Join us for Eastertide at Holy Family Catholic church in Southport
Please come and pay us a visit, we'd love to see you... Jesus is risen...Alleluia!
Mass and service times for this coming week can be seen HERE
Our Easter Garden
As you can see our Easter Garden looks superb! Thank you to everyone for the plants and hard work...
On Sunday 17th May Fr. Kevin will be celebrating his 70th Birthday...
and the Parish has arranged a special afternoon tea and a glass of bubbly in the parish hall at 3.00pm.
This is an open invitation, and everyone is welcome, so please come and join us. Fr. Kevin has asked for no gifts,
a donation to Cafod or Queenscourt can however be made on the day.
Queenscourt Hospice
Father Kevin and Kathleen Smith visited Queenscourt Hospice with the money that we raised over Christmas as a Parish community.
Our final total was £1500. As many people will know by now, Queenscourt is facing an uncertain future due to the present funding crisis in hospice care nationally.
Our donation was therefore very much appreciated and we send a big thank you to everyone who contributed.
Car Parking
Could I appeal to everyone who attends Holy Family church for any reason to please park in the car park. If it is full, be very careful where and how you park. Last week one of our neighbours could not get out of his drive due to being blocked in by someone attending church.
This is not acceptable and certainly isn’t Christian. Please be considerate! Fr. Kevin.
Advance notice: You are warmly invited to another (free) live music event at St John Stone parish club (7 SandbrookWay, Woodvale, Southport, PR8 3RN) on Friday 29th May from 2pm - 4pm. Come along, relax, enjoy the music (from across the decades) and join in on the choruses that are familiar to you.
We are going to hold a 'good-as-new' clothes sale and coffee morning in aid of Queenscourt on Sunday May 10th immediately after the 9.30am Mass in the Hall. We have been given a donation of ladies' clothes that are new and still have their tags. If you have anything that is the same 'new' quality- ladies', men's or children's- that you would like to donate, please bring them along to the Hall on the morning or leave them in the Church Porch in a clearly marked bag. Anything that is left over at the end will be donated to a Queenscourt charity shop.
Easter Quiz Thank you to Helen O’Connor for organising the quiz, which raised £150 for Cafod. The 'crisp tasting' quiz was a great success! Who knew there were so many... Thanks to everyone for making it such a good humoured event. Roll on the next one!! Just a few photos...great craic!
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Notre Dame Did you attend a Notre Dame School in the Archdiocese of Liverpool? There will be a reunion on 17th May for all ex-pupils & teachers, consisting of Mass at
11.00am followed by a complimentary light lunch & a social finishing at 3.00pm, at the Irenaeus Centre, Waterloo. A donation for our current charity & a raffle prize would be appreciated. Please try to attend, all are welcome. Reply by 3rd May to Bernie Shaw, 0161 483 0173
Be a Trust Governor: Pope Francis Catholic Multi Academy Trust are looking for Governors to support leaders in providing the best Catholic education for pupils in our schools. If you are interested in using your skills to benefit our pupils, please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or go to https://www.pfcmat.org/Governance/
Thank you to everyone who came along to our latest Meet Up Monday where we made lemon and cardamom shortbread and tried our hands at illuminated lettering. Next month, on Monday 11th May, in addition to our usual activities, we will be joined by a speaker from the
Samaritans who will explain all about the work they do. Everyone is welcome to
come along to listen and take part.
Missing Persons?
Perhaps you have noticed that someone who is regularly at Mass is not there. Perhaps you know that a parishioner is unwell or unable to get out. We would willingly contact or visit them either at home, in hospital, hospice or care home but cannot do so without their request. Telling us is the first step - please let the office know their name and contact details by telephone or email.
The second step is to ask them to let us know they would like contact in the same way.
Display boards We have been able to purchase two table-top display boards to go with our existing free-standing one. Our original one has already been used in the church for Heritage displays, First Holy Communions and Faith in Action. Next year, we are hoping to have an Art Exhibition in the Hall and we will be able to use all the boards for that display too. If any parishioner would like to borrow the boards, please get in contact with the Parish Office.
Have you got a couple of hours to spare after 09:30 Mass on Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday? We have a growing number of people who are housebound, sick or in care homes who really appreciate a visit for prayer or Holy Communion. We need people who would be willing to accompany one of the Eucharistic Ministers as visits are always done in pairs.
There is no requirement for you to become a Eucharistic Minister, although that possibility is open if you might want to consider it. Please email the Parish Office or come and see Karen in the IT Confessional if you might be interested.
Are you over 16 and good with IT?
We need people to help with projecting the Mass and hymns on Saturday evening and at 11:00 Mass on Sunday. It would lovely to have a rota of keen young adults who would like to help.
To find out more, come and see John & Karen in the IT confessional if you might be interested.
Holy Family Church Playgroup
on Wednesdays between 10-11.30am.
The playgroup will be open Wednesdays at 10am. It costs £2 per family. Everyone with a baby or a toddler is welcome to come along. Spread the word.
Children must be supervised by their parent/carer at all times. Baby changing facilities and toilets are available within the hall.
We can't wait to welcome you all!
Heritage Trail
A group from the Arts Society of Southport have very kindly been working on a Heritage Trail around our Church.
The Trail is now complete and, last Monday, a group of children, some of whom are working on their Faith in Action awards, came along to be the first ones to try out our new Trail. It is a really interesting activity to do! Although it has been produced with children in mind, it is actually suitable for everyone and anyone who tries it out will find something new about Holy Family Church.
You can find copies of the Trail in the porch and we have also shared this resource with both of our schools and with the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts. There is also a poster with a QR code if you prefer to work digitally. We would like to thank the Arts Society for all their hard work and dedication in producing our Trail and all our younger parishioners for taking part in testing the Trail.
New to the Parish?
If you are recently arrived in the parish, please complete a new parishioner form from the porch with your contact details and put it into the collection basket at the offertory.
Piety Stall
There are First Holy Communion, Confirmation and Easter cards in the card rack in the Narthex.
Swap Shelves
We have been given quite a few more books and jigsaws for our Swap Shelves in the Parish Hall.
It is usually open between the Masses on a Sunday morning. Come along after the 9.30am Mass or before the 11am Mass and take a book, leave a book or pick up a jigsaw.
Tea and coffee are served and it is a very sociable time for all.
STOP PRESS: Margaret Gibb has very kindly spent a few hours putting the books in alphabetical order, so thank you to her. A great job!!
Thanks to all who donate to the upkeep of our lovely church, so that everyone can enjoy its healing presence...
you can donate ONLINE to Holy Family...
Bellringers
One way of letting the local community know that the church is active, and a Mass or service is about to take place, is by the ringing of the bell. But it can also help those in earshot, and perhaps housebound, know what is happening at that moment. With the longer ringing before Mass and the two rings of three at the Consecration, it can mean that they can be involved because of this, and feel connected.
We do have some of the Masses covered, but if you would like to volunteer, particularly if you attend a Mass where the bell is not rung, for either before Mass, and/or at the Consecration, please contact the Parish Office and a short instruction, if necessary, can be given, and to help us to know who could ring for each Mass.
News from our Schools
Holy Family Preschool
If you are interested please contact the School Office to book a visit. Admission forms and funding information are available.
Forest School available to hire:
Forest school is a nature based, outdoor learning experience. £40 per hour + £5 per child, maximum 13 children. You will need a trained Forest School Leader and insurance.
Lourdes 2026 Applications for the Lourdes Youth Pilgrimage with Sefton Coach 7 are live now at liverpoollourdesyouth.co.uk
Young people aged from Year 10-age of 22 are invited to be part of Coach 7 this year (22nd-31st July 2026).
The cost of the pilgrimage is £720 but fundraising will reduce this cost. For more information email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Support for the divorced and separated
The Restored Lives course is run over six weeks, one evening per week. The talks cover the key issues to help you to move on and highlight the practical steps and tools to enable you to tackle the issues that arise from separation and divorce. For more information contact Maureen 0767753371
You may not be able to give financially,
but there are other ways you can help the parish, like donating your time, or your prayers, which are more needed than ever in all sorts of ways. We want to thank all our parishioners for all the ways that they make us a community, looking after each other, and beyond...
Do you know someone in hospital, or about to go into hospital?
The chaplaincy team are here to help YOU.
CLICK HERE for more information