Following a consultation process, the Archdiocese of Liverpool can now confirm its Families of Parishes.
The process started in November 2021 when the Pastoral Plan was launched. Deanery Synodal Councils were set up and tasked to propose local Families of Parishes.
The Pastoral Plan calls for us to be bold and creative in finding new ways we can best serve the mission of the Church in our current situation.
These proposed Families were put to Archbishop Malcolm McMahon and he promulgated them on 1 March 2024.
Fr Philip Inch, Episcopal Vicar for Pastoral Organisation and Synodal Implementation said: We owe a huge debt of thanks to the members of Deanery Synodal Councils.
"They have worked really hard to put together the suggested Families of Parishes. In some parts of the archdiocese this was not a difficult task – in others it has been far from easy.
"We say a big thank you for all the hard work that has been done."
It has been suggested that in the next twelve month they undertake two very simple suggestions:
1. Build relationships and develop communications.
2. Decide on a project for each Family to undertake in the next 12 months.
NB: Each parish may have more than one church
Northern Family: All Saints, St Sylvester, St Francis Xavier, St John the Evangelist, St Michael & Sacred Heart
Central Family: Metropolitan Cathedral, Blessed Sacrament Shrine, Royal Liverpool Hospital, University Chaplaincy
Southern Family: Our Lady of Mount Carmel & St Patrick, St Anne & St Bernard, St Vincent de Paul
Family 1: Blessed Sacrament, Holy Name, Our Lady & St Philomena
Family 2: Our Lady Queen of Martyrs & St Swithin, St Mathew, St Teresa of the Child Jesus
Family 3: St Cecilia, St Oswald King & Martyr, St Sebastian
Family 4: St Margaret Mary, St Paul, St Timothy
Inland Family: Christ the King & Our Lady, Our Lady of the Assumption, Our Lady of the Annunciation (Bishop Eton), St John Vianney, St Mary (Woolton)
Riverside Family: St Ambrose, St Anthony of Padua, St Charles &St Thomas More, St Christopher, St Clare & St Hugh, St Wilfrid
Family 1: Our Lady Star of the Sea & St Maughold (Ramsey), St Patrick (Peel)
Family 2: St Mary & St Columba (Castletown and Port Erin)
Family 3: Co-Cathedral of St Mary of the Isle & St Joseph(Douglas), St Anthony of Padua (Onchan)
Kirkby Family: St Joseph & St Laurence, St Mary Mother of God, St Michael & All Angels, Ss Peter & Paul
Huyton Family: St Agnes & St Aidan, St Albert the Great, St Aloysius, St Columba & St John Fisher, St Dominic
Prescot Family: Our Lady Help of Christians, Our Lady Immaculate & St Joseph, St Luke the Evangelist
Family 1: St Agnes, St Catherine Labouré, St Gregory, St Mary (Euxton), St Oswald(Coppull), Ss Peter & Paul
Family 2: Sacred Heart (Chorley), St Joseph (Anderton), St Mary(Chorley)
Family 3: St Bede, St Chad, St Joseph (Chorley), St Joseph (Hoghton), St Joseph (Withnell)
Family 4: Our Lady Help of Christians, St Oswald (Longton), St Mary, (Leyland), St Mary Magdalen & St Teresa
Family 1: Blessed English Martyrs, St Mary (Blackbrook), St Mary& St John
Family 2: Corpus Chris, St Julie, St Mary (Billinge), St Mary &St Thomas of Canterbury
Family 3: Holy Cross & St Helen, St Austin, St Teresa of Avila
Family 4: St Anne & Blessed Dominic, St Bartholomew, St Theresa of the Child Jesus (Suton Manor)
Southern Family: Holy Family (Ince Blundell), Our Lady of Compassion, Our Lady of Victories, Sacred Heart & St John Stone
Northern Family: Holy Family, Our Lady of Lourdes & St Joseph, St Marie on the Sands, St Patrick, St Teresa of Avila
Northern Family: St Helen, St Joseph (Blundellsands), St Mary (Little Crosby), St William of York
Central Family: St Oscar Romero, Ss Peter & Paul, Irenaeus Project
Southern Family: St Francis de Sales, St James, St Monica & St Richard
Family 1: Our Lady & the English Martyrs, Our Lady of Walsingham, St Benet, St Elizabeth of Hungary, St Robert Bellarmine
Family 2: Holy Rosary, St Catherine of Alexandria, St George, St Mary & St Kentigern
West Warrington Family: Sacred Heart & St Alban, St Joseph, St Paul of the Cross
East Warrington Family: Blessed James Bell, St Peter & StMichael, St Stephen, St Mary’s Shrine
Family 1: Our Lady & All Saints, St Joseph (Wrightington), St John the Evangelist, St Richard
Family 2:Our Lady of the Annunciation and St Bernadette, St James, St Teresa Family 3: St Anne, St Elizabeth
Wigan Family: St Aidan, St Edward the Confessor, St Jude, St William
Ashton-in-Makerfield and Plat Bridge Family: Holy Family, Our Lady Immaculate, St Oswald & St Edmund Arrowsmith, St Wilfrid
Leigh, Golborne, Lowton and Cro Family: St Catherine & All Saints, St Edmund Arrowsmith, St Lewis
Hindley, Hindley Green, Atherton, Boothstown and Astley Family: St Benedict
St John Rigby, St Margaret Clitherow
