Mass times this week
Regular weekly timetable
Mon
- 10:00
Tue
- 10:00
Wed
- 10:00
Thu
- 10:00
Fri
- 10:00
Sat
- –
Sun
- 08:30
- 09:30
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St Joseph's 40 York Rd, Southport PR8 2AY Mass Times: 8:30am Sunday Mass 9.30am Sunday Mass (Children's Liturgy) 10:00 am Daily Mass Monday to Friday
About St Joseph, Birkdale
St Joseph, Birkdale is a Roman Catholic church in Birkdale, Merseyside. It is part of the Archdiocese of Liverpool.
Introduction
The church was built to accommodate the growing population in neighbouring Birkdale.
History
Edward Welby Pugin designed and oversaw the building of the church and a house for the priest on land donated by Thomas Weld Blundell at the corner of York Road and Albert Road, which later became Saxon Road. The parish community comprises three churches. Eucharistic Ministers visit the housebound at home or in care or nursing homes.
Architecture and furnishings
The church has a nave with chancel, south aisle and west narthex, in early English style. The exterior features a 6-bay nave with buttresses and one narrow lancet in each bay, a west gable with a lean-to narthex, a large wheel-window, and an elaborate bellcote of two very steeply-pitched stages surmounted by a finial. The chancel has a traceried circular east window, 3 lancets and a chequered frieze. The church is built of red brick in English garden wall bond with blue brick bands, sandstone dressings, and a steeply-pitched slate roof with a west bellcote. The church forms a group with the associated presbytery on the south side.
Sacraments and pastoral care
The flower arrangers provide floral displays each week reflecting the liturgical seasons and are available for funerals, baptisms, and weddings, if requested. The readers prepare for the celebrations by reading the Word, understanding it, and praying on it.
Sources for this profile
- Churches, Schools & Children's Liturgy | Birkdale CatholicsRetrieved 8 October 2026
- Church of St Joseph, Non Civil Parish - 1379807 | Historic EnglandRetrieved 8 October 2026 Source text © Historic England, licensed under Open Government Licence v3.0. Summarised by RomanCatholic.co.uk.
- Volunteer | Birkdale CatholicsRetrieved 8 October 2026
Clergy
- Priest Rev Atli Gunnar Jónsson
- Deacon Rev William Ball
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Map location for St Joseph, Birkdale
40 York Road, Birkdale, Birkdale, Merseyside, PR8 2AY