Wednesday's 6:15 PM Mass and confessions move to St Columba's while the boiler at St Brigid's is replaced.
Our Lady Star of the Sea is closed all Saturday while the floor is resealed; the 9:15 AM Mass on Sunday goes ahead.
All Saints falls on Sunday this year, so the usual Sunday times stand. Daylight saving ends overnight: set clocks back an hour on Saturday.
Masses for the dead at 8:30 AM and 7:15 PM at St Columba's. The November Book of Remembrance is out by the font in all three churches.
One parish,
three doors.
St Columba's in Wrenmouth, St Brigid's in Ashlin Ford and Our Lady Star of the Sea on the Saltcote quay, served by two priests, a deacon and the office on Chapel Row.
Parish church · office next door
14 Chapel Row, Wrenmouth
The red-brick church with the square tower, built in 1903, 420 seats, with the parish office and hall on the same block.
Ramp at the Mill Lane door · induction loop in the first six pews · 22 spaces behind the hall
4 mi · 9 min from St Columba's
41 Weir Lane, Ashlin Ford
A small fieldstone church of 1957 above the old ford, 140 seats; the Sunday early Mass and the Wednesday evening Mass.
Gravel lot for 30 cars · one step at the west door, folding ramp kept inside
7 mi · 14 min from St Columba's
3 Quay Street, Saltcote Harbor
The fishermen's white wooden chapel on the quay, 1911, 210 seats; the family Mass on Sunday and two lunchtime Masses in the week.
Level entry from Quay Street · harbor lot, free on Sundays and after 5 PM
The people
you'll speak to.
Pastor
Pastor since 2019. Says the 10:30 AM Sung Mass, hears confessions on Saturday mornings and prepares couples for marriage.
Parochial vicar
Came to Wrenmouth in 2024 after six years in Bogotá. Says the Misa en español and hears confession in English, Polish or Spanish.
Permanent deacon
Ordained in 2016, married to Carmen, works days at the harbor. Baptizes, leads the bereavement group and visits the sick.
Parish office
Runs the office at 16 Chapel Row: Mass intentions, certificates, baptism and wedding paperwork, and the weekly sheet.
Director of music
Plays the organ at the 10:30 AM and leads the choir, which rehearses Thursdays at 7:15 PM in the loft. No audition.