-
About 70 parishioners gathered in the Parish Hall on Sunday 2nd of May (Bank Holiday weekend) for a banquet meal prepared by parishioners from India. The Indian parishioners had gone to a lot of trouble and effort to provide what everyone agreed was an ex...
-
The period between Easter and Pentecost in the Liturgy of the Word in church is so full of the action of God the Holy Spirit. The readings from the Acts of the Apostles are redolent with his power and the bringing to birth of the Church. That is why this ...
-
Press release
Issued by the CBCEW
Child abuse in the Catholic Church has been such a focus of public attention recently, that we, the Bishops of England and Wales, wish to address this issue directly and unambiguously.
...
-
The period between Easter and Pentecost is one of the most blessed times in the Church’s year. In the Mass readings, day by day the story of the new Church unfolds with all sorts of exciting events chronicled in the Acts of the Apostles. This was the...
-
Alleluia, Christ is risen - he is risen indeed, Alleluia!
The Sacred Triduum (Maundy Thursday - Mass of the Lord's Supper; Good Friday - Solemn Passion & Holy Saturday - Easter Vigil) was celebrated at St Clare's as in every other Catholic parish throug...
-
When Jesus sat down with his Apostles to eat his Last Supper, he did so in the context of the Passover Meal and through his action at that meal he gave us the Eucharist. He celebrated in signs what he would achieve on the cross the very next day.
...
-
Some members of our small, but perfectly formed, choir, gathered together on Palm Sunday afternoon for a rehearsal of the music for the Triduum.
...
-
The Great Week, Holy Week has begun. At St Clare's the principal Mass on Palm Sunday began, as the liturgy suggests, with a Service of the Blessing of Palms, outside the church.
...
-
On Saturday afternoon (27.3.10) 20 of our parish readers came together for a 2 hour workshop led by Anthony Rumgay. Anthony had worked as an actor and director and is currently working as a trainor of business executives.
...
-
On Monday evening a good number of parishioners gathered in the Chapel at the Royal Preston Hospital for our fourth and final Lenten Station Mass. The Hospital forms an integral part of the parish served as it is by the Clergy of the parish, prinicpally F...
-
On the Fridays throughout Lent, a soup lunch has been served in the Parish Hall following the lunchtime Mass. Kind parishioners have made and served the soup, other parishioners have come for lunch and their donations for the soup will go to our 'Bosnia P...
-
One Friday 19th March, The Solemnity of St. Joseph, the Spouse of Our Lady, a new (to us) statue of St Joseph was errected at the back of the church and it was blest during the lunchtime time Mass.
...
-
Monday of this week (March 15th) saw the third in our series of four Lenten Station Masses. This one was celebrated in the historic church of St Mary at Fernyhalgh which is our 'link' parish.
...
-
Each year, as part of the Parish Confirmation Programme, the candidates and their parents come together for a Day of Recollection. This year the venue was St. Mary's and the Ladyewell Shrine.
...
-
Each year in most parishes a Journey in Faith Group is establishedto help those who are enquiring about the Catholic Faith. The RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) asks clergy and laity to work together to share their faith with those who usual...
-
The second of the parish's Lenten Station Masses took place at the St Jeanne Jugan Home by kind permission of the Community of the Little Sisters of the Poor. The clergy of the parish celebrated the Mass of the Day with a good number of parishioners...
-
During Lent the parishioners are celebrating four 'Station Masses' within the area. The first took place at the carmelite Monastery on the Feast of St David, March 1st.
...
-
Over the last 3 weeks there has been a 'running' collection for those stricken by the disaster in Haiti. The total now stands at £1205.14 and another £200+ has been given to us by The Little Sisters of the Poor for onward transmission.
...
-
Sunday 24th January was the Sunday in the Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity, and it saw the parishes and ecclesial communities of Fulwood gathered together in the Anglican church of Christ Church on Victoria Road.
...
-
31 boys and girls have asked to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation when the Bishop visits the Parish in July. And so it was that they assembled together at the 9.30am Mass on January 17th to Enrol in the course of preparation which leads up to the cele...
