Welcome to the Diocese of Shrewsbury which continues the mission of the Catholic Church across Cheshire and Shropshire and parts of Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Derbyshire.

More than a hundred parishes and schools together with more than thirty Religious communities and ecclesial movements continue this mission today.
I hope this developing website will reflect something of the life of the Diocese with its great diversity of towns, cities and rural communities sharing together the Catholic faith. We welcome you to join us here on the internet.

Friday December 06, 2013

Sunday Mass readings of the week

First Sunday in Advent

Meditation of the week

Our tenuous hold on life

Saint of the week

St John of Damascus, 4th December

What's Coming Up

Foundational course in ‘New Evangelisation’ offered by the Diocese of Shrewsbury

A foundational course in the “New Evangelisation” is being offered by the Diocese of Shrewsbury. The course, run in conjunction with the Maryvale Higher Institute of Religious Sciences, Birmingham, will serve as a resource to prepare the faithful of the […]

Father Patrick Joseph O’Brien (1951 – 2013) RIP

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Father Pat O’Brien who died suddenly on the evening of Tuesday 3rd December 2013 in Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral. Father Pat was born on 27th August 1951 in Leasowe. He was […]

The overwhelming majority of Britain’s abortions are “probably illegal”, a senior psychologist has said. Liverpool-based Dr Michael Scott said that the 99 per cent of abortions in Britain performed each year to protect the mental health of the mother could […]

As a sign of solidarity with the people of Syria the Bishops of England and Wales are asking that the Catholic community marks Wednesday December 4 as a “day of prayer” for all the people who are suffering as a result […]

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