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November 15, 2025

High Altar Restoration Project

The current high altar is a dressed wooden table with an altar stone inserted into it, the original altar (pictured) having been removed after Vatican II. While we have to keep up with repairs and maintenance, it will also be a fundraising objective to create a new stone altar, very similar to the original, in preparation for the 150th anniversary of the opening of St Mary’s in 2027. With professional fees, this will likely cost between £47,000 and £50,000. Kind benefactors have already […]

September 7, 2025

Consecration of St Mary’s Shrine Community to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

On Monday 8 September 2025, the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady, our Shrine community will be placed under her protection by means of a consecration after the 7 am and 12 noon Masses. You can find the consecration prayer here: O Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God and Help of Christians, behold this day before thy feet, the priests and lay faithful of St Mary’s Shrine, Warrington, together with all those who, united with us via LiveMass, place […]