Serving the market town of Leek and the surrounding Staffordshire Moorlands area
Mass TimesThe Parish of St Mary is an established Catholic community situated at the northern most tip of the Archdiocese of Birmingham, serving Leek and the surrounding Staffordshire Moorlands district.
Come and say hello! Refreshments are served after Mass on Sunday, in the presbytery next to the church. Visiting at another time? Please get in touch to discover what we are all about and see around our beautiful church.
This is an extra meeting for those who were unable to attend the previous meeting due to the poor weather.
Weekly Saturday morning Mass at St Mary’s. (The Vigil Mass for Sunday takes place at 6pm)
Saturday evening Vigil Mass for Sunday celebrated in Polish. Drodzy Parafianie, pragniemy was poinformowac, ze od 6 pazdziernika tego roku ( sobota ) Msza Sw., w jezyku polskim w naszej Parafii St.Mary’s w Leek bedzie odprawiana o godzinie 16:30. Wszystkim Polakom w naszej Parafii zyczymy Bozej laski i zapewniamy o modlitwie. Father Martin i Ks.
Both Catholics and Anglicans are celebrating after Pope Francis cleared the way for the canonisation of Cardinal John Henry Newman. Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, welcomed the “wonderful news” shortly after a miracle attributed to Cardinal Newman’s intercession was recognised on Wednesday. Full article can be found
Prior to the recitation of the Marian Prayer, the Pope reflected on Sunday’s Gospel reading from Luke. In which, he says, Jesus in the form of the Beatitudes “opens his eyes to us, makes us see with his gaze, beyond appearances, beyond the surface, and teaches us to discern situations with faith.” Full article can
The work to both the church and the presbytery are almost complete. We are grateful to the National Lottery for the funding for the works on the ground floor of the presbytery. I am very grateful for the generous amount of time people have given during the week to tidy both the Sacristies; to tidy