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Sacred Heart Christmas Fayre Saturday 15th November 1pm 2025 Free Entry.

Please come along to our annual fundraiser and support your Church. If you are able to help set up on Friday 14th Nov, work on a stall, or help to pack away at the end of the Fayre, please contact the Parish Office 01782 215217 or email sacredheart.hanley@rcaob.org.uk

Imminent closure of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church, Fenton and merger with Sacred Heart, Hanley.

Following the Deanery visitation undertaken by Auxiliary Bishop Stephen Wright in 2023, it was decided that the celebration of the English-language Mass at Fenton be discontinued due to consistently low attendance. Recently, the Polish community, which used both the church and presbytery for their Community Masses, has moved out of the premises.

After careful reflection and consultation, I wish to inform you of the proposed closure of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour church, Fenton, and a pastoral merger of the community with Sacred Heart Church, Hanley.

Before any decisions are made regarding the church building or its contents, I would like to speak personally with any family or individual who has donated items to the church, whether crucifixes, sacred vessels, liturgical books, vestments, altar furnishings, statues, or memorial gifts. It is important that the donor's intentions are honoured and their wishes regarding the future use of the items are respectfully heard.

Please note that the closure of the church has not yet been finalised by the Archdiocese. This notice is part of the ongoing consultation and efforts to raise awareness of the imminent closure of the church. Kindly contact me if you have any questions or concerns: fr.matthew.kwaghtaver@rcaob.org.uk

Kwaghtaver Matthew C.S.Sp.

Parish priest.