This beautiful Catholic church in the centre of St Helens, is normally open from 9am to 4pm during the week, with Mass at 12.15pm Mass Monday to Friday. We have Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament before Mass each day and after Mass on Monday, Tuesday and Friday. Masses for Sunday are at 6.45pm on Saturday and 9.30am on Sunday.

Visitors are always welcome. We have level access into the church from the second gateway on the Parade Street side of the church. An induction loop for the hard of hearing is available for those who wish to use it.

For more information or to enquire about Baptisms, Weddings or funerals please call or email the Parish Office.

Our most recent newsletter is available by clicking on this link.

Holy Days of Obligation Mass is generally at 12.15pm and also at 7pm on Holy Days of Obligations and important Feasts in the Church Calendar.
Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) available before Mass Monday-Friday (11.30am-12pm) and Saturday (6-6.30pm), and at other times on request.
to contact the Parish Office please call us on 01744 22077 and we will get back to you when we can.
Baptisms, Weddings and First Holy Communions and funerals can be arranged through the parish office.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries.

Information about the architecture of the church can be found here on the Taking Stock website.

Reporting abuse

If you are concerned about the welfare of a child or adult at risk, do not delay in contacting the police, using 999 if a child or adult is believed to be in immediate danger.

It is the policy of the Catholic Church in England and Wales to report all allegations of abuse to statutory authorities, regardless of whether the abuse occurred recently or in the past, or whether the accused person is living or deceased.

If you are in any role within the Catholic Church in England and Wales, you must refer allegations directly to the safeguarding office for your diocese or religious congregation, or directly to the Police.

If you are a member of the public, please refer allegations directly to the police and also to the safeguarding office in your diocese (the relevant Diocesan safeguarding office can be located using the interactive map on the links page of the CSAS website www.csas.uk.net - contact details will be shown when you click on the relevant area of the map). You can also contact CSAS by telephoning 0207 901 1920 or via email at admin@csas.uk.net

Privacy, cookies and data protection

The Parish of The Most Holy Cross and St Helen at St Helens is a part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool (a Registered Charity). The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool is committed to keeping your personal data secure. Please see our privacy notice on the archdiocesan website at www.liverpoolcatholic.org.uk. Details of the archdiocesan cookie policy are also available there.

Your rights under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) include your right to be forgotten, to access to and portability of your data, to restrict the use of your data, and to rectification of inaccuracies and erasure of data in so far as this is not prevented by legitimate requirements to retain your data. You can communicate with us (or the Archdiocese of Liverpool) regarding any aspect of your data; the parish can be reached through the contact details or contact button above, or through holycrosssthelens+gdpr@gmail.com.