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APPOINTED TO BE READ AT ALLPUBLIC MASSES IN ALL CHURCHES AND CHAPELS IN THE DIOCESE OF LANCASTER ON THE WEEKEND OF 21st /22nd FEBRUARY 2026 My dear people, the simple invitation of Jesus to each of us is, ‘Follow me’. But we dither and pause and fall behind and lose our way. We have given in…
The ceremony of enrolment of new Altar Servers into the Archconfraternity of the Guild of St Stephen took place at St Andrew’s on Friday 6th February 2026. The Guild of St Stephen is a Catholic association for altar servers, founded in 1904 at Westminster Cathedral. Its aim is to support and encourage those who serve at the altar…
Epiphany marks the occasion of a time-honoured Christian tradition of “chalking the doors.” The formula for the ritual is simple: take chalk and write the following above the entrance of your home: 20 + C + M + B + 26 The “20” at the beginning and the “26” at the end mark the current year. The four crosses…
APPOINTED TO BE READ AT ALLPUBLIC MASSES IN ALL CHURCHES AND CHAPELS IN THE DIOCESE OF LANCASTER ON THE WEEKEND OF 27th/28th DECEMBER 2025 My dear people,we should be slow to ‘pack Christmas away’, and we should be slow to ‘pack the Holy Year away’. The Feast of the Holy Family is given to…
Christmas Mass During the Night Christmas Day Mass
APPOINTED TO BE READ AT ALLPUBLIC MASSES IN ALL CHURCHES AND CHAPELS IN THE DIOCESE OF LANCASTER ON THEWEEKEND OF 29th/30th November 2025 My dear people, as we begin the Holy Season of Advent my thoughts turn to Mary, our Blessed Lady, beginning the final month other pregnancy. She is carrying Life. For eight months…
Together with the Universal Church, and with all people of good will, the Catholic Diocese of Lancaster in the UK welcomes and commends to the grace of Almighty God Cardinal Robert Prevost OSA as Pope Leo XIV, the successor of St Peter. Pope Leo comes to this universal ministry after many years of professed and…