BECOME A COMMUNITY OF PRAYER
You may wish to select an area in your home where you can pray in comfort.
You may wish to light a candle or play some soft music whilst you pray
Prayer events and prayers can be found in this section of the website.
LOURDES YOUTH PILGRIMAGE: 21-30 JULY 2027
Aged 15 (or in Year 10) to 22? Join the Archdiocesan Youth Pilgrimage, deposit £100. Total price is £730. Apply before 9:00am on 19th October? Qualify for a £50 reduction.
Completed Faith in Action Gold Award this year? Qualify for a further £100 reduction. Apply now at: https://www.liverpoollourdesyouth.co.uk/
Coach One is Liverpool. Coach Two is Knowsley.
ALIVE WORSHIP CELEBRATION:
📅 Date: NOW Sunday 27 September, 4:00pm -5:00pm NOT 20 September.
📍Location: Our Lady of the Assumption Church, L25 2RW.
All are welcome to come and experience worship and prayer led by One Hope Project, a Catholic collective bringing impactful music, fresh creativity and building community. ALIVE celebrates God’s active presence in our lives. There will be prayer, adoration, friendship and hospitality to follow.
LOURDES AT HOME 2026
On Tuesday 28th July 2026, the Parishes of St Mary’s Woolton and St John Vianney hosted a ‘Lourdes at Home’ Mass celebrated by Parish Priest Fr Peter McGrail. Scrolls of names of our sick, housebound and recently deceased parishioners were included in the offertory procession and placed on the altar during the Mass.
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Following the Mass, at our very own Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Fr Peter led parishioners in prayer joining together in spiritual union with our pilgrims in Lourdes.
MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS: POPE LEO XIV'S FIRST ENCYCLICAL
Pope Leo's first encyclical has given us much to think about. But what does it all mean? Here are some resources breaking down the Pope's message, and what it means for us:
Magnifica Humanitas: A Reflection by Mgr Peter Fleetwood
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical broken down (includes a video and some useful graphics from the Vatican)
Catholic Truth Society have shared explainers from Sr Carino and Prof. Jacob Phillips, as well as a video of their roundtable discussion about the encyclical.
CAFOD have given a quick primer on what Magnifica Humanitas is about and what it means for the Catholic community
If you want to delve in deeper, Ascension Press have written a comprehensive overview of the key points and themes of Magnifica Humanitas
POPE LEO XIV’S FIRST PAPAL ENCYCLICAL: MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS!
‘Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together.’ – Pope Leo XIV
Published on Monday 25 May, Pope Leo XIV signed his first encyclical on 15 May, the 135th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum. The new letter, Magnifica Humanitas, addresses one of today’s major challenges: safeguarding the human person in the age of Artificial Intelligence.
Pope Leo XIV appeals for people to build ‘for the common good’ and to ‘remain human,’ acting in courage towards shared responsibility and communion, so that the world ‘will come to recognise the human heart as the place where God desires to dwell.’
Access the new encyclical at the Vatican Website via: https://tinyurl.com/ymhbn238
CANTONESE MASS (廣東話彌撒):
📅 Date: Saturday 3 October at 2pm
📍Location: Blessed Sacrament Chapel, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, L3 5TQ).
All are warmly welcome. For enquiries contact: 07403 489931 (Flora).
BE WOMEN OF COURAGE: WOMEN’S WEEKEND
📅 Date: 16-18 October
📍Location: Irenaeus
Join us for a women’s weekend of sharing and exploring the call of God in our lives.
CONTEMPORARY PRAISE EVENING
📅 Date: Saturday 23RD October at 6.30pm
📍Location: St James, 4 Albion Street, New Brighton, Wirral, CH45 9LF.
Please see image poster for more details.
FAITHFUL CIVIC LIFE: POWER, PLACE AND THE COMMON GOOD:
📅 Date: Tuesdays 22ND September, 20th October & 24th November
📍Location: St Cleopas Church, Dingle 6.30pm
How can churches and faith communities engage more confidently and effectively in civic life? As part of their Manifesto for Hope work with CTMR, Together Liverpool is running a three-part evening series with Liverpool Councillor Jane Corbett, exploring how local power works, where decisions are made, how relationships shape civic life, and how faith communities can contribute to the common good.
The sessions are practical and reflective, aimed at clergy, faith and community leaders, trustees, staff and volunteers involved in social action, community engagement or public life across Liverpool City Region.
Ticket for the three evenings £16.94
Find out more and book here by 20th September.
SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION:
📅 Date: Thursday 22 October at 6.00pm
📍Meet: The parish hall
Parents and Carers of children in Year 4 and above are invited to join us at 6:00pm on Thursday 22 October in St Mary’s parish hall to register for this year’s Preparations for the Sacraments of First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion. This is a meeting for Parents/Carers only (no children) to register, meet our team and to outline the programme. Please contact for more information.
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