Author Archives: JohnN

The floor in the Church and social area is being re-varnished.  So, from Monday 17th March until Friday 28th March the church will not be open. Weekday Masses (on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings) will take place in the ‘Upper Room’ … Continue reading →

Having consulted and reflected, the Sacred Triduum will take place in St Mary’s, the Mother Church of our Parish. The following services will all take place at St Mary’s: The Mass of The Lord’s Supper on Maundy Thursday evening Morning … Continue reading →

There will be a fund-raising concert in aid of the church refurbishment in Sacred Heart School Hall on Friday 28th March at 7.00pm. Posters are available for display around the Parish.  Please help by picking one up after Mass and … Continue reading →

The information on the “Contact Us” page has been brought up to date with all the current information for Our Lady of Furness Parish.   There is quite a lot of information on the new page, so you may need … Continue reading →

Now that we are one Parish, we need to work on bringing the website up to date.  We need help to do this.  Do you have the skills and ideas that we need to help us do this?  Do you … Continue reading →

The feast of the Sacred Heart falls on Friday, 7th June this year – Friday this week. Please join in the 9 days of prayer between 1st and 9th June as we ask the Lord’s blessing on us.  The Novena … Continue reading →

Bishop Michael was visibly moved by our loss of Fr Bernard when he spoke at the beginning of the Requiem Mass on Friday, 31st May.  This is the tribute he posted on Saturday on his Blog on the Lancaster Diocese … Continue reading →

PPCs will be suspended until further notice following Fr Bernard’s sudden and unexpected death. Revised dates for the two recently postponed meetings in Sacred Heart and Saint Columba with Saint Patrick parishes will be published in due course.

Bishop Michael has written an ‘extra’ letter, that is, one that wasn’t included in his annual plan, which he sends to all of his priests.  As Fr Bernard said, in what turned out to be his last homily, “. . … Continue reading →

Sacred Heart School has long had strong links with the parish community and the wider local community.  Over the years, a lot of work has been done by successive Head Teachers to improve these links.  This term several different groups … Continue reading →