Mass times this week
Regular weekly timetable
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Sat
- 16:00 (Vigil)
Sun
- 9.30am
Services with timing to confirm
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Parish schedules can change on holy days of obligation.
What the parish's page says
Mass times (new times as of Saturday 19th September 2026) Saturday (for Sunday) 4.00 pm For weekday Mass times see the weekly bulletin
About St Francis of Assisi
St Francis of Assisi is a Roman Catholic church in Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire. It is part of the Archdiocese of Birmingham.
Introduction
St Francis of Assisi Church in Baddesley Clinton, within the Archdiocese of Birmingham, was designed by Benjamin Bucknall of Swansea and opened on 4 October 1870. The church was consecrated on 5 September 1894.
History
In 1785 a Franciscan school or academy moved to Baddesley Green from Edgbaston, and new buildings were erected for it in 1793 on the present site. Adjoining the academy a small chapel was built and registered for Divine Service in 1800, and a cemetery was added in 1845. The Franciscans closed their academy in 1829, and the Mission was taken over by the Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District, who appointed William Benson as Missioner. In January 2011 the Mass chapel was demolished and the church returned to its pre-1963 state. Thanks to the dowries of Agnes Mary Clifford and Sr Mary Clare Dymock, new conventual buildings were erected, together with a new church, presbytery (1882) and school.
Architecture and furnishings
The old chapel, standing on the site of the present Sisters' choir, was demolished when the new church was built. In 1963 a side-chapel was added to enable the Sisters to see Mass being celebrated, and the sanctuary was altered in 1970. Marmion Edward Ferrers gave or leased the land on which the convent was built, and his wife Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen adorned the sanctuary with paintings and executed the Stations of the Cross in the body of the church.
Music and liturgy
A mission was established in Rowington in 1686, and a chapel was built in Warwick the same year. In 1850 the Poor Clares arrived from Bruges to establish the first Convent of Poor Clares of the Colettine Reform in England since the Reformation.
Parish life
Before the Reformation, Catholics of Baddesley Clinton worshipped in the medieval parish church of St Michael, close to Baddesley Clinton House. The former Sisters' Choir was given to the parish for its use, while the conventual buildings were sold and converted into domestic dwellings.
Sources for this profile
- Saint Francis of Assisi Church - Baddesely ClintonRetrieved 26 September 2026
Clergy
- Priest Rev Fr Frank Smith
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Map location for St Francis of Assisi
Rising Lane, Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, B93 0DD