Farewell to Team Rector The Farewell Service for Revd Canon Dr Chris Bracegirdle will be on Sunday 25th March, at 3pm at St Bartholomew’s. Chris’s final services in the Westhoughton team will be on Easter Day. Welcome to David We are pleased to welcome David Cieszynski to St Katharine’s for a...
It was lovely to welcome the Bolton branch of the Lancashire Bellringers Association to ring in our tower once again on 20th January during our Coffee Morning. Our ringers and the rest of the branch will be heading off to Liverpool in March to ring the Cathedral bells which...
Sitting back in church and listening to the recording of the Harvest Service from all those years ago reminded me of so many people and how life at St Katharine’s had changed! I had joined the church choir in 1946, and fellow choristers at the time were Cliff and Eric...
Some months ago, Angela brought an album of 78rpm records into the vicarage, and asked if I could record them to CD. It seemed that the discs contained a recording of a Harvest Festival Communion service, which had been broadcast by the BBC. The records were owned by Mr. Frank...
Back in April 2016 our world was turned upside down when we lost our Dad to complications caused by diabetes and sepsis. He was in intensive care for less than 48 hours when we had the devastating news that there was nothing more they could do. At first, we...
As I come to the end of my time at Blackrod Church School, whilst having the pleasure of having been one of the six to be confirmed this year, I feel, as a family, we have a good connection with the church. During my time at Sunday School, I feel...
Photos of the 2017 Blackrod Scarecrow Festival can be found in our gallery here.