Widnes Catholic School PARTNERSHIP CelebrateS with Inaugural COMMUNITY Welcome Mass

St Wilfrid’s Parish hosted the first Catholic School Partnership community Welcome Mass at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School yesterday evening, bringing together staff, governors, and leaders from all Catholic schools within the Widnes parish for a first-of-its-kind gathering. 

The Welcome Mass provided a vital opportunity for local Catholic educators to celebrate their shared mission in providing an all-through Catholic education for children in Widnes, helping to strengthen the collaboration between the seven primary schools and secondary school to positively benefit families and pupils transitioning to secondary education.  

Danielle Scott, Principal of Saints Peter and Paul, said: "This gathering has been a wonderful opportunity to show the unity and strength of Catholic education in our community. To see staff from schools all over Widnes come together in such a special way made this such a memorable occasion, and I can’t thank the staff and governors from all schools enough for joining us. We are so pleased to have given our primary partners the opportunity to experience our school’s warm and welcoming environment for themselves too, and we look forward to hosting another gathering like this in future as it showed just how important and valued the relationships and solidarity between our schools and the Parish are." 

Father Mark Moran, parish priest at St Wilfrid’s, added: "We were delighted to invite staff and governors from across our Catholic schools to join us for this start-of-year Mass and Welcome Event. This gathering was about community and shared purpose, and everyone, regardless of faith, was warmly welcomed to be part of this meaningful celebration. We hope this event marks the beginning of a really positive and purposeful year ahead for Catholic education in Widnes." 

A huge thank you to our Chaplain Mr Lorne for his coordination and oversight in ensuring such a joyful and successful event, and enormous gratitude goes to our staff and governing bodies, and to our partners at St Basil's Primary, St Bede's Junior School, St Gerard's Primary, St Michael's Primary, St John Fisher Primary, Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Primary, Holy Family Primary and The Archdiocese of Liverpool for joining us in celebration.