Welcome to Chester's Catholic Website

This site provides an introduction to the Catholic parishes of Chester and District, part of the RC Diocese of Shrewsbury. From October 2007 the Diocese has been divided into six Regions and 26 Local Pastoral Areas (LPAs). The parishes of Chester and District form “Local Pastoral Area 11” within the “North Cheshire” Region.


NORTH CHESHIRE

Regional Dean: Fr Russell Cooke, St Columba’s, Chester

Tel 01244 400873 Email: st.columba@btinternet.com


LPA 10





LPA 11

Ellesmere Port, Our Lady

Ellesmere Port. St Bernard

Ellesmere Port, St Saviour

Hooton, St Mary


Blacon, St Theresa

Chester, St Francis

Chester, St Werburgh

Lache, St Clare

Mouldsworth, St Cuthbert

Plas Newton, St Columba

Tarporley, St Thomas Becket

Waverton

LPA 12







LPA 13

Castlefields, St Augustine

Frodsham, St Luke

Halton Brook, Holy Spirit

Murdishaw, St Martin

Palace Fields, Our Lady

Runcorn, St Edward


Appleton, St Monica

Latchford, Our Lady & St Augustine

Lymm, St Winefride


THE LOCAL PASTORAL AREA TEAM

Its membership consists of a:

Team members serve initially for three years, which is renewable once. The Team meets three times per year, once per term. It elects one priest and one lay person to be Co-Leaders for two years.


TEAM TASKS

The Team is expected to:


PARISHES OF CHESTER AND DISTRICT (LPA 11)

Pastoral Area Team

Elected Co-Leaders: Clergy – Fr Russell Cooke, Lay – Kate Hughes


St Clare’s: Fr Paul Shaw, Kate Hughes

St Columba’s: Fr Russell Cooke, Bernard Payne

St Cuthbert’s/ St Thomas Becket’s: Fr Joe Carney, Bill Cresswell/Tom Bonikowski

St Francis: Br Prins Casinader, Anne Brocklehurst/Vincent Hatton


St Theresa’s: Fr Jim Kenny, Gerald Jones

St Werburgh’s: Fr Paul Shaw, Brian Burns


Deacon: Rev Lawrence Hordley

Catechist: Tia Lasok-Smith

Teacher: John Murray


The new framework affects previous arrangements in Chester and District in two ways:

The new Pastoral Team held its first full meeting in January 2008, when it was agreed that “The Chester Catholic” would continue to be produced, to contain more information about the work of the Team and its sub-groups. In addition, the Chester Catholic website will be regularly updated.



Mass Times in Chester & District

 

Sunday

Holy Days

 

(Sat)

am

pm

Eve

am

pm

St Clare’s, Lache:

6.00pm

9.30

 

As announced 

St Columba’s, Plas Newton:

7.15pm

9.15, 11.00

 

 

9.15

7.15

St Cuthbert’s, Mouldsworth:

 

9.00

 

As announced

St Francis, Chester:

6.30pm

9.15, 11.15

4.30 (Polish) 

 

8.00, 12.00

7.00

St Theresa’s, Blacon:

6.30pm

10.00


7.00

9.30 1

 

St Thomas Becket, Tarporley:

5.30pm

11.00

 

As announced

St Werburgh’s, Chester:

Rowton Methodist Church, Waverton:

 

6.00pm

9.00, 10.45

6.00

 7.30pm

7.30

12.15, 7.30

 1 9.00 in School holidays