When: 9th April 2024 On Tuesday 9th April, 2024, ‘The Roman Catholic Bishops of Lancaster’ by Dr Paul Severn is being launched at Boarbank Hall. The day begins with Mass at 10am with Bishop Paul Swarbrick as chief celebrant followed by a talk by the author and ending with a buffet lunch. Cost £10. Booking …
We wish you all a very Happy Feast Day! New Website Welcome to our new-look website. We are very grateful indeed to Helen (and her family!) for all her hard work on this. We are immeasurably thankful also to John for his enormous generosity and patience over the last decade in reshaping and managing our …
We were delighted to welcome other Religious and Consecrated Women from across the diocese to celebrate with us the Day for Consecrated Life. Bishop Paul presided at the Mass and Fr John Farrell OP provided us with thought-provoking talks. Each group spoke a little about their mission within the diocese. Fr Richard Simons OSB, our …
We had the great joy of officially welcoming Sr Francis on the eve of Palm Sunday. She had arrived the previous week in the midst of the Community having Covid so she quickly went off to stay with her brother for a week as we recovered and were safe to be with again. In a …
On Saturday 27th May 2023 Sr Teresina (well known as Sr Sue) joined us as a full member of the Boarbank Community. It was a wonderful day! In the words of Sr Eileen, our Prioress: “The Sisters are delighted to share some glimpses of the wonderful day of Sr Teresina’s Perpetual Profession. It was celebrated …
New Chaplain We are delighted to welcome our new chaplain, Fr Frank Thorpe, from the Salford Diocese. Fr Frank has been a regular visitor to the Guest House for some years and many of you will already have met him. We are very grateful to Father for accepting this new ministry, to Bishop Arnold and the …
Testing We still do regular testing – “Down and Up” as it is refered to among us – and thanks be to God we have not had any positives. A big thank you, as always, to all our staff, who have worked so hard to keep Boarbank free of the virus. BOARBANK HALL 100 On …
2021 update – we’ve been busy! Sr Margaret was interviewed for the Conference of Religious website on the topic of greening Boarbank. You can see a report of the interview CLICK HERE and watch a video of her at Boarbank talking about her work. We have been taking advantage of Lockdown to make the Boarbank …
Thanks! We have a long list of people to thank for some recent improvements: Glyn Jones of Grange Shed for making, donating and installing a barn owl box (watch this space!) Julia and Martin for removing some unwanted Leylandii and providing and planting willow branches, budding into willow hedges almost before our eyes; Julia, Cath …
Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes 2021 This year the day of prayer for the sick is more relevant and poignant than ever, and we are sure that you are united with us in praying for all those across the globe whose health, mental or physical, has been affected by the pandemic, for all those who …
