CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES

 

CHRISTMAS MASSES

Fourth Sunday of Advent

Mass at 8.30am

(Please note there is NO 10am Mass today)

Christmas Eve 24th December

Carols from 6.35pm

Mass at 7pm

Christmas Day

Mass at 8.30am

There is NO 10am Mass on Christmas Day.

Mulled Wine & Mince Pies 

served after Christmas Eve Mass 

in the Pope John Paul Room. 

Come and join us! 

                                            

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Our main Mass for Christmas is on Christmas Eve and starts with the Blessing of the Crib and follows with a rich fare of  our Faith's wonderful heritage of music, including the Mass setting "Mass of the Prince of Peace" by Lloyd-Webber. Always a special occasion with our parishioners, families and visitors. 

Tuesday. St Stephen. 9.30am Mass

Wednesday. St John the Apostle.  9.30am Mass

                 

 Thursday. The Holy Innocents. 9.30am Mass

Friday. St Thomas Becket. 8.30am Mass

Saturday. 6th Day of the Christmas Octave. 9.30am Mass

                Confessions after Mass.

             

Sunday 31st December.

Feast of the Holy Family.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am

Fourth Sunday of Advent

 

Sunday 17th December.

Gaudete Sunday.

Third Sunday of Advent.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am.

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room. 

Come and join us! 

                                            

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Charity Concert Carols by Candlelight. 7.30pm THIS Saturday.

Always a lovely occasion. Do come along for festive fun and beautiful music to put you in the Christmas spirit. Join us for mulled wine & mince pies afterwards. Open to all. Bring your family and friends.

Monday 9.30am Mass

Tuesday  9.30am Mass

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

                 

Thursday No public Mass today.

                Novena & Benediction will resume after Christmas                                   

Friday 8.30am 

Saturday 9.30am Mass

               Confessions after Mass.

             

Sunday 24th December.

Fourth Sunday of Advent.

Mass at 8.30am ONLY

PLEASE NOTE:

on this Fourth Sunday of Advent (24th December) there will be NO 10am Mass.

CHRISTMAS MASSES

Christmas Eve 24th December

Mass at 7pm

Christmas Day

Mass at 8.30am

There is NO 10am Mass on Christmas Day.

 

CANDLELIGHT CHARITY CAROL CONCERT

Saturday 16th December 

7.30pm

our annual Charity Candlelit Carol Concert 

with the talented Octavius Singers.

Everyone always says, it marks the start of “Christmas proper” for them, 

so if you’ve never been before why not come along this year?

Mulled Wine and Mince Pies will be served afterwards in the Pope John Paul Room.

A collection will be taken up for the Charities of the Order of St Lazarus, 

including those suffering from leprosy in Sri Lanka. 

St Catherine Labouré Catholic Church

Stanifield Lane

Leyland

PR25 4QG

Second Sunday of Advent & our Carol Concert this week

 

Sunday 10th December.

Second Sunday of Advent.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am.

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room. 

Come and join us! 

60th Birthday cake cutting for 

Fr Mark Lawler

following the 10am Mass.

                                            

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Charity Concert Carols by Candlelight. 7.30pm THIS Saturday.

Always a lovely occasion. Do come along for festive fun and beautiful music to put you in the Christmas spirit. Join us for mulled wine & mince pies afterwards. Open to all. Bring your family and friends.

Monday 9.30am Mass

Tuesday  9.30am Mass

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

                 

Thursday No public Mass today.

                Novena & Benediction will resume after Christmas                                   

Friday 8.30am 

Saturday 9.30am Mass

               Confessions after Mass.

7.30pm 

CHARITY CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Mince Pies & Mulled Wine afterwards.

             

Sunday 17th December.

Second Sunday of Advent.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

PLEASE NOTE:

on the Fourth Sunday of Advent (24th December) there will be NO 10am Mass.

CHRISTMAS MASSES

Christmas Eve 24th December

Mass at 7pm

Christmas Day

Mass at 8.30am

There is NO 10am Mass on Christmas Day.

First Sunday of Advent

 

Sunday 3rd December.

First Sunday of Advent.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am.

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room. 

Come and join us! 

All young people from our Family of Parishes at the north end of the deanery are invited to a new youth initiative being launched under the auspices of the chaplain from All Hallows High School. 

Held at St Mary's and at St Teresa's.

Click on the posters below.

Monday 9.30am Mass

Tuesday  9.30am Mass

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

                 

Thursday 7pm NOVENA & BENEDICTION

                                     

Friday 8.30am Mass: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

Saturday 9.30am Mass

               Confessions after Mass

             

Sunday 10th December.

Second Sunday of Advent.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

A REMINDER...

 Our annual Carol Concert given by the

Octavius Singers is on

Saturday 16th December at 7.30pm

 Always a lovely occasion, 

so mark it in your diary now!

 

Christ the King

 

Sunday 26th November.

Christ the King

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room. 

Come and join us! 

Also designated a special day to pray for young people. All young people from our Family of Parishes at the north end of the deanery are invited to a new youth initiative being launched under the auspices of the chaplain at All Hallows High School. Click on the posters below.

Monday 9.30am Mass

Tuesday  9.30am Mass: Patronal Feast of St Catherine

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

                 

Thursday 7pm NOVENA & BENEDICTION

                                     

Friday 8.30am Mass

Saturday 9.30am Mass

               Confessions after Mass

               

Sunday 3rd December.

First Sunday of Advent.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

33rd Sunday of the Year

 

The Parable of the Talents by Willem de Porter

1634 National Gallery, Prague

The scene is set in a stone castle. Within a cascading room of drapery are positioned a group of men seated and standing around a teak table. The master of the house sits on his arm chair while his trunk and baggage are scattered carelessly around him. This suggests that he has arrived afresh from a long journey.

Light is instrumental in dividing the painting into the background and the foreground. Lurking among the grayish blue shadows and leaning against an exquisite metal railing is the wife of the merchant/master. She curiously sprawls in an attempt to catch a glimpse of her spouse. Right behind her, gazing through the window is the father, awaiting his son.

The presence of the anticipating wife and the father illuminates the personality of the master. It reveals at once that he is a man of business and he means business. At his return, he catches up not with rest but rather with his servants in order to settle the accounts. Thus the Master is hardworking, diligent and calls for accountability.

A quick flashback concedes that the Master had entrusted his estate to his servants before embarking onto his journey. Each servant received talents in accordance to his ability. While the first two servants bear fruit by ‘multiplying’ the talents, the third servant staggered in his liability. He not only hid the talent but buried himself in wicked sluggishness.

Located in the eschatological discourse of Matthew’s Gospel, the parable illustrates how the disciples are to wait in faithfulness until the Lord returns. The Master’s return is certain but the timing unknown. The third servant, weary of waiting, numbed his senses of the imminent Parousia. As lethargy got the better of him, he feared the risk in serving His Master.

Eventually his mediocrity cost him dearly!

Thirty First Sunday Year A. 19th November

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room. 

Come and join us! 

 

Monday 9.30am Mass

Tuesday  9.30am Mass

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

                 

Thursday 7pm NOVENA & BENEDICTION

                                     

Friday -- No public Mass today

9am Parents with children at our Primary School are invited to join Bishop Tom Neylon for the Assembly with refreshments afterwards

Saturday 9.30am Mass

               Confessions after Mass

               

Sunday 26th November.

Christ the King

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Remembrance Sunday

 
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

We remember all who have died in conflicts everywhere, long ago, recent and current, as also pray for peace wherever violence disfigures God's world.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, 

and let perpetual light shine upon them. 

May their souls and the souls 

of all the faithful departed, 

through the mercy of God, 

rest in peace. Amen

32nd Sunday Year A. 12th November

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room. 

Come and join us! 

 

Monday 9.30am Mass

Tuesday  No public Mass today

Wednesday  No public Mass today

                 

Thursday No public Mass today

                                     

Friday 8.30am Mass

Saturday 9.30am Mass

               Confessions after Mass

               

Sunday 19th November.

33rd Sunday of the Year

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Thirty-First Sunday of the Year

 The Feast Day of this great Pope falls on Friday.

Thirty-First Sunday Year A. 5th November

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room. 

Come and join us! 

Please note that there are no public Masses during the week for this one week.         

Sunday 12th November.

Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

All Saints, All Souls and 30th Sunday of the Year.

 

We offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass— the greatest of all prayers— for our deceased loved ones. There are envelopes at the back of church in which you may place the names of any of those you would like to be remembered at Mass during November. 

Each Mass celebrated for the whole of the month of November is offered for them. 

Rooted in Sacred Scripture, Tradition, and the perennial teaching of the Church, the offering of Holy Mass has been considered the most efficacious manner of praying for and assisting the souls of our departed loved ones as they journey through the purification of Purgatory. 

Each Mass is, as we know, the re-presentation of the saving sacrifice of Calvary, and, when we specifically ask for Mass to be offered for a deceased loved one, we ask that the merits of that saving sacrifice be applied to the soul of the one we mourn. 

It has been the pious practice of Catholics to list their deceased during the month of November, that Masses be offered for them throughout this particular period—a sign of our ongoing love and concern for those who have gone ahead of us on this pilgrimage of life. 

If you wish any loved ones to share in these benefits, please place your offering for the Masses in the envelope provided at the back of church and return it.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, 

and let perpetual light shine upon them. 

May their souls and the souls 

of all the faithful departed, 

through the mercy of God, 

rest in peace. Amen

Thirtieth Sunday Year A. 29th October

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room. 

Come and join us! 

 

Monday 9.30am Mass

Tuesday  9.30am Mass

Wednesday  

ALL SAINTS HOLYDAY OF OBLIGATION

9.30am Mass.

                 

Thursday ALL SOULS DAY

                7pm Mass

                                     

Friday 8.30am Mass

Saturday 9.30am Mass

               Confessions after Mass

               

Sunday 5th November.

Thirty First Sunday of the Year

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

28th Sunday of the Year

 

Monday is the Feast of St Margaret Mary

Visionary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Twenty Eighth Sunday Year A. 15th October

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room. 

Come and join us! 

 

Monday 9.30am Mass

Tuesday  9.30am Mass

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

                 

Thursday 7pm NOVENA & BENEDICTION

                                     

Friday 8.30am Mass

Saturday 9.30am Mass

               Confessions after Mass

               

Sunday 22nd October.

Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Twenty Seventh Sunday of the Year

 

Monday is the Feast of St John Henry Newman;

May he pray for the Church at his time.

Twenty Seventh Sunday Year A. 8th October

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room. 

Come and join us! 

 

Monday  --- No public Mass today

Tuesday  --- No public Mass today

Wednesday  --- No public Mass today

                 

Thursday --- No public Mass today

                                     

Friday --- No public Mass today

Saturday 9.30am Mass

               CONFESSIONS afterwards

               

Sunday 15th October. 

Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Rosary Sunday

Twenty Sixth Sunday Year A. 1st October

ROSARY SUNDAY

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room. 

Come and join us! 

 

Monday  --- No public Mass today

Tuesday  --- No public Mass today

Wednesday  --- No public Mass today

                 

Thursday --- No public Mass today

                                     

Friday --- No public Mass today

Saturday --- No public Mass today

               

Sunday 15th October. 

Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Bishop's Parish Visitation

Bishop Tom Neylon, our Auxiliary Bishop here in the Archdiocese of Liverpool, was on Visitation to St Catherine's yesterday. Thanks to Bishop Tom and thanks to all our parishioners who came to Mass and made him welcome.

Just a few photos of the morning.

 

Bishop's Visitation this Sunday

 

Welcome to 

Bishop Tom Neylon, 

Auxiliary in our Archdiocese, 

will be on Visitation to the parish 

this Sunday.

Twenty Fifth Sunday Year A. 10th September

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room. 

Come and join us! 

 

Monday  9.30am Mass

Tuesday  9.30am Mass

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

                 

Thursday --- No public Mass today

                                     

Friday 8.30am Mass

Saturday 9.30am Mass

               Confessions after Mass

               

Sunday 26th September. Rosary Sunday.

Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

24th Sunday of the year

 

Feast Day of Padre Pio on Saturday

Twenty Fourth Sunday Year A. 10th September

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room. 

Come and join us! 

 

Monday  --- No public Mass today

Tuesday  --- No public Mass today

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

                 

Thursday 7pm NOVENA & BENEDICTION

                                     

Friday 8.30am Mass

Saturday 9.30am Mass

               Confessions after Mass

               

Sunday25th September.

Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Sunday 10th September

 

The Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows

15th September

Twenty Third Sunday Year A. 10th September

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room. 

Come and join us! 

 

Monday  9.30am Mass

Tuesday  9.30am Mass

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

                 

Thursday --- No public Mass today

                                     

Friday  --- No public Mass today

Saturday --- No public Mass today

               

Sunday 17th September.

Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Sunday 3rd September at St Catherine's

 

St Cuthbert's Feast Day is on Monday.

Some of his deathbed words, as recorded by the Venerable Bede in Chapter 30 of the Life of St Cuthbert.

Have peace, and Divine charity ever amongst you: and when you are called upon to deliberate on your condition, see that you be unanimous in council. Let concord be mutual between you and other servants of Christ; and do not despise others who belong to the faith and come to you for hospitality, but admit them familiarly and kindly; and when you have entertained them, speed them on their journey: by no means esteeming yourselves better than the rest of those who partake of the same faith and mode of life. But have no communion with those who err from the unity of the Catholic faith.

Twenty Second Sunday Year A. 3rd September

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room. 

Come and join us! 

 

Monday  9.30am Mass

Tuesday  9.30am Mass

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

                 

Thursday 7pm Novena & Benediction

                                     

Friday  8.30am Mass

Saturday 9.30am Mass

               Confessions following

               

Sunday 10th September.

Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year

Mass at 8.30am & 10am.