The parishes of St Joseph’s, 12 Goodwood Road, Leicester LE5 6SG, Sacred Heart, 25 Mere Road Leicester LE5 3HS (including the St Margaret Mary Community based at St Paul’s Polish Church Wakerley Road) and Our Lady of Good Counsel, 15 Peebles Way, Rushey Mead, Leicester LE4 7ZB are now a parish cluster, known as ‘The Holy Family Parish Cluster’.
Public Worship
Masses at the weekend are celebrated at all churches. Saturday mass is celebrated at 6.30pm at Sacred Heart. Sunday masses are celebrated at 9am at St Joseph’s, 10.15am at Our Lady of Good Counsel and 11.30 am at Sacred Heart. Our 9am and 11.30am masses are live streamed on each parish’s YouTube channel.
St Margaret’s Community Mass is celebrated jointly with the Polish community on Mondays at 10am at St Paul’s Church, Wakerley Road, Leicester LE5 4WE. Refreshments are shared after mass.
Weekday Masses are celebrated at all churches. Usual times are as follows, but please check the newsletter for any changes due to priest absences or special celebrations:
Monday – 10am joint mass at St Paul’s
Tuesday – 9am Holy Hour & 10am mass at Sacred Heart. 11.30am mass at St Joseph’s
Wednesday – 10am mass at Sacred Heart
Thursday – 10am Community mass at Sacred Heart in the club room.
Friday – 10am mass at Our Lady’s & 5.45pm Rosary & 6pm mass at Sacred Heart
First Holy Communion celebrations –our preparation for First Holy Communion begins in the autumn. Please check our newsletter for details. Preparation is on the last Sunday of the month at Sacred Heart for children and parents. Children receive their First Holy Communion during weekend masses over the summer months.
House Blessings – Our priests & Deacon Seamus are able to celebrate a blessing of the home, please call us to discuss.
Sacrament of the Sick – please contact us if you would like to receive this Sacrament or if in hospital please ask the ward staff to contact the Hospital Priest Chaplain.
Sacrament of reconciliation – is available during Holy Hour on Tuesdays at Sacred Heart and Fridays at Our Lady’s.
Holy Communion at home for the sick, elderly or housebound – Please let us know if you or someone you know would like to receive Holy Communion at home.
The Parish Office is open from 8am – 4pm from Monday to Friday and is run by our Parish Office Manager, Anne Cartwright.
Welcome to our Parish Community
You are most welcome to the Catholic Community here in Leicester. We are a friendly, welcoming and diverse family made up of people from all corners of the globe. There has been a Catholic Mission here since 1884 and we continue that ministry of providing a place to encounter Jesus, to become his disciple and grow in relationship with him. We want to be his witnesses to those around us, so that they can discover Jesus too!
Prayer for our parish
Father, pour your Spirit on the people of our parish.
Grant us a new vision of your glory,
a new experience of your power,
a new faithfulness to your word
and a new consecration to your service.
So that your love may grow among us
and your Kingdom come.
Amen
St Margaret Mary- Pray for us
(Attributed to Pope St John XXIII)
Good To Know
Parish Priest: Fr David Cain
Assistant Priest: Fr. Prince Kurian
Parish Deacons: Rev Seamus O’Looskan
Parish Office Manager: Mrs Anne Cartwright Pastoral Coordinator (St Joseph’s) Alison Kennedy
Safeguarding Parish Co-ordinator: Mary Hirst. Parish Rep for Sacred Heart Martina Guedes 07513 725549. Parish Rep for Our Lady’s Tammy Pereira 07513725549. Parish Rep for St Joseph’s Alison Kennedy.
You can follow us on Facebook (@sacredheartparishleicester) with Mass livestreamed from Sacred Heart Sunday at 11.30am and on Instagram (@sacredheartparishleicester). We also have a YouTube channel where you can view our Holy Week Services and our Sunday Masses at St Joseph’s and Sacred Heart.