Christmas Masses and Services 2018

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Liverpool South Pastoral Area: St John Almond

Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

3.00 pm First Vespers of Christmas and
Blessing of the Crib

5.00 pm Cathedral closes

10.00 pm Cathedral re-opens

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

Midnight Solemn Midnight Mass of Christmas
Celebrant: Archbishop Malcolm
McMahon OP

8.30 am Mass (Blessed Sacrament Chapel)

10.00 am Family Mass (Crypt)

11.00 am Solemn Mass of Christmas Day

1.00 pm Cathedral closes

St Stephen's Day: Wednesday 26 December

9.45 am Morning Prayer (Blessed Sacrament Chapel)
10.00 am Mass (Blessed Sacrament Chapel)

Thursday 27 December and Friday 28 December

9.45 am Morning Prayer (Blessed Sacrament Chapel)
10.00 am Mass (Blessed Sacrament Chapel)

Saturday 29 December

8.45 am Morning Prayer (Blessed Sacrament Chapel)
9.00 am Mass (Blessed Sacrament Chapel)
6.30 pm First Mass of Sunday (Crypt)

Feast of the Holy Family: Sunday 30 December

8.30 am Mass (Blessed sacrament Chapel)
10.00 am Family Mass (Crypt)
11.00 am Solemn Mass
4.00 pm Mass (RLU Hospital)
7.00 pm Mass (Crypt)

Monday 31 December and Tuesday 1 January 2019

9.45 am Morning Prayer (Blessed Sacrament Chapel)
10.00 am Mass (Blessed Sacrament Chapel)

Liverpool North Pastoral Area: St Joseph and Fr James Nugent

St Francis Xavier, Salisbury Street, Liverpool, L3 8DR

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

6.00 pm Family Mass of Christmas
9.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

10.15 am Mass of Christmas Day

St John the Evangelist, Fountains Road, Kirkdale, Liverpool, L4 1QL.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

5.30 pm Children's Mass of Christmas
7.30 pm Carol Service
8.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

St Margaret Mary, Pilch Lane, Knotty Ash, L14 0JG

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

5.30 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

12.00 pm Midnight Mass of Christmas
10.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

Bootle and Litherland Pastoral Area: St James and St Ambrose Barlow

Holy Spirit, Poulsom Drive, Ford, L21 0DA.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

6.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

9.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

11.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

Chorley Pastoral Area: Blessed Roger Wrenno

St Mary, Mount Pleasant, Chorley, PR7 2SR.

Friday 21 December

7.00 pm Service of Reconciliation (with opportunity for private Confession)

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

7.30 pm Carol Service
8.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

8.00 am Dawn Mass of Christmas Day
10.30 am Mass of Christmas Day
2.00 pm Polish Mass

Feast of St Stephen: Wednesday 26 December

12.00 noon Mass

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God: Tuesday 1 January 2019

12.00 noon Mass

Croxteth and Walton Pastoral Area: St Paul and St Raphael

Blessed Sacrament, Walton Vale, Aintree, L9 2DG.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

6.00 pm First Mass of Christmas with children preceded by Carol Service
11.00 pm Mass of Christmas preceded by Carol Service

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

10.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

Isle of Man Pastoral Area: St Maughold

St Mary of the Isle, Hill Street, Douglas, IM1 1EG

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

2.00 pm 'Come to the Manger' Family Service
5.30 pm First Mass of Christmas
11.30 pm Carol Service

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

12.00 am Midnight Mass of Christmas
11.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Anthony, Ridgeway Road, Onchan.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

8.15 pm Carol Service
9.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

9.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Joseph, Fenella Avenue, Willaston.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

6.30 pm First Mass of Christmas

Knowsley Pastoral Area: St John Plessington

Our Lady Immaculate and St Joseph, Vicarage Place, Prescot, L34 1LE.

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

12.00 am Midnight Mass of Christmas
11.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Stephen's Day: Wednesday 26 December

12.00 pm Mass

Saturday 29 December

6.15 pm First Mass of Sunday

Feast of the Holy Family: Sunday 30 December

11.00 am Mass

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God: Tuesday 1 January 2019

12.00 pm Mass

St Agnes, 82 Huyton Hey Road, Liverpool, L36 5SQ

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

8.30 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

11.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

Saturday 29 December

5.30 pm First Mass of Sunday

Feast of the Holy Family: Sunday 30 December

11.00 am Mass

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God: Tuesday 1 January 2019

12.00 pm Mass

St Aidan of Lindisfarne, Adswood Road, Huyton, L36 7XR.

Wednesday 19 December

7.30 pm Service of Reconciliation

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

5.30 pm First Mass of Christmas

St Stephen's Day: Wednesday 26 December

12.00 pm Mass

Feast of the Holy Family: Sunday 30 December

9.30 am Mass

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God: Tuesday 1 January 2019

9.30 am Mass

Leigh Pastoral Area: St John the Evangelist

St Edmund Arrowsmith Parish

Twelve Apostles church, Nel Pan Lane, Leigh, WN7 5JS.

Wednesday 19 December

7.30 pm Carol Service

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

5.30 pm First Mass of Christmas

St Joseph's church, Mather Lane, Leigh, WN7 2PR.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

5.30 pm Carol service
6.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

8.30 am Mass of Christmas Day
10.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

Our Lady of the Rosary church, Plank Lane, Leigh, WN7 4QE.

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

12.00 pm Midnight Mass of Christmas

Sacred Heart church, Walmesley Road, Leigh, WN7 1YE.

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

9.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

Leyland Pastoral Area: St John Fisher and St Thomas More

Our Lady, Help of Christians, Hesketh Lane, Tarleton, PR4 6AS

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

8.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day:Tuesday 25 December

9.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Catherine Laboure, Stanifield Lane, Farington, PR25 4QG.

Saturday 22 December

7.30 pm Charity Carol Concert with the Octavius Singers

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

10.00 pm First Mass of Christmas and placing of Bambino in the Crib

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

8.30 am Mass of Christmas Day
10.00 am Sung Latin Mass (Traditional Form)

Ormskirk and Maghull Pastoral Area: St Ignatius of Loyola

Holy Rosary, Altway, Aintree Village, Liverpool, L10 2LG.

Wednesday 19 December

7.00 pm Service of Reconciliation

Sunday 23 December

4.00 pm Carol Service

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

6.00 pm Family Mass of Christmas
9.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

10.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Stephen's Day: Wednesday 26 December

10.30 am Mass

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God: Tuesday 1 January 2019

10.30 am Mass

St Anne, Prescot Road, Ormskirk, L39 4TG.

Wednesday 19 December

7.00 pm Service of Reconciliation

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

6.00 pm Vigil Mass for Christmas
11.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

10.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Stephen's Day: Wednesday 26 December

12.00 pm Mass

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God: Tuesday 1 January 2019

12.00 pm Mass

Parish of St Catherine of Alexandria

Our Lady's church, Southport Road, Lydiate, L31 4HH.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

8.00 pm Carol Service
8.30 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

9.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Gregory the Great church, Liverpool Road, Lydiate, L31 2NA.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

6.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

8.00 am Mass of Christmas Day
11.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Elizabeth, Hall Road, Scarisbrick, L40 9QE.

Sunday 23 December

9.00 am Mass with Blessing of Cribs

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

7.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

9.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

St George, Station Road, Maghull, L31 3DF.

Thursday 20 December

7.00 pm Penance Service

Christmas Eve:Monday 24 December

8.00 pm Vigil of Carols and Readings
8.30 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day:Tuesday 25 December

9.30 am Mass of Christmas Day
11.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Stephen's Day: Wednesday 26 December

10.00 am Mass

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God: Tuesday 1 January 2019

10.00 am Mass

St John the Evangelist, Chapel Lane, Lathom, Burscough, L40 7RA.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

6.30 pm Vigil Mass for Christmas
9.30 pm Carols and Blessing of Crib
10.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

9.30 am Christmas Day Dawn Mass
11.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Stephen's Day: Wednesday 26 December

10.00 am Mass

Feast of St John the Evangelist: Thursday 27 December

6.30 pm Mass

Parish of St Mary and St Kentigern

St Mary's church, Prescot Road, Aughton, Ormskirk, L39 6TA.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

5.00 pm Carol Service
5.30 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

9.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

Most Holy Redeemer and St Kentigern church, WaddicarLane, Melling, L31 1BS.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

9.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

10.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Helens Pastoral Area: St Monica

Blessed English Martyrs, Piele Road, Haydock, Wa11 0YJ

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

6.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

10.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

Corpus Christi, Chapel Street, Rainford, WA11 8BY.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

11.30 pm Carol Service

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

12.00 am Midnight Mass of Christmas
8.30 am Dawn Mass of Christmas
10.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

Holy Cross and St Helen, Corporation Street, St Helens, WA10 1EF.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

4.00 pm Carol Service
4.30 pm Vigil Mass for Christmas
11.30 pm Carol Service

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

12.00 am Midnight Mass of Christmas
10.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Anne and Blessed Dominic, Monastery Road, Sutton, St Helens, WA9 3ZD.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

6.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

St Vincent de Paul, Derbyshire Hill Road, St Helens, WA9 2LS.

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

9.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Austin, Heath Street, Thatto Heath, St Helens, WA9 5NN.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

6.30 pm First Mass of Christmas (Signed Mass)
11.30 pm Carol service

Christmas Day; Monday 25 December

12.00 am Midnight Mass of Christmas
9.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Bartholomew, Warrington Road, Rainhill, L35 6NY.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

5.00 pm First Mass of Christmas (for children)
  8.30 pm Carol Service
9.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

9.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

St David, Park Road South, Newton-le-Willows, WA12 8JW.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

8.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

11.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Julie, Howards Lane, Eccleston, St Helens, WA10 5HJ.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

5.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

10.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Mary, Birchley Road, Billinge, WN5 7QJ.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

7.30 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

8.00 am Dawn Mass of Christmas
11.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Mary, Lowe House, Crab Street, St Helens, WA10 2BE.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

5.00 pm Vigil Mass of Christmas
11.30 pm Carol Service

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

12.00 am Midnight Mass of Christmas
11.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Mary and St John, Crow Lane East, Newton-le-Willows, WA12 9UD

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

6.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

9.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Mary Immaculate, Blackbrook Road, St Helens, WA11 9RJ.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

  6.00 pm Vigil Mass for Christmas
9.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

8.00 am Mass of Christmas Day
9.30 am Mass of Christmas Day
11.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Patrick, Loughrigg Avenue, Clinkham wood, WA11 7AP.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

4.30 pm Carol Service
  5.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

11.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Patrick, Common Road, Newton-le-Willows, WA12 9JH

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

6.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

10.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Peter and St Paul, Woodlands Road, Haresfinch, WA11 9AQ.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

6.30 pm Carol Service
7.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

9.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Teresa of Avila, Devon Street, St Helens, WA10 4HX.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

7.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

9.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Theresa of the Child Jesus, Gartons Lane, Sutton Manor, St Helens, WA9 4RR.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

11.30 pm Carol service

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

12.00 am Midnight Mass of Christmas
11.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Thomas of Canterbury, Dentons Green Lane, Windleshaw, WA10 7SE.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

6.30 pm Carol service
7.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

8.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

Southport Pastoral Area: Our Lady of Walsingham

St Marie on the Sands, Seabank Road, Southport, PR9 0EJ.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

11.30 pm Service of Readings and Carols

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

12.00 am Midnight Mass of Christmas
9.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Patrick, Marshside Road, Churchtown, Southport, PR9 9TJ

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

11.30 pm Service of Readings and Carols

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

12.00 am Midnight Mass of Christmas
11.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

Upholland Pastoral Area: St John Rigby

Our Lady of the Annunciation (St Marie's), Almond Brook Road, Standish, Wigan, WN6 0TB.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

7.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

10.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Bernadette, Wigan Road, Shevington, WN6 8AP.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

9.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

9.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Teresa, College Road, Upholland, WN8 0PY.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

6.00 pm First Mass of Christmas
11.30 pm Carol Service

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

12.00 am Midnight Mass of Christmas
10.00 am Christmas Morning Mass

New Year's Eve: Monday 31 December

11.30 pm Mass

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God: Tuesday 1 January 2019

10.00 am Mass

Warrington Pastoral Area: St Gregory the Great

Parish of Blessed James Bell

St Benedict's church, Rhodes Street, Warrington, WA2 7QE.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

4.00 pm Slovak Christmas Mass
11.30 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

10.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Mary's Shrine, Buttermarket Street, Warrington, WA1 2NS.
(Latin Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite)

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

11.30 pm Carol Service

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

12.00 am Sung Midnight Mass of Christmas
9.00 am Low Mass of Christmas Morning
11.00 am Sung Mass of Christmas Day

St Oswald's church, Padgate Lane, Warrington, WA1 3LB.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

6.00 pm First Mass of Christmas
8.00 pm Polish Christmas Mass

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

8.30 am Christmas Dawn Mass
2.00 pm Polish Christmas Mass

St Stephen's Day: Wednesday 26 December

2.00 pm Polish Mass

Sacred Heart, Liverpool Road, Warrington, WA5 1AE.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

6.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

St Alban, Bewsey Street, Warrington, WA2 7JQ.

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

12.00 am Midnight Mass of Christmas
10.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Joseph, Meeting Lane, Penketh, WA5 2BB.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

5.30 pm Christmas Vigil Mass
7.00 pm Christmas Vigil Mass

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

8.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Paul of the Cross, Mercer Street, Burtonwood, WA5 4HW

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

8.30 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

10.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

Widnes Pastoral Area: St Charles Borromeo

Parish of St Wilfrid

St Basil and All Saints church, Hough Green Road, Widnes, WA8 4SZ.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

5.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

8.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Bede's church, Leigh Avenue, Appleton Village, Widnes, WA8 6EL.

Friday 21 December

7.00 pm Service of Light

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

5.00 pm First Mass of Christmas
11.30 pm Service of Carols and Readings

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

12.00 am Midnight Mass of Christmas
9.00 am Mass of Christmas Day
11.15 am Mass of Christmas Day

St John Fisher church, Moorfield Road, Widnes, WA8 3JA.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

5.00 pm First Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

10.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

St Michael's church, St Michael's Road, Ditton, Widnes, WA8 8TF.

Wednesday 19 December

7.00 pm Carol Service

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

5.00 pm Vigil Mass of Christmas
8.00 pm Vigil Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

10.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

Woolton and Halewood Pastoral Area: St Therese of Lisieux

Our Lady of the Annunciation, Bishop Eton, Woolton Road, L16 8NQ.

Saturday 22 December

2.30 pm Traditional Carol Service

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

11.00 pm Carol Service
11.30 pm Midnight Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

8.30 am Mass of Christmas Day
10.00 am Mass of Christmas Day
11.30 am Mass of Christmas Day

Our Lady of the Assumption, Hedgefield Road, Gateacre, L25 2RW.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

6.00 pm Christmas Vigil Mass with Children
8.30 pm Carols by Candlelight
9.00 pm Sung Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

10.00 am Sung Mass of Christmas Day

St Mary, Church Road, Woolton, L25 5JF.

Christmas Eve: Monday 24 December

5.30 pm First Mass of Christmas for families
11.30 pm Carol Service

Christmas Day: Tuesday 25 December

12.00 am Midnight Mass of Christmas
9.00 am Mass of Christmas Day
11.00 am Mass of Christmas Day

Wednesday 26 December to Saturday 29 December

10.00 am Mass

Saturday 29 December

5.30 pm First Mass of Sunday

Feast of the Holy Family: Sunday 30 December

9.00 am Mass
11.00 am Mass

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God: Tuesday 1 January 2019

10.00 am Mass