Saturday, 30 September 2023

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. 

Monday, 25 September 2023

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.












 

Saturday, 23 September 2023

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. 

Saturday, 16 September 2023

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, 10 September 2023

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. 

Saturday, 2 September 2023

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. 

Saturday, 26 August 2023

 

Twenty First Sunday Year A. 27th August

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 3rd September.

Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year
Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Saturday, 12 August 2023

Nineteenth Sunday of the Year Masses

 


Nineteenth Sunday Year A. 6th August

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 13th August.

Twentieth Sunday of the Year
Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Saturday, 5 August 2023

Transfiguration of the Lord


Transfiguration of the Lord Year A.

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 7pm NOVENA & BENEDICTION
                                     
Friday  No public Mass today

Saturday 9.30am Mass
               Confessions after Mass

               

Sunday 12th August.

Nineteenth Sunday of the Year
Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Saturday, 22 July 2023

Sixteenth Sunday of the Year

The Last Judgement by Giotto’s in the Scrovegni Chapel (1307).

The Gospel tells of the wheat and the tares growing together until the harvest.
It is a parable about the Last Judgement.
All seems sunny in the field until until the harvest is taken!

Sunday 23rd July.

Sixteenth Sunday of Year A.
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 30th  July.

Seventeenth Sunday of Year A.
Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Saturday, 15 July 2023

Fifteenth Sunday of the Year

 

Sunday 16th July.

Fourteenth Sunday of Year A.
Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 
in the Pope John Paul Room. 
Come and join us! 
 
"O God, who show the light of your truth to those who go astray, 
so that they may return to the right path, 
give all who for the faith they profess are accounted Christians 
the grace to reject whatever is contrary to the name of Christ 
and to strive after all that does it honour. 
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, 
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, 
God, for ever and ever."


Monday  9.30am Mass

Tuesday 9.30am Mass

Wednesday 9.30am Mass
                 
Thursday 7pm NOVENA & BENEDICTION
                                     
Friday NB No Mass today.
            2.30pm Funeral Service for Ken Clarkson

Saturday 9.30am Mass
               Confessions after Mass

               

Sunday 23rd  July.

Sixteenth Sunday of Year A.
Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Friday, 7 July 2023

Fourteenth Sunday of the Year & our Summer Fete

 
Saturday 

SUMMER FETE 

STARTING AT 1pm

Our Summer Fete takes place this Saturday 8th July starting at 1pm. All the usual fun: Tombolas, Beer Tent, Coconut Shy & Children's Games plus live entertainment. Bring all the family and come and support your local parish.


Sunday 9th July.

Fourteenth Sunday of Year A.
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 16th  July.

Fourteenth Sunday of Year A.
Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Saturday, 1 July 2023

Thirteenth Sunday of the Year

 
The Feast of St Thomas the Apostle is on Monday.

He eventually recognized the Presence of the Risen Christ.

How long will it take for us all to do the same?


Sunday 2nd July.

Thirteenth Sunday of Year A.
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 SUMMER FETE STARTING AT 1pm
               

Sunday 9th  July.

Fourteenth Sunday of Year A.
Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Saturday, 24 June 2023

Twelfth Sunday of the Year and Ss Peter and Paul's Day

 

MASSES THIS WEEK. 

Sunday 25th June.

Twelfth Sunday of Year A.
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 HOLYDAY OF OBLIGATION
               9.30am Mass. Feast of Ss Peter & Paul
                                     
Friday 8.30am Mass

Saturday 9.30am Mass
               Confessions afterwards.
               

Sunday 2nd July.

Thirteenth Sunday of Year A.
Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Saturday, 17 June 2023

Eleventh Sunday of the Year at St Catherine's

 

St Alban. First Martyr in England.

Feast on Tuesday.

Although himself a pagan, he hid a Christian priest in his home during a time of persecution, and was so impressed with the priest's behaviour that he became a Christian. When the authorities discovered where the priest was hiding and came to seize him, Alban put on the priest's cloak and presented himself to the soldiers in his stead. When the magistrate found that he had swapped places with the priest, he ordered Alban to sacrifice to the pagan gods. Alban refused, declaring: "I worship and adore the true and living God who created all things." The magistrate had Alban tortured and when he remained steadfast had him put to death. 

Even in these early days of the Church, it seems the role of priest was already so revered that St Alban was willing to give his life for one. The Gospel this Sunday recounts Our Lord's call for us to pray for labourers for the harvest - the harvest of souls for Heaven. In the debating of synodality and the planning of diocese, the drive for Vocations often seems to be left out. The focus being put on the vocation of the laity. This is surely a sad mistake. Vocations to the Priesthood needs to be a central focus, otherwise this phenomenon becomes yet another sign that we have "given up" and no longer value the Priesthood.

Perhaps this prayer by Lacordaire might be an inspiration:

“You are a Priest Forever” 

To live in the midst of the world without wishing its pleasures; to be a member of each family, yet belonging to none; to share all sufferings; to penetrate all secrets; to heal all wounds; to go from the People of God to God and to offer God their prayers; to return from God to the People of God to bring pardon and hope; to have a heart on fire for charity and a heart of bronze for chastity; to teach and to pardon, console, and bless always – what a glorious life! And it is yours, O priest of Jesus Christ.


MASSES THIS WEEK. 

Sunday 18th June.

Eleventh Sunday of Year A.
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 9.30am Mass
               Confessions afterwards.
               

Sunday 25th June.

Twelfth Sunday of Year A.
Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Saturday, 10 June 2023

Corpus Christi

 



MASSES THIS WEEK. 

Sunday 11th June.
Solemnity of Corpus Christi. Year A.

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

Saturday 9.30am Mass
               Confessions afterwards.
               11am Baptism of Luca Guradetchi in the Romanian Rite


Sunday 18th June.

Eleventh Sunday of Year A.
Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Friday, 2 June 2023

Trinity Sunday

 

MASSES THIS WEEK. 

Sunday 4th June.
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. Year A.

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

Saturday 9.30am Mass
               Confessions afterwards.

Sunday 11th June.

Corpus Christi. Year A.
Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Friday, 26 May 2023

Pentecost Sunday

 


MASSES THIS WEEK. 

Sunday 28th May.
Pentecost Sunday. Year A.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 
in the Pope John Paul Room. 
Come and join us! 
 
Note from our musical director, Anthony Dickinson.

Of your charity please pray for the repose of the soul of one of our regular parishioners, my dear uncle, Richard Neil Bibby, aged 86. Neil died in Chorley Hospital fortified by the Rites of Holy Mother Church in the early hours of Saturday, 20th May surrounded by his loving family. Neil was an active parishioner here at St Catherines from the early days and helped on the physical building of the church when Fr Burke was sent to establish a parish, here in Farington. Neil was born in Leyland but moved to Euxton at the outbreak of WWII to be with extended family whilst his father was away in the army. He returned to Leyland at the end of the WWII and attended the old Leyland St Marys school and church. Neil moved back to Euxton when he married his wife Monica in 1964 and where he raised his family. He started attending St Catherines again when Fr Simon arrived and became a weekly 11:30 Mass attender. Latterly he attended the 8:30 Mass on Sunday. He was in reasonable health until he suffered a stroke in September last year, at which point his health started to deteriorate. He was last here at St Catherine’s for Novena and Benediction on Candlemas Day. Monica and family wish to extend their grateful thanks and prayers to all who have asked after Neil over recent months and, since his death, for the kind Mass offerings and expressions of sympathy. Neil will be buried at Euxton St Mary’s following a Requiem Mass this coming Wednesday, 31st May 2023 at 12:30 p.m. Those who knew Neil are more than welcome to attend.

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Please note:
No public Masses on weekdays this week.

Sunday 4th June.
Trinity Sunday. Year A.
Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 


Saturday, 20 May 2023

May Crowning on the Seventh Sunday of Easter

 


Together with children from our school and this year's recent First Communicants we will honour Our Blessed Lady this Sunday at 10am.

The Christian people have always attested to Mary's exalted glory as a sharer in Christ's royalty. Like him, it is hers by birth (as Mother of the King) and by right of conquest (as his faithful co-worker in the Redemption). Our Lord has placed in her hands the superabundant merits He gained by his death on the Cross, so that she might distribute them according to God's Will.


MASSES THIS WEEK. 

Sunday 21st May.
Seventh Sunday of Easter. Year A.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 
Procession and Crowning of the statue of Our Lady at the 10am Mass

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

Saturday 9.30am Mass
               Confessions afterwards.

Sunday 21st May.

Pentecost Sunday of Easter. Year A.
Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Saturday, 13 May 2023

Sixth Sunday of Eastertide and the Ascension

 

ASCENSION THURSDAY: HOLYDAY OF OBLIGATION. Holy days of obligation are feast days on which we are required to attend Mass and to avoid (to the extent that they are able) servile work. The observance of Holy Days of Obligation is part of the Sunday Duty, the first of the Precepts of the Church, and are listed in Canon 1246 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law. Holy Days of Obligation are days other than Sundays on which we are required to participate in the Mass, the primary form of worship. Any feast celebrated on a Sunday, such as Easter, falls under normal Sunday Duty and thus isn't included in a list of Holy Days of Obligation. 

What Is an Obligation? A lot of people misunderstand what it means to say that Catholics are obligated to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation. This isn't an arbitrary rule, but part of general moral life—the need to do good and avoid evil. That is why the Catechism of the Catholic Church (Para. 2041) describes the obligations listed in the Precepts of the Church as "the very necessary minimum in the spirit of prayer and moral effort, in the growth in love of God and neighbor." These are things that, as Christians, Catholics should want to do anyway; the Church uses the Precepts of the Church (of which the listing of Holy Days of Obligation is one) simply as a way to remind adherents of the need to grow in holiness.


MASSES THIS WEEK. 

Sunday 14th May.
Sixth Sunday of Easter. Year A.

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  9.30am Ascension of Our Lord.
                                Holyday of Obligation
                                     
Friday 8.30am

Saturday 9.30am Mass
               Confessions afterwards.

Sunday 21st May.

Seventh Sunday of Easter. Year A.
Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 
Procession and Crowning of the statue of Our Lady at the 10am Mass

Friday, 5 May 2023

Fifth Sunday of Eastertide & Coronation celebrations

 
The first Coronation in Westminster Abbey.

Harold Godwinson is crowned King by Stigand, 

Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1066.

He was not a terribly virtuous churchman!

MASSES THIS WEEK. 

Sunday 30th April.
Fifth Sunday of Easter. Year A.
Celebration of the Coronation of King Charles II.
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

Saturday 9.30am Mass
               Confessions afterwards.

Sunday 14th May.

Sixth Sunday of Easter. Year A.
Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Saturday, 29 April 2023

Vocations Sunday.

 

VOCATIONS SUNDAY

FIRST HOLY COMMUNIONS.
These will take place at the 10am Mass this Sunday. Our prayers and congratulations to the children and their families. 

It is also Vocations Sunday. St John Eudes writes of the Priesthood:

'The worthy priest is an angel of purity in mind and body, a cherub of light and knowledge, a seraph of love and Charity, an apostle of zeal in work and sanctity, a little god on earth in power and authority, in patience and benignity. He is the living image of Christ in this world, of Christ watching, praying, preaching, catechizing, working, weeping, going from town to town, from village to village, suffering, agonizing, sacrificing Himself and dying for the souls created to His image and likeness. . . He is the light of those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. He is the destroyer of error, schisms and heresies, the converter of sinners, the sanctifier of the just, the strength of the weak, the consolation of the afflicted, the treasure of the poor. He is the confusion of hell, the glory of heaven, the terror of demons, the joy of angels, the ruin of Satan's kingdom, the establishment of Christ's empire, the ornament of the Church.'                                                                                                   

MASSES THIS WEEK. 

Sunday 30th April.
Fourth Sunday of Easter. Year A.
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
                  for the Feast of the English Martyrs
                   
Friday 8.30am

Saturday 9.30am Mass
               Confessions afterwards.

Sunday 7th May.
Celebration of the Coronation of King Charles III.
Third Sunday of Easter. Year A.
Mass at 8.30am & 10am.