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Our Lady & St Werburgh Catholic Church

Our Lady and St Werburgh Catholic Church
  • Our Lady & St Werburgh
  • Seabridge Lane, Clayton,
  • Staffordshire, ST5 4AG
  • Tel: 01782 613023

Our Blessed Lady & St John The Baptist

Our Blessed Lady and St John the Baptist
  • Our Blessed Lady & St John the Baptist,
  • Church Road, Ashley, Market Drayton,
    Shropshire, TF9 4JY
  • Tel: 01782 613023

Our Lady & St Werburgh Primary School

Our Lady & St Werburgh primary School

Parish Priest: Father Anton Madej

Parish Priest - Our Lady and St Werburgh

I belong to the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Betharram. Betharram is a small village and shrine to Our Lady about nine miles outside of Lourdes. Many people have heard of the Grottos of Betharram, but not so many about the shrine where our founder St Michael Garicoits brought our Congregation into being.

About Father Anton

Father Anton's Weekly Column

Live Streamed Mass Times

  • Next Mass Sunday 6th December at 10.00am - Our 50th Live Mass!
  • Sunday 20th December at 10.00am

Private Prayer Times

Our Church is open for private prayer each Sunday between 9.30 to 10.30am.

Public Mass Times

  • Saturdays at 6.00pm
  • Sundays at 10.00am and 11.00am

Book Your Place To Attend Mass

Call the parish office on 01782 613023 to book your place.

Contact the parish office on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings between 10 am until 1 pm. Other times you may leave a message but until we get back to you we cannot confirm a place.

You are also required to wear a face mask when you come to church unless you have an exemption such as breathing difficulties etc.

News In The Parish

Standing Order Gift Aid Form

For making donations towards our parish by standing order, download the following gift aid form and post or drop through the presbytery letter box.

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Parish Blog

Blog - Our Lady and St Werburgh

This Week - 28/11/2020

Adam here, I hope that you are all managing okay as the days get darker and colder more quickly. Wednesday was the second mid-week live streamed Mass. The live streamed Mass will be tomorrow at 11.00am.

Website updates include this week's parish newsletter, News from the Pews, Father Anton's weekly column, and the parish news blog. Some of the News from the Pews entries are actually very funny.

The Christmas Raffle will take place on Saturday, December 12th at 12 noon. See Christmas Raffle.

The lastest news from The Catholic Universe can be read at https://thecatholicuniverse.com/category/news-uk-and-ireland/

Please take care and look after yourselves.

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Parish News From the Pews

Blog - Our Lady and St Werburgh

Coronavirus Christmas Concerts - 29/11/2020

Our little people are very well versed with the rules in place to help to keep the Coronavirus away. One local primary school is going ahead with the Nativity Play which will be filmed so that parents and grandparents can see their darlings perform. Some changes as a result of the virus could be:

  • The Inn Keeper: ‘Sorry, we are closed due to the virus.’
  • The Angel to the Shepherds: ‘Remember Hands, Face, Space and leave the gifts outside the stable.’
  • Joseph will have to remain outside the stable until the moment just before Baby Jesus arrives.
  • The Three Kings will not be allowed to travel out of Tier 3 just yet.

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Forthcoming Events

Compass in Advent 2020

Catholic Vocations Project

For adults between 18 and 35

Join us to relfect on some of the characters in the Christmas story whose lives were radically changed.

How is God speaking to us through these stories today?

taking place at 7pm on the following dates: 4th, 11th, and 18th December

Compass in Advent

St Werburgh’s Christmas Raffle Prizes on December 12th

Father Anton and Mr Grove will be doing the draw on Saturday, December 12th at 12 noon, which we will film and upload to Facebook. We will also contact the winners by phone and email to let them know what they have won. Some prizes have already been donated as detailed in the list below and we will add more to the list as they are confirmed.

Christmas Raffle

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Our Lady and St Werburgh, Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire