Mass times for Sixteenth Sunday of the Year

 

The Feast of St James the Apostle is on Thursday


Sixteenth Sunday. 

Year B. 21st July.

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am 

MASSES DURING THE WEEK:

Monday 9.30am

Tuesday 9.30am

Wednesday 9.30am

Thursday 7pm NOVENA & BENEDICTION

Friday 8.30am Mass

Saturday 9.30am Mass

               10.30am Baptism of Olive Sullivan

            

Seventeenth Sunday. Year B. 21st July.

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am

Masses this week and our Summer Fete

 

Friday marks teh feast of St John Plessinton, another of our local Catholic Martyrs who gave his life for the Mass and the Church. "As in the Primitive times, Christians were esteemed Traitors, and suffered as such by National Law, so are the Priests of the Roman Church here esteemed, and suffer such."            

From his speech at the scaffold.

A reminder that tomorrow, Saturday 13th, is our Summer Fete, starting at 1pm. The rain keeps getting less likely every time I look at the forecast.  But we'll be here anyway.  Come along and join us - you can always huddle around the BBQ to keep warm!

Fifteenth Sunday. Year B. 14th July.

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am 

MASSES DURING THE WEEK:

Monday 9.30am

Tuesday 9.30am

Wednesday 9.30am

Thursday 7pm NOVENA & BENEDICTION

Friday 8.30am Mass

Saturday No public Mass today. 

            

Sixteenth Sunday. Year B. 21st July.

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am

This week at St Catherine's

 

Fourteenth Sunday. Year B.

7th July.

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am 

MASSES DURING THE WEEK:

Monday 9.30am

Tuesday 9.30am

Wednesday 9.30am

Thursday 7pm NOVENA & BENEDICTION

Friday 8.30am Mass

Saturday No public Mass today. 

               SUMMER FETE AT 1pm.              

Fifteenth Sunday. Year B. 14th July.

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am

Solemnity of Ss Peter and Paul

 

Solemnity of Ss Peter & Paul. 30th June

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am 

MASSES DURING THE WEEK:

Friday 8.30am Mass

Saturday 9.30am Mass.               

Fourteenth Sunday. Year B. 7th July.

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am

Twelfth Sunday of the Year

Twelfth Sunday 

23rd June. Year B. 

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am 

Monday 9.30am Mass

No other public Masses this week.               

Solemnity of Ss Peter & Paul. 30th June

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am

Eleventh Sunday of the Year

 

Saturday is the Feast of Saint John Rigby (1570-1600) Martyr, Confessor, Layman. Born in 1570 at Harrack Hall, Wigan, Lancashire, England and died on 21 June 1600 at Southwark, London, England. His body was chopped up and scattered around Southwark. Patronages – of bachelors, of torture victims.

Eleventh Sunday 

16th June. Year B. 

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am 

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

                

Eleventh Sunday Year B. 16th June

Mass at 8.30am

Tenth Sunday of the Year at St Catherine's

 

Tenth Sunday 

9th June. Year B. 

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am 

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

                

Eleventh Sunday Year B. 16th June

Mass at 8.30am

Corpus Christi

 

Corpus Christi

2nd June. Year B. 

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am 

Just one weekday Mass on Monday 9.30am 

              

2nd June. Tenth Sunday Year B. 

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am

JUNE: MONTH OF THE SACRED HEART

The secular world now dedicates months to all sorts of causes - some more worthy than others! Of course this is yet another idea stolen from the Church. Traditionally June has been the month of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Perhaps you might pray each day this month.

O most holy heart of Jesus, fountain of ever blessing, I adore you, I love you, and with lively sorrow for my sins I offer you this poor heart of mine. Make me humble, patient, pure and wholly obedient to your will. Grant, Good Jesus, that I may live in you and for you. Protect me in the midst of danger. Comfort me in my afflictions. Give me health of body, assistance in my temporal needs, your blessing on all that I do, and the grace of a holy death. Amen. 

The Devotion to the Sacred Heart: 

The modern form of the devotion began in the 1670s, when Jesus appeared multiple times to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, a Visitation nun in France. Through these visions, He told her how He wished to be honored with the symbol of His heart, asking for the faithful to make amends for any wrongdoing they had done, frequently take Communion, and observe the Holy Hour. In 1856, the devotion was added to the church calendar by Pope Pius IX.

Significance of the Devotion: 

Jesus’s profound love for us is demonstrated through His willingness to sacrifice His life for our sake. The love from His heart motivated all His actions — His inner life manifested in His demonstrated virtues and sacrifice. Yet this great love is often received with ingratitude, even by the faithful. The purpose of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is to focus our hearts on receiving and returning His love with gratitude — with all of our heart, soul, and strength — that He may be glorified. Pope Pius XII explained that the devotion to the Sacred Heart is connected to our worship of Christ as God incarnate:  

It is altogether impossible to enumerate the heavenly gifts which devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus has poured out on the souls of the faithful, purifying them, offering them heavenly strength, rousing them to the attainment of all virtues. Therefore, recalling those wise words of the Apostle St. James, “Every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of Lights… That all may understand more exactly the teachings which the selected texts of the Old and New Testament furnish concerning this devotion, they must clearly understand the reasons why the Church gives the highest form of worship to the Heart of the divine Redeemer.

Trinity Sunday

 

Trinity Sunday 

26th May. Year B. 

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am 

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

2pm Baptism of Cian Ell

                

Corpus Christi. 2nd June. Year B. 

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am 

Seventh Sunday of Easter at St Catherine's

 

Our Lady of Fatima

Feast on Wednesday

7th Sunday of Easter 12th May. Year B. 

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am 

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

                

Pentecost Sunday of Easter 19th May. Year B. 

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am 

May Crowning on the 6th Sunday of Eastertide

6th Sunday of Easter 5th May. Year B. 

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am 

Crowning of the statue of our Lady at the 10am Mass.

A reduced schedule for the weekday Masses.

Saturday 9.30am Mass

                

7th Sunday of Easter 12th May. Year B. 

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am 

Fifth Sunday of Easter

 

5th Sunday of Easter 28th April. Year B. 

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am 

PILGRIMAGE FOR THE ENGLISH MARTYRS. 

This Saturday, 4th May, there will be a pilgrimage in honour of the English Martyrs in Preston. The pilgrimage will begin with devotions in the Church of St Walburge at 10.30am before pilgrims process to the Church of the English Martyrs, which is a distance of about a mile. I hope to attend so there is no Mass here on Saturday. The church of St Thomas of Canterbury & the English Martyrs is designated as a shrine for devotion to the Martyrs.

Monday 9.30am Mass

4.30pm Reception into church of Frank Shaw

Tuesday  11am Requiem Mass for Frank Shaw

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

                 

Thursday 7pm Novena & Benediction

Friday 8.30am Mass

Saturday No public Mass today.

                

6th Sunday of Easter 5th May. Year B. 

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am 

Fourth Sunday of Easter. Good Shepherd Sunday.

 

This Sunday is Vocations Sunday, 

when we pray for Vocations to the Priesthood 

and Religious Life.

4th Sunday of Easter 14th April. Year B. 

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am 

We also make a special welcome to the children who will be making their 

First Holy Communion this Sunday.

Monday 9.30am Mass

Tuesday  9.30am Mass

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

                 

Thursday 7pm Novena & Benediction

Friday 3pm Requiem Mass for Catherine Sutton

Saturday 9.30am Mass

                            Confessions following Mass

5th Sunday of Easter 28th April. Year B. 

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am 

Third Sunday of Eatertide

 
The Feast of St Bernadette falls this Tuesday

3rd Sunday of Easter 14th April. Year B. 

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am 

A reminder that our final First Holy Communion preparation class is this Thursday at 5pm.

Monday 9.30am Mass

Tuesday  9.30am Mass

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

                 

Thursday 7pm Novena & Benediction

Friday 9.30am Mass

Saturday 9.30am Mass

4th Sunday of Easter 21st April. Year B. 

Vocations Sunday

First Holy Communions

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am 

Second Sunday of Easter - Divine Mercy

"Doubting Thomas" by Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834-1890)

2nd Sunday of Easter 7th April. 

Year B. 

Divine Mercy Sunday

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am 

A reminder that for anyone interested in coming on our Parish Holiday to France 11th - 18th August, there is an information meeting on Monday at 7pm with light refreshments. Some pictures from last year can be seen HERE.

NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF THE IMMACULATE MEDAL & BENEDICTION RESUMES AGAIN THIS THURSDAY.

Monday 9.30am Mass

Tuesday  9.30am Mass

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

                 

Thursday 7pm Novena & Benediction

Friday 9.30am Mass

Saturday 9.30am Mass

3rd Sunday of Easter 14th April. Year B. 

Vocations Sunday

Mass at 8.30am

Mass at 10am 

Palm Sunday & Holy Week

 

Sunday 24th March. 

Palm Sunday of Lent Year B. 

Mass at 8.30am & 10am.

Gather outside (or in the Hall)

for the Blessing of Palms

Monday 9.30am Mass

Tuesday  9.30am Mass

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

                 

Maundy Thursday 7.30pm

MASS OF THE LORD'S SUPPER

Watching at the Altar of Repose, 

concluding with Compline at 9.20pm

                  

Good Friday 3pm  

LITURGY OF THE LORD'S PASSION

Confessions following the service

Holy Saturday 7pm 

THE EASTER VIGIL 

AND FIRST MASS OF EASTER

               

Easter Sunday 31st March. Year B. 

MASS at 8.30am ONLY. 

Please note there is NO 10am Mass today

Fifth Sunday in Lent

 

Sunday 17th March. 

Fifth Sunday of Lent Year B. St Patrick's Day.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am.

Monday 9.30am Mass

Tuesday  9.30am Mass

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

                 

Thursday 7pm STATIONS OF THE CROSS 

                 5pm First Holy Communion preparation class

                  

Friday 8.30am Mass           

            7pm Stations of the Cross 

             with our Family of Parishes

             at St St Mary Magdalene's, Penwortham

Saturday 9.30am Mass 

                            First Confessions after Mass

               

Sunday 24th March. 

Palm Sunday of Lent Year B. 

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Fourth Sunday in Lent: Laetare

Sunday 10th March. "Laetare Sunday"

Fourth Sunday of Lent Year B.

Mothering Sunday

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

This is Mothering Sunday. We have the tradition of children bringing flowers for our Lady to process in at the start of Mass and present them at her statue. 

Children who want to take part should come to the sacristy before Mass to join in the procession at both Masses.

Monday 9.30am Mass

Tuesday  9.30am Mass

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

                 

Thursday 7pm STATIONS OF THE CROSS 

                 5pm First Holy Communion preparation class

                  

Friday 8.30am Mass           

            7pm Stations of the Cross 

             with our Family of Parishes

             at St St Mary's, Leyland

Saturday 9.30am Mass 

                            First Confessions after Mass

               

Sunday 17th March. 

Fifth Sunday of Lent Year B. St Patrick's Day.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Third Sunday in Lent

 

Sunday 3rd March.

Third Sunday of Lent Year B.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Monday 9.30am Mass

Tuesday  9.30am Mass

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

                 

Thursday 7pm STATIONS OF THE CROSS 

                 5pm First Holy Communion preparation class

                  

Friday 8.30am Mass           

            7pm Stations of the Cross 

             with our Family of Parishes

             at St Oswald's, Longton

Saturday 9.30am Mass 

                            Confessions after Mass

               

Sunday 10th March. "Laetare Sunday"

Fourth Sunday of Lent Year B.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Second Sunday of Lent

Sunday 25th February.

Second Sunday of Lent Year B.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Please note that Stations of the Cross this week will be on Friday evening at 7pm, with friends from our Family of Parishes joining us.

Monday No public Mass today

Tuesday  No public Mass today

Wednesday  No public Mass today

                 

Thursday  5pm First Holy Communion preparation class

                  

Friday 8.30am Mass

            7pm STATIONS OF THE CROSS 

            with our Family of Parishes

Saturday 9.30am Mass 

                            Confessions after Mass

               

Sunday 3rd March.

Second Sunday of Lent Year B.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

First Sunday of Lent

 

The Temptation of Christ by Ary Scheffer (1854)

Sunday 18th February.

First Sunday of Lent Year B.

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  5pm First Holy Communion preparation class

                  7pm STATIONS OF THE CROSS

Friday 8.30am Mass

At Our Lady's, Tarleton, Stations at 7pm

Saturday 9.30am Mass 

                            Confessions after Mass

               

Sunday 25th February.

Second Sunday of Lent Year B.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Ash Wednesday this week

 

Sunday 11th February.

Sixth Sunday of Year B.

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

Ash Wednesday  

7pm Mass with distribution of Ashes

                 

Thursday  7pm STATIONS OF THE CROSS

Friday 8.30am Mass

At St Teresa's, Penwortham, Stations at 7pm

Saturday 9.30am Mass 

                            Confessions after Mass

               

Sunday 18th February.

First Sunday of Lent Year B.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Fifth Sunday of the Year

 

Sunday 4th February.

Fifth Sunday of Year B.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room. 

Come and join us! 

Only one weekday Mass this week for the Feast of St Scholastica:

Saturday 9.30am Mass 

                            Confessions after Mass

               

Sunday 11th February.

Sixth Sunday of Year B.

& the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Fourth Sunday of the Year & the Blessing of throats for the Feast of St Blaise

St Blaise 

Blessing of throats on his feast day this Saturday

Sunday 28th January.

Fourth Sunday of Year B.

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 5pm First Communion Preparation Class

                7pm NOVENA & BENEDICTION

Friday 8.30am Mass

Saturday 9.30am Mass 

                BLESSING OF THROATS 

                FOR THE FEAST OF ST BLAISE

               Confessions after Mass

               

Sunday 28th January.

Fifth Sunday of Year B.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Third Sunday of the Year at St Catherine's

 And at once they left their nets and followed Him. 

Going on a little farther, 

He saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John. 

They were in a boat, mending their nets. 

Immediately Jesus called them, 

and they left their father Zebedee in the boat 

with the hired men and followed Him

Sunday 21st January.

Third Sunday of Year B.

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 5pm First Communion Preparation Class

                7pm NOVENA & BENEDICTION

Friday 8.30am Mass

Saturday 9.30am Mass

               Confessions after Mass

               

Sunday 28th January.

Fourth Sunday of Year B.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Second Sunday of the Year

 

Second Sunday of the Year

14th January

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room. 

Come and join us! 

We will welcome ten children at Mass this Sunday who are now preparing to make their First Confession and First Holy Communion. May God grant them and their families many blessings over the course of their lives as they come into His Presence week by week.

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 21st January.

Third Sunday of Year B.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Epiphany of the Lord

 

Epiphany of the Lord

With the Blessing of Chalk

7th January

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room. 

Come and join us! 

As is traditional, chalk will be blest at Mass THIS SUNDAY—the feast of the Epiphany. The chalk is a sacramental, intended for the blessings of homes. The blest chalk is taken home and you should mark the year and the initials of the three Magi (Caspar, Melchoir and Balthasar) on the lintel of the main door. Though the initials also stand for Christus Mansionem Benedicat - May Christ bless this house. The prayer for blessing a home is recommended at this time, as printed below. Write with blessed chalk above / beside the door like so:

20 + C + M + B + 24

O Lord, almighty God, bless this house that it may become a shelter of health, chastity, self-conquest, humility, goodness, mildness, obedience to the Commandments, and thanksgiving to God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Upon this house and those who dwell herein may Thy blessing remain forever. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The chalking of the doors of a home encourages Christians to dedicate their life at home to God and to others. Seeing the symbols over our doors can help to remind us, while passing in and out on our daily routines, that our homes and all those who dwell there belong to Christ. It also serves as a reminder of welcoming the Magi gave to Jesus. We should strive to be as welcoming to all who come to our homes to visit us! 

Monday 9.30am Mass

Tuesday  9.30am Mass

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

                 

Thursday 10.30am Requiem Mass for Hild Gibbons

                 7.30pm Meeting for parents 

                 for First Holy Communion

                                     

Friday 8.30am Mass

Saturday 9.30am Mass

               Confessions after Mass

               

Sunday 14th January.

Second Sunday of Year B.

Mass at 8.30am & 10am.