Burnley Catenians will celebrate their 1200th meeting on 11 March. Parishioners are invited. Details below.
Burnley Catenians are going to Dempsey's for lunch on Wednesday 28 January at 13:00 and would like to extend an invitation to parishioners. Food has to be pre-ordered from the lunch menu:
https://www.dineatdempseys.co.uk/_files/ugd/4145b6_fa4fd76f3077482fa70a936953a131e7.pdf
Bookings and menu choices to Michael Jones
The results of last night's KSC Christmas Draw. Thanks for your support - £565 was raised.
Burnley Catenians, wives and parishioners enjoyed a festive meal after the December meeting at Nelson House. Carols were sung after the meal which were led by Peter and Mary (unfortunately, Paul was not available).
Burnley Catenians are holding their annual Festive meal on Wednesday 10 December at Nelson House. Parishioners are invited to join us. The three course menu will be:
- Pate on a bed of leaves, Red Onion Chutney, served with Bruschetta;
- Roasted Turkey, Sage and Onion Stuffing, Roasted Potatoes, Pigs in Blankets, Seasonal Vegetables, Cranberry Sauce and Gravy;
- Christmas pudding served with Cream or Ice Cream.
The meal will be served at 20:15 (ie after the Circle meeting); diners should arrive at 20:00. The cost will be £20 per head. There is ample parking at Nelson House.
The meal will be followed by Carols.
Bookings to
Another busy night for Burnley Catenians: Mass for Deceased Brothers at Blessed Trinity, monthly meeting and meal at Nelson House followed by the presentation of a 40 year anniversary scroll and medal to Brother Ray Williamson by Province 10 Director Robert Thompson.
KSC Council 110 have organised their Annual Christmas Cracker event at Burnley Cricket Club. Proceeds to Pendleside Hospice and Holly Grove School. Apologies for the spellin gerrors on the poster.
Burnley Catenians and friends spent an evening at St Cuthbert's for their production of Carousel. Brother John McNabb featured in the roles of Starkeeper and Dr Seldon. The show was preceded by a meal at the Kettledrum.
Burnley Catenians will be holding their Annual Mass for Deceased Brothers at Blessed Trinity RC College Chapel on Wednesday 12 November at 18:30. All wlecome, access is via the Car Park on Ormerod Road.
Burnley Catenians held their annual Pie Night at Rolls Royce, Barnoldswick. They were joined by friends and Broughton in Craven Circle. A good night was had by all.
KSC Council 110 have a new fundraising event organised. A new venue is being tried - Burnley Cricket Club which is fairly central and has loads of parking.
Burnley Catenians won the Province 10 Provincial Bowls competition.
The winning team with the losing finalists from Lytham St Annes.
The winning team receiving the magnificent trophy (l-r: Mark Conroy, Peter Nuttall, Captain Mick Armfield , Provincial President Michael Limb, Jim Livesey and Ken Tyson.
Burnley Catenians are holding their Annual Ladies' Night/Dinner Dance in November.
All welcome; booking details below.
The Catenian Association Poster for August 2025 focuses on the Association's support for Young People.
Burnley Catenians celebrated President's Sunday on the Feast of St Peter and St Paul. We were privileged to join five first Holy Communicants and their families to participate in a concelebrated Mass (three priests and one deacon) at St Mary's. Coffee in the Parish Rooms followed (with a cake sale) and then lunch at Burnley Rugby Club.
Burnley Catenians held their annual family bowls event at Greenhill. The winners were Deacon Theo and Tom Wilkinson (KSC) with Fr David and Mick Armfield runners up. In spite of mixed weather, the event was very enjoyable.
An image from Burnley Catenians
The image shows Burnley Catenians Past President John McNabb presenting a cheque for £500 from the President's Charity Fund to MacMillan Cancer Support at Burnley General Hospital.
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Important Breaking CAFOD News
Chance to Double Your Donation to CAFOD this Weekend - No one should have to worry about losing their livelihood because of drought as Lokho and her community did, who were featured in last weekend's Fast Day appeal. On this Family Fast Day weekend only your donations will be doubled, up to £80,000, thanks to a group of generous CAFOD supporters. Together we can double our impact!
If you haven’t already donated to the CAFOD Lent Family Fast Day appeal or you can afford to give a little more then this weekend is a great time to do so. If you are able, think about pledging a monthly gift and your first three payments will be doubled. Please donate today or tomorrow (15th/16th March) to help people like Lokho build a safety net and prepare for whatever comes. Thank you for your support last weekend and thanks for all your previous generous support of CAFOD in our Parish of the Good Samaritan. To Donate this weekend and double your donation use the following link:
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January 2024
KSC 110 Club closed after 61 years on Yorkshire Street
The Knights of St Columba Burnley Council 110 has announced that it is closing the KSC 110 Club. The doors were closed for the final time after a darts match on Thursday 18 January.
The KSC Club moved from a small property on back Manchester Road to the building at the corner of Yorkshire Street and Albert Street in May 1962.
Since then the Club has been the base for the KSC for its community, spiritual, social and sporting activities. Over time, the Club expanded into adjacent properties and, on a number of occasions, redeveloped all three floors of the building.
At the present time, the Club has a multi-purpose lounge on the ground floor, a function room on the first floor and a games room on the top floor.
Council 110 Grand Knight, Tony Young, said “This is a very sad day for all of us involved in the KSC in Burnley, but I’m afraid the Club has suffered from a loss of its traditional clientele and it has been impossible in current trading conditions for the Club to take enough money over the bar to pay all the bills. The last few months have not been helped by restricted access as a result of the construction work at our front door. We are very grateful for the sympathetic approach taken by some of our suppliers, but there are really no prospects for us to increase trade to the level that would be required.
“We are also grateful for all our members and customers who have supported us for 61 years. Over that time we have seen parties for weddings, baptisms, birthdays and funerals. We have been a consistent venue for live music and have had some well-known names appearing at the club including Mike Harding (at Burnley Folk club), Les Dennis, Frank Carson, Jimmy Cricket, Emile Ford and even a punk rock group. Our children have often had their first experience of work here and we thank all the people who worked and volunteered here over the years. We provided a lot of sporting activities for our members, including football, cricket, table tennis, snooker and darts teams. Unfortunately, in recent years, the number of teams have diminished which in turn has contributed to the decline in Club use. We have also welcomed thousands of football supporters on their way to and from Burnley FC matches.
“The Club has been the base for the KSC fundraising activities and we have raised many thousands of pounds for local, regional and national charities - most recently the Handicapped Children’s Fellowship and the Georgia Fourie Butterfly Fund at Holly Grove School.
“This will not be the end for the Knights of Saint Columba in Burnley as we move towards our Centenary in 2025. We will continue with our work and intend that the money raised from the sale of the property will enable us to continue to support the Roman Catholic Church, our schools and other good causes and KSC 110 will continue to fund raise for charities.”
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You will all no doubt be shocked and deeply saddened by what has unfolded over the last two weeks in Israel and Gaza. CAFOD is in close contact with its partners in the region and is putting in place emergency plans to help those in most need as soon as it is safe to do so. However, one essential thing that we all can do is pray for peace. Here is a prayer from CAFOD to help us do that.
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Monday 9th October was the Feast Day of Saint John Henry Newman.
If you've ever been puzzled as to your lot in life, this little article by him may help...
The CAFOD Group page has just been updated. To read the latest news on the tragic situations in Morocco and Libya, how CAFOD are helping and how you can help just click here. You can also sign an open letter to Rishi Sunak regarding the recently passed Illegal Immigration Act by clicking the above link. Many thanks for your continuing generous support.
The CAFOD Group page has just been updated. To read the latest news and take part in CAFOD's campaign action to "Stop Cowboy Lenders", just click here! Many thanks to Fr Brian for raising funds for CAFOD's Ukraine Appeal and congratulations to him on the occasion of his 40th anniversary of ordination.
As part of the 2022/23 Catenian President's Charity, John and Jancie McNabb recently handed over a cheque for £400 to MacMaillan Cancer Support.
The photo shows John and Janice flanked by Kelly and Danielle from Mcmillan.
April 2023
As this awful earthquake fades into yesterday's news and then into non-news in the public's mind, please don't forget:
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Note 22/1/21
Unfortunately this page was somehow corrupted and the end was chopped off. Until we get the time to repair it, a snapshot dated 30/10/20 (the latest) may be found on the Wayback Machine:
https://web.archive.org/web/20201030071959/http://www.goodsamaritanparish.org.uk/
If we have used any of your artwork and it is not noted on the latest Wayback Machine version, please drop us a line (see Contact/Find Us Page) and we will gladly attribute your work to you.
More recent artwork (used with thanks):
Peggy Dyar (Lentent cross and candles), OpenClipart-Vectors (Baptismal font, Newsboy), aalmeidah (First Holy Communion),
Mohamed Hassan (bike rider), Clker-Free-Vector-Images (up arrow icon, hooray), PublicDomainPictures (Poppy Crosses),
v-a-n-3-ss-a (Poppy), Jeff Jacobs (nativity baubles), Rachealmarie ("Merry Christmas"), emoticons by Pixaline,
Christmas Tree & bus by Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Turkey Dinner by Nina Garman, Happy New Year by Vicki Hamilton
Pearls by Peace,love,happiness, 30 Years logo by Alexey Hulsov, Fireworks 1 by Nora, Fireworks 2 by OpenClipart-Vectors
all at Pixabay.com
Artwork on article "The Biggest Battle on Abortion in a Generation" from Right To Life UK
Holy Week graphic dated 2/4/23 - source unknown but if the arwork is yours let us know and we woulld be very pleased to publish an attribution
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