Latest newsletter: 26th June 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 13th Sun Ord C
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220626/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week to follow.
Latest newsletter: 26th June 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 13th Sun Ord C
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220626/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week to follow.
Latest newsletter: 19th June 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon Corpus Christi C
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220616/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week:
https://universalis.com/20220626/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 12th June 2022
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220612/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week for Corpus Christi:
https://universalis.com/20220616/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 5th June 2022
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220605/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week:
https://universalis.com/20220612/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 29th May 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 7th Sun Easter
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220529/today.htm
https://universalis.com/20220605/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 22nd May 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 6th Sun Easter 22
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220522/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week: https://universalis.com/20220529/today.htm
Latest newsletter: 15th May 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 5th Sun Easter 22
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220515/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week:
https://universalis.com/20220522/mass.htm
Route & Map: Anglezarke Adventure 21.5.22
Latest newsletter:8th May 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 4th Sun Easter 2022
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday reading this week:
https://universalis.com/20220508/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week:
https://universalis.com/20220515/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 1st May 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 3rd Sun Easter 22
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220501/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week:
https://universalis.com/20220508/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 24th April 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 2nd Sunday Easter 2022
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week:
https://www.universalis.com/20220424/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week:
https://universalis.com/20220501/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 17th April 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon Easter Sun 2022
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Easter vigil readings this week: https://universalis.com/20220416/mass.htm
Easter Sunday readings this week: https://universalis.com/20220417/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week – https://www.universalis.com/20220424/mass.htm
Please note Holy Thursday Mass at St Joseph’s
as there was an error in the printed newsletter.
Latest newsletter: 10th April 2022
How to fold a Palm Cross: Palm Cross
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Palm Sunday readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220410/mass.htm
Easter Vigil readings next week:
https://universalis.com/20220416/mass.htm
Easter Sunday readings next week:
https://universalis.com/20220417/mass.htm
Details and Map: Wayoh Wander 11.4.22
Route & Map: Peel Tower Plod 23.4.22
Latest newsletter: 3rd April 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 5th Sun Lent C
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220403/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week: https://universalis.com/20220410/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 27th March 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 4th Sun Lent C
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220327/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week:
https://universalis.com/20220403/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 20th Mar 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 3rd Sun Lent C
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220320/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week:
https://universalis.com/20220327/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 13th Mar 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 2nd Sunday Lent C
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220313/readings.htm
Sunday readings next week:
https://universalis.com/20220320/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 6th March 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 1st Lent C
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220306/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week:
https://universalis.com/20220313/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 27th Feb 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 8th Sun Ord C
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220227/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week: https://universalis.com/20220306/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 20th Feb 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 7th Sun Ord C
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220220/mass.htm
Readings next week:
https://universalis.com/20220227/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 13th Feb 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon Beatitudes
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220213/mass.htm
Readings next week:
https://universalis.com/20220220/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 6th Feb 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 5th sun Ord 2022
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220206/mass.htm
Readings next week:
https://universalis.com/20220213/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 30th Jan 2022
Mass Sheet: Order of Mass
Readings this week: – Children
Readings next week:
https://universalis.com/20220206/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 23rd Jan 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 3rd Sun Ord C
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220123/mass.htm
Readings next week: Sacramental Programme
Latest newsletter: 16th Jan 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 2nd Sun Ord 2022
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220116/mass.htm
Readings next week:
https://universalis.com/20220123/mass.htm
Latest newlsetter: 9th Jan 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon Baptism of the Lord 2022
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220109/mass.htm
Readings next week:
https://universalis.com/20220116/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 2nd Jan 2022
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon – New Year 2022
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20220102/mass.htm
Readings next week: https://universalis.com/20220109/mass.htm
Christmas Draw Winners: Raffle List 2021
Latest newsletter: 26th Dec 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Christmas Mass 2021
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20211226/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week: https://universalis.com/20220102/mass.htm
Christmas Draw Winners:Raffle List 2021
Latest newsletter:19th Dec 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 4th Sun Advent 2021
Bishops’ Conference statement:
Guidance-for-Churches 12.12.21
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
This week’s readings:
https://universalis.com/20211219/mass.htm
Christmas readings:
https://universalis.com/20211225/mass.htm
Next Sunday readings:
https://universalis.com/20211226/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 12th Dec 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 3rd Sun Advent 2021
Poem by Fr Brian: Poem – St Edward’s 11am
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20211212/mass.htm
Readings next week:
https://www.universalis.com/20211219/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 5th Dec 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 2nd Sun Advent 2021
Bishop John’s pastoral letter: https://www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk/pastoral-letter-for-the-first-sunday-of-advent/
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20211205/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week: https://universalis.com/20211212/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 28th Nov 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 1st Sun Advent C
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20211128/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week:
https://universalis.com/20211205/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 21st Nov 2021
Statement on Sunday Obligation:
https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishops-statement-honouring-sunday/
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon Christ the King 2021
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week:
https://universalis.com/20211121/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week:
https://universalis.com/20211128/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 14th Nov 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 33rd Sun Ord 2021
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week
https://universalis.com/20211114/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week: https://universalis.com/20211121/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 7th Nov 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 32nd Sun Ord B
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week https://universalis.com/20211107/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week https://universalis.com/20211114/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 31st Oct 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon All Saints 2021
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week https://universalis.com/20211101/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week https://universalis.com/20211107/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 24th Oct 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 30th Sun Ord B
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week https://universalis.com/20211024/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week https://universalis.com/20211101/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 17th Oct 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 29th Sun 2021
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week https://universalis.com/20211017/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week https://universalis.com/20211024/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 10th Oct 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 28th Sunday B
Bishop John’s pastoral letter: Pastoral Letter 22
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday Readings THIS WEEK https://universalis.com/20211010/mass.htm
Sunday Readings NEXT WEEK https://universalis.com/20211017/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 3rd Oct 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 27th Sun Ord B
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week https://universalis.com/20211003/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week https://universalis.com/20211010/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 26th Sept 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 26th Sun Ord B
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings THIS WEEK: https://www.universalis.com/20210926/mass.htm
Sunday readings NEXT WEEK: https://universalis.com/20211003/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 19th Sept 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 25th Sun Ord B
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings this week https://universalis.com/20210919/mass.htm
Sunday readings next week https://universalis.com/20210926/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 12th Sept 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 24th Sun Ord B
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/20210912/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 5th Sept 2021
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/20210905/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 29th Aug 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon CAFOD Appeal 29.8.21
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings:| https://universalis.com/20210829/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 22nd Aug 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 21st Sun Ord B
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/20210822/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 15th Aug 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon Assumption BVM 2021
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/20210815/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 8th Aug 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 19th Sun Ord B
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/20210808/mass.htm
Latest newsletter:1st Aug 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 18th Sun Ord 2021
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/20210801/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 25th July 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 17th Sun Ord B
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/20210725/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 18th July 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 16th Sun Ord B
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/20210718/mass.htm
Latest newsetter: 11th July 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 15th Sun Ord 2021
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/20210711/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 4th July 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 14th Sun Ord 2021
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/20210704/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 27th June 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 13th sun Ord 2021
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/20210627/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 20th June 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 12th Sun Ord 2021
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/20210620/mass.htm
THERE WILL BE NO MID-WEEK MASSES UNTIL FRIDAY 25th JUNE! Fr Brian is self-isolating due to being in contact with a child who tested Covid positive. He is fine. This weekend 20th June Saturday night 6.15 & 11 am Sunday Masses will continue with a supply priest bookings only. The 9am Sunday Mass with supply priest will be just First Communion families but no other public. Fr Brian should be OK for Sunday Masses next weekend 26th/27th June.
Latest newsletter: 13th June 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 11th Sun Ord B
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/20210613/mass.htm
Friday 13th June 2021. On our Parish Feast Day we give thanks for all in our Parish community; we remember also those who have gone before us and we pray for all who will follow on after us. Oh Sacred Heart of Jesus we place all our trust in you.
Latest newsletter: 6th June 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon – Body & Blood of Christ 2021
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/service-clients/20210603/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 30th May 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon Trinity Sunday 2021
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/20210530/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 23rd May 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon Pentecost 2021
Bishop John’s Pastoral Letter:
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/20210523/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 16th May 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 7th Sun Easter B
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/20210516/mass.htm
Let us pray for peace in the Holy Land.
Latest newsletter: 9th May 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 6th Sunday Easter
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/20210509/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 2nd May 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 5th Sunday Easter 2021
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/20210502/mass.htm
St Joseph the worker used by permission of Monastery Icons: http://www.monasteryicons.com
https://www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk/a-reflection-on-the-feast-of-st-joseph-the-worker/
Latest newsletter: 25th April 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon Good Shepherd Sunday 2021
Mass Sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: Universalis: Mass
Latest newsletter: 18th April 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 3rd Sunday Easter
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings:https://universalis.com/20210418/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 11th April 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 2nd Sunday after Easter 2021
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/20210411/mass.htm
Latest newsletter: 4th April 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Easter Sermon 2021
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings:https://universalis.com/20210404/mass.htm
IT’S MINE… All miiiiiiiine!
Stations of the Cross at St Edward’s Church 12 noon: Stations of the Cross 2021
Mass of the Lord’s Passion at St Joseph’s Church 3pm https://www.churchservices.tv/darwen
Booking and live stream details in newsletter: 28th March 2021
Mass tonight 7.30 pm St Joseph’s. BOOKINGS ONLY.
See newsletter for booking and live stream details: 28th March 2021
Conclusion
So strange I can understand the death
So much easier than the resurrection
So sad I can appreciate the suffering
So much more than the joy
So I again begin this journey
To wherever it may take me
For there is always
More
There is always more
Have faith
Rejoice
There is always more
Latest newsletter: 28th March 2021
NO SERMON THIS WEEK
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Readings: https://universalis.com/20210328/mass.htm
Congratulations to James & Christine Currie who celebrate 50 years of marriage on Saturday 3rd April. They were married at St Mary’s Haslingden and the photos show them then and now!
The Fourteenth Station
The body of Jesus is placed in the tomb
We adore thee Oh Christ and we praise thee
Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world
First Voice
There is still need for dignity
Ritual and familiarity
With spices and cloths
And a new tomb
This body placed into the earth
Having accomplished
At total cost
Second Voice
But there is no conclusion
They move away from the place
Meaning to return
But there is no return
Everything that was the same
Is now different
The new way begins
I love you Jesus
My love above all things
I regret with my whole heart of having offended thee
Never permit me to separate …
The Thirteenth Station
Jesus is taken down from the cross
We adore thee Oh Christ and we praise thee
Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world
First Voice
Unspoken strength
She wipes the blood
From limbs
first formed within her womb
She did not understand then
She does not understand now
Oh clement, Oh loving, oh sweet Virgin Mary
Second Voice
She is the faith
The one they seek to care for
She is the protection
The one they seek to serve
She is your mother
Fragile weeping accepting
Where the secret thoughts may be laid bare
I love you Jesus
My love above all things
I regret with my whole heart of having …
The Twelfth Station
Jesus dies upon the cross
We adore thee Oh Christ and we praise thee
Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world
First Voice
This is where
the words lose meaning
the void too vast to cross
I am incapable of speaking
Deaf to all said
He is dead
I am lost
Second Voice
From the noise of violence
To this silence
From the impatience of the crowd…
Latest Newsletter: 21st March 2021
Fr Brian’s Sermon: Sermon 5th Sun Lent 2021
Mass Sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday Readings: https://universalis.com/20210321/mass.htm
The Eleventh Station
Jesus is nailed to the cross
We adore thee Oh Christ and we praise thee
Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world
First Voice
Insatiable
No justification no gratification
Those are the hands of God
Pierced and broken
Your act proves nothing
but the futility of your pride
While this humility
Redeems the world
Second Voice
I too crucify
One of this insatiable crowd
Draining the water
Burning the earth
Refusing responsibility
For My sister held down by production
My brother crucified by poverty
I love you Jesus
My love above all things
I regret with my whole heart of having offended thee
Never permit me to separate myself from thee again
Grant that …
The Tenth Station
Jesus is stripped of his garments
We adore thee Oh Christ and we praise thee
Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world
First Voice
Part of the ritual of humiliation
Is this stripping naked
Back to Adam’s sin
But here the sinless one
Exposes our regret
Confronts the shame
We spend a lifetime covering
Second Voice
Take from me each layer
Remove the pretence
The cloak of wealth
The veneer of respectability
The trappings of security
In truth I have nothing but my love
That Lord is all that I am
have mercy on me a sinner
I love you Jesus
My love above all things
I regret with my whole heart …
The Ninth Station
Jesus falls for the third time
We adore thee Oh Christ and we praise thee
Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world
First Voice
Drained strained empty
There is no independence physically
What blows have not damaged
What cursing and cruelty have not cut
What is left
Is utter dependency
The son of God yields
The body has nothing left
Second Voice
When these bones have nothing
When I am close to death
When the kind nurse wipes my mouth
When they leave the room
So that I can be cleaned
Then Christ crucified share with me
The acceptance that becomes defiance
I love you Jesus
My love above all things
I …
Latest newsletter:14th March 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon:Sermon 4th Sunday Lent 2021
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/20210314/mass.htm
The Eighth Station
Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem
We adore thee Oh Christ and we praise thee
Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world
First Voice
They cry and wail
So sad for him
Keeping the distance
Between those who care
And those who fail
Safe maintaining the illusion
Of difference
Second Voice
This cross is ours
The crucifixion shared
That starving child is yours
These families are mine
The agony felt
A part of the life
Of those prepared to take with Christ this path
I love you Jesus
My love above all things
I regret with my whole heart of having offended thee
Never permit me to separate myself from thee again
Grant that I may …
The Seventh Station
Jesus falls for the second time
We adore thee Oh Christ and we praise thee
Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world
First Voice
They want more
Not enough to destroy the body
They want the will
And Jesus falls
Through pain they seek submission
Probing beyond the physical
And Jesus falls
Second Voice
Trapped in this web of depression
With Jesus I fall
Taking poison for Cancer
With Jesus I fall
Reaching the years of frailty
With Jesus I fall
And with Jesus
I will arise
And go on
I love you Jesus
My love above all things
I regret with my whole heart of having offended thee
Never permit me to …
The Sixth Station
Veronica wipes the face of Jesus
We adore thee Oh Christ and we praise thee
Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world
First Voice
Who did she see
Who did see recognise through the crowd
The victim
The criminal
The second-rate citizen
Was it a clear understanding
That here was a man
Second Voice
So many images
The news entertaining with disaster
Pain anesthetised by familiarity
So look through the presentation
See beyond your comfort
The patronising position of your security
Then have the courage like Veronica
To act
I love you Jesus
My love above all things
I regret with my whole heart of having offended thee
Never permit me to separate …
Latest newsletter: 7th March 2021
Fr Brian’s sermon: Sermon 3rd Sunday Lent
Mass sheet: Order of Mass
Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/20210307/mass.htm