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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…
Updated: 21st April 2025 Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen Monday 28th April 2025 Saint Peter’s Cathedral, Lancaster Requiem Mass at 7.00pm celebrated by Bishop Paul to which all are invited. Statement from the Catholic Diocese of Lancaster upon the death of…
Father Philip Newbold is undertaking a sponsored walk of 10,000 paces for the 40 days of Lent. It is to support the work of “Aid to the Church in Need” and a project on the border area between Lebanon/Syria. The project provides a hot meal each weekday for 1500 people. Many are refugees from Syria…