19th & 20th SUNDAYS IN ORDINARY TIME
9th & 16th August 2026
Sunday 9th August - 11.00 - Mass - Rosemary Hough
Tuesday 11th August - 10.00 - Liturgy of the Word, Holy Communion & Novena
Friday 14th August - 10.00 - Liturgy of the Word & Holy Communion
Sunday 16th August - 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
11.00 - Mass - John Winstanley (LD)
Tuesday 18th August - 10.00 - Requiem Mass - Mavis Fishwick
Friday 21st August - 10.00 - Mass
SUNDAY 23rd August - 21st in Ordinary Time
Sunday 23rd August - 11.00 - Mass - Parishioners
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK AND THE HOUSEBOUND: Joan Bailey, Mary Patricia Case, Michael Cross, Veronica Denver, Bob Goulding, Janet McGowan, Maureen Hardman, Bill King, Emma King, Fintan McWilliams, Vasil Olijniczuk, Heidi O’Neill, Irene O’Neill, Lauren O’Neill, Barrie Swift, Dennis Woodruff.
If you want someone’s name to be on the parish sick list for prayers, please leave a note in the sacristy or presbytery IN WRITING, or by email to stjosephs.anderton@tiscali.co.uk
BAPTISM BOOKINGS DATES AVAILABLE Sept. 27th, Oct.25th, Nov.29th, Dec.27th. Baptisms will take place at 12.00. Or at St Mary's Chorley 15.00 usually on the second Saturday of the month.Parents need to be resident within St Joseph’s parish area or (with the permission of another parish priest) regular Mass attenders here. Please collect a baptism booking form and an Order of Service from the Sacristy after Sunday Mass. Return the form so that any necessary preparation can be arranged.
CHORLEY AND PRESTON HOSPITALS: Please contact St Joseph's Chorley (01257 262713) if any member of your family is admitted into Chorley Hospital and needs a visit. In urgent cases or emergency please ask the ward staff to call the duty Chaplain on his bleep/phone. For the chaplaincy service at Royal Preston Hospital Tel: 01772 522435. For the chaplaincy service at Wigan Infirmary Tel: 01942 822324.
Parish Priest: Fr Francis Marsden
Secretary: Mr Frank Webster
Parish Office: St Joseph’s Presbytery, 28 Bolton Road, Adlington, PR6 9NA
Wednesdays 10.00-13.00
Tel: all calls now to 01257- 262537 (St Mary’s Chorley)
E-mail: stjosephs.anderton@tiscali.co.uk
Parish Website: www.stjosephsanderton.com
ARCHDIOCESE OF LIVERPOOL Registered Charity No. 1199714
