The 40 Days for Life prayer vigils are continuing every day up to 9 April. You can join this peaceful witness for life outside abortion clinics in Manchester, Liverpool and too many other locations. God certainly hears the prayers. Several times this year at Fallowfiel...

NEW UPDATE: Now £655!

UPDATE: The total raised for the Junior Choir by their sponsored cycle ride is £503. Well deserved, as the photos testify.

Thanks to all who sponsored the Trans-Pennine Cycle Ride in support of the Junior Choir at St Mary's. The sponsorship money is...

UPDATE: The total raised has just risen above £900. So a correspondingly bigger thank you!

Many thanks to the Catholic Travellers & Gypsies (Facebook here) for raising some £800 for St Mary's Shrine by a Crowdfunding initiative--with donations coming in also from C...

Please click here for a pdf copy of this week's bulletin.

Spy Wednesday, 12th April

8:00pm Sung Tenebrӕ: Allegri, Loti, Elgar, Couperin: a spiritual concert open to all

Maundy Thursday, 13th April 

10:00am-11:30am Tenebrӕ: Gregorian chant (booklets available with English translation)

11:30am-1:00pm Confessions...

As of yesterday, St Mary's Shrine and the Priory are covered by CCTV, both inside and outside the premises. With the boost this gives to security, we are looking to extending the hours when the church is open each day. More details will follow in due course. Meanwhile,...

Click here to see the latest 2 minute video showing the progress of construction for the new church at Nne Enyemaka Shrine in Nigeria.

1) God chooses to dwell amongst us

2) We decide, "Away, away with Him! Crucify Him!"

3) St John is inspired to write a Gospel account of it 

4) JS Bach is moved to compose the choral St John Passion

5) Warrington Choral Society decides to sing it (videos of rehearsal...

For a preview of the material for Thursday's Family Catechism, on God's Omnipotence, please click here. It is difficult to get into St Thomas Aquinas' Summa, but we can certainly make a beginning.

Meanwhile, the first of four Lenten Talks for 2017 was given at St Mary's...