{"id":6,"date":"2019-09-11T10:10:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T10:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stjudestaidan.org.uk\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-04-04T08:37:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:37:43","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stjudestaidan.org.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>Welcome to the Parishes of St Jude &amp; St Aidan, Wigan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Our Parishes strive to be a caring, warm, outgoing and welcoming community of faith, nourished by the Eucharist, prayer and the Word of God. We invite you to join us in nourishing that faith and spreading it by what we say and do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"285\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/stjudestaidan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/StJudesChurch_J.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280\"\/><figcaption>St Jude&#8217;s R. C. Church, Poolstock Lane, Worsley Mesnes, Wigan, WN3 5JE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"285\" height=\"217\" src=\"https:\/\/stjudestaidan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/StAidansChurch_J.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-281\"\/><figcaption>St Aidan&#8217;s R. C. Church, Holmes House Ave, Winstanley, Wigan, WN3 6EE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Parish Priest<\/strong>: Rev. Fr. Michael Harwood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Deacon:<\/strong> Rev. Jim Cardy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Telephone<\/strong>: 01942 393485<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a href=\"mailto:stjudestaidan@rcaol.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stjudestaidan@rcaol.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mass Times<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\" style=\"line-height:1\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Saturday<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">St Jude&#8217;s<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5.30pm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Sunday<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">St Aidan&#8217;s<br>St Jude&#8217;s<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">9am<br>10.30am<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Monday<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">St Jude&#8217;s<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">10am<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Tuesday<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">St Jude&#8217;s<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">10am<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Wednesday<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">St Aidan&#8217;s<br>St Jude&#8217;s<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">11.45am<br>7pm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Thursday<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">St Jude&#8217;s<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">10am<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Friday<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">St Aidan&#8217;s<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">10am<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption>Reconciliation: St Jude&#8217;s Saturday 4:45pm &#8211; 5:15pm and Wednesday 6:15pm &#8211; 6:45pm <br>Adoration each week 30 minutes before Masses at St Jude&#8217;s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-1 wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-gray-background-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/stjudestaidan.org.uk\/?page_id=44\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here for this weeks newsletter<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>*** Notice Board ***<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stjudestaidan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WFoP-Mass-Times-March-2026.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/stjudestaidan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WFoP-Mass-Times-March-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wigan Family of Parishes Mass Times March 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.liverpoolcatholic.org.uk\/news\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.liverpoolcatholic.org.uk\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Liverpool Archdiocese Monthly News.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StJudeandStAidan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find Us On Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Parishes of St Jude &amp; St Aidan, Wigan Our Parishes strive to be a caring, warm, outgoing and welcoming community of faith, nourished by the Eucharist, prayer and the Word of God. 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