Join us at our meeting on Thurs 25 June at 5.30pm in the Quiet Room, Haydock Centre, to discuss The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis).

Beginning Tuesday 30th June before each weekday Mass we will have a period of Eucharistic Adoration and additional times for confession. Read more for detail … These times of prayer before the Lord are a wonderful opportunity for us to bring all our needs and intentions to His Eucharistic Heart. We might also use this time to ask the Lord to send more labourers into His harvest and to pray for an increase in vocations most especially to the priesthood in our diocese.

Please pray for Deacon Stephen Bamber to be ordained priest on 27 June, and three candidates to be ordained to the Permanent Diaconate on 4 July. Please also pray for the five young men from our Diocese who will begin seminary this year….

You are welcome to join Bishop Paul Swarbrick at Lancaster Cathedral for the annual Education Mass. This is an opportunity to ask for God’s blessing on those involved in Catholic education and faith formation in our diocese.

A huge thank you from the Monze group to all who bought tickets, donated raffle prizes, baked cakes, or in any way contributed to making our BBQ last Sunday a great success. Thank you also to BlueJam Street Beats for the fantastic music. £787.70 was raised which will go towards buying much needed equipment for the Monze Mission hospital’s neo-natal unit.

From the end of the month www.stcatherinepenrith.org.uk will no longer exist as a web domain and you will only able to access the website via www.stjohnboste.org.uk. Make sure you type in the new link and don’t just rely on the old links!

Read the letter to all parishioners here.

Fr Tony Chantry, Missio Director, recently had an audience with Pope Leo in which the Pope expressed 'my gratitude to all of you and everyone who works with you ... for all of your efforts'.  He then bestowed the an Apostolic Blessing …

The next PPC meeting will be held on Thurs 2nd July, after Mass at 7pm at St Wulstan’s, Alston .

If you have any matters you would like to raise, please contact your local rep: Sue Chandler in Penrith, Jeanette Haslam in Alston and Tony Furlong in Appleby and Kirkby Stephen.

Catholic Voice for June 2026 is available now - see button at the bottom of this page.

We offer our prayers and congratulations to the children who received our Lord for the first time in Holy Communion on Saturday. May they all continue to grow in their love for the Holy Eucharist…..

28 Sep- 1 Oct 2026

This year’s theme is ‘Mary, cause of our Joy’

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Who do you know that you could bring to Alpha?

Thank you to those who prepared flowers and a crown for Our Lady last weekend on the Feast of Pentecost and for those who were able to join us, especially our young people for our little procession and crowning of Our Lady in the Rectory garden.

We welcome Fr Stuart Chapple, our new parish priest.

Thanks to the parishioners at St Wulstan's for their very generous donation of £63 in the contributions box for the Alston Moor Food Bank. A reminder that there are collection points for donations for local Food Banks at the back of Our Lady’s, St Catherine’s and St Wulstan’s. Read more for items particularly needed. Thank you for your generosity.

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The application process for 2026-28 is now open. Read more for more info.