ABLE BODIES WANTED! Work party morning – Saturday 9th June Forget the gym, or jogging, come along for a FREE workout at St Katharine’s! The work parties are held every three months normally and Saturday 9th June has been chosen for the next one As well as our usual quarterly...
May Blossoms! Sale of Plants Saturday 12th May from 10.00am until 1:00pm in church Hanging Baskets and Bedding Plants Our monthly coffee morning is combined with the annual Plant Sale will be held on Saturday 13th May – come early and you’ll have lots of choice – starts at 10am on...
Thank you …. …..to the clergy and volunteers for all their work with the Easter Experience and the children from the Primary schools. Also thank you to Garyth and the Choir and all those involved in the Holy Week services as well as the refreshment team for their hospitality during...
On Saturday 17th March, ringers from St Katharine’s church joined other ringers from the Bolton branch of the Lancashire Association of Change Ringers on a ringing trip to Liverpool. Departing from the final pick-up point at Bolton Parish Church, the group headed off by minibus for the M62. The first...
For over 70 years Christian Aid has been helping change the lives of people living in poverty. It’s essential that this work continues until the aim is achieved. Please help by supporting the door to door collections during Christian Aid Week. If you have not been involved previously and would...
Hulton Estate & Cutacre Country Park On a wet, miserable morning an amazing 17 people turned up for the walk. We met outside a house on Manchester Road which is adorned with red heart-shaped plaques, a reminder that the land we were about to set foot on is under threat...
CONFIRMATION 2018 Congratulations to our five young people – Sam Meighan, Sam Hibbert, Niall Astley, Will Ashworth and Daniel Seed, on their confirmation at St Bartholomew’s, on Sunday 10th June. It was a wonderfully joyful and moving occasion as our five young people, along with 21 others from the team,...
Well the sun shone and we all had a wonderful time!! Another Scarecrow Festival has happened bringing visitors to our village and smiling faces to our streets. Thank you to all who helped in any way at any time over the weekend and to all those who stepped up...
The 2018 annual meeting will take place on Sunday 22nd April at 11.00 am during the Parish Eucharist in St Katharine’s Church. Elections will take place during the A.P.C.M. for the following: Two Churchwardens 12 Parochial Church Council (PCC) members; 5 Deanery Synod members (including a member of the...
It was a lovely surprise at the end of the service at St Katharine’s on Passion Sunday morning to be presented with some generous and thoughtful gifts, accompanied by such kind words. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time as Team Rector and count one of the highlights of this time to be the development...