Welcome to the Roman Catholic Parish of St John Boste in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria. We faithfully serve the towns of Penrith, Alston, Appleby and Kirkby Stephen.

For those interested in growing in, and forming their faith, join Deacon Charlie in the Haydock Centre, 12.30-1.30pm on First Fridays. The next session will be on Fri 8 Nov.

All readers are invited to a refresher with Deacon Charlie at 10am on Sat 9 Nov in St. Catherine’s Church.

Recently,  at St. Catherine’s, Noah was enrolled into the Guild of St. Stephen for altar servers. This weekend, he returned to St. Wulstan’s Alston to serve the Vigil Mass and Baptism.

At St. Wulstan’s Alston on 26 October, we celebrated the Baptism of Ambrose David Murdo.

10.30am Mass on Sunday 10 November will be a Requiem Mass for those who have died in the World Wars and more recent conflicts. Read more for details of Remembrance day services.

Please contact the Parish Office with dates for your group events - to help us see what’s going on across our four communities.

We have recently been inspected by the Diocese and are delighted with the outcome; there are 9 judgments overall, we received 5 Outstanding and 4 Good judgements. With an overall effectiveness of Good.

On Sunday 13 October, Lucas, Daniel, Philip, Alice, Noah and Conall were enrolled into the Guild of St. Stephen at the 8.30am and 10.30am Masses at St Catherine’s and Jessie and Aeble at the 4 pm Mass in Appleby. See photos here.

Foodbank containers to collect items are at each of our churches. Grateful thanks to all who continue to support all food banks. We really appreciate your help, prayers and generosity. 

We are a small friendly group at St Catherine’s that’s been meeting for a year and would be grateful for a little more help.