks for all the messages of support and prayers that have been expressed. 

Sunday 5th March. 

Second Sunday of Lent. Year A.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room.

Come and join us!

FIRST SACRAMENTS.

Preparation session on 

Monday 6th March at 4.30pm 

in the Pope John Paul Room.

PLEASE NOTE THAT 

STATIONS OF THE CROSS 

THIS WEEK WILL BE ON 

FRIDAY AT 7pm

when we will be joined by parishioners from our Family of Parishes

Please note the changes to the weekday Mass schedule this week.

MASSES THIS WEEK. 

 

Monday   9.30am Mass

Tuesday 9.30am Mass

Wednesday 9.30am Mass

Thursday  9.30am Mass

                   

Friday 7pm    Shared Stations of the Cross 

                       with our family of parishes 

                       

Saturday 9.30am Mass

                10am CONFESSIONS

   

Sunday 12th March. 

Third Sunday of Lent. Year A.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

An end to the Traditional Latin Mass in the parish

 

Photo taken at my Silver Jubilee of Ordination

In light of the recent Rescript from Rome the Traditional Latin Mass will be ceasing here at St Catherine's with a final Mass this Saturday at 12 noon.

Following Traditiones Custodes last year the Archbishop had granted a generous dispensation for all the previous Mass times we had to continue: twice during the week and a Sunday Mass.

Although we have some who travel in from outside the parish (as is true for the Ordinary Form Mass here, for those who find its chant, ad orientem and reverence appealing) many of those who attend are parishioners who happily come to both forms. They and I are saddened that it will have to come to an end for now until happier times arrive.

Archbishop Malcolm contacted me personally, for which I thank him, to inform me of what he obviously thinks a necessary step under the orders from Rome. I do not believe it is a step he would have taken had he not felt obliged to do so under the rules now in place. I pray that those rules will change in the future and I have faith in God's Church that they will.

I will continue to celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass where the present rules allow (that is, in any place outside a parish church) and the Archbishop encouraged me to do so.

I am at a loss to understand the logic behind the restrictions the TLM now has to endure. To my mind prayer of any sort, especially in a form which fed the souls of millions - including an army of saints - for hundreds of years. should be joyously encouraged. Honestly, Why wouldn't you? as a modern adage has it.

An old adage comes to mind... Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

There is some comment in the Catholic Herald.

Apropos of nothing, here's a song a like.

for KING & COUNTRY - It's Not Over Yet (Official Audio) - YouTube

First Sunday of Lent

 

Sunday 26th February. 

Second Sunday of Lent. Year A.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room.

Come and join us!

FIRST SACRAMENTS.

First preparation session on 

Monday 27th February at 4.30pm 

in the Pope John Paul Room.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

Thursday at 7pm

MASSES THIS WEEK. 

 

Monday   9.30am Mass

Tuesday No public Mass today

Wednesday 9.30am Mass

Thursday  7pm STATIONS OF THE CROSS

                   

Friday 8.30am Mass 

            7pm    Shared Stations of the Cross 

                       in our family of parishes 

                       this week at St Teresa's, Penwortham

Saturday 11.30 - 11.50am CONFESSIONS

               12 noon Traditional Latin Mass

   

Sunday 5th March. 

Second Sunday of Lent. Year A.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am.