St Anne's Church is an active Roman Catholic parish church in the Archdiocese of Liverpool. In 1999 its parish was combined with that of the Church of St Bernard. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
Our Purpose.
We strive to create a welcoming community where prayer and active listening define us. Filled with hope, we draw strength from the Word and Eucharist. Our collective goal is to nurture and empower each other, unlocking our God-given gifts for meaningful contributions to liturgy and service. We remain attuned to the joys and sorrows around us, extending openness to all within our local community and beyond. Together, we collaborate in the shared mission of building God's kingdom.
Our Mission.
Everyone is welcome because we aim to be a prayerful, listening people,
filled with hope, nourished and empowered by the Word and Eucharist, seeking
to enable one another to develop our God given gifts for liturgy and service
to others, sensitive and responsive to the joys and pains around us, open to
all within the local community and beyond.
We work together for the building of God's kingdom.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
John 3:16-17 ESV
St. Anne’s story
There will be people reading this potted history of St. Anne’s church and parish who
will be able to recall many things unknown to us current parishioners. We would love
to hear from you because the rich history of our parish deserves a much fuller
presentation.
During the years before and after the last War it was said that St. Anne’s parish had the
largest Catholic population of any parish in the country. If so, things have changed
dramatically. There has been demolition on a grand scale, many of the large tenement
blocks replaced by houses and bungalows, with gardens front and back. Now we have a
very large, beautiful church, re-designed twenty years ago to respond to our change of
circumstances, with a congregation much smaller than it used to be, but diverse, multinational,
and very happy.
The church was built in 1842 by the monks of Downside Abbey. According to their
historian its building almost bankrupted the Abbey. On a date unknown, the care of the
parish passed to the monks of Ampleforth Abbey. It stayed with the monks until they
handed over the parish to the care of the Archdiocese in 1950.
Five priests served the parish at that time. Now we have half a priest, St. Anne’s now
being part of the combined parish of St. Anne and St. Bernard.
The church itself is built with beautiful local sandstone. In 1982 it was industrially
cleaned at Government expense, the grime and smoke of 120 years giving way to the
beautiful original red stone.
We believe our church to be as beautiful as any in the Archdiocese, When our website
develops further we will be able to take you on a tour of the special features of our
church.
Meet Our Team.
Fr.Peter Morgan Parish Priest
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Rev Francis Bowman Deacon
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Jane Barry Administrator
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Peter Crowe Coordinator
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