Our Deanery joins all the Catholic parishes of Lancaster & Morecambe (inc Carnforth, Kirkby Lons, Garstang) offering spiritual development, resources, thoughts for the day, evangelisation, vocation advice & sick ministry. We are a Catholic Deanery which joins together the parishes of Lancaster & Morecambe, Carnforth, Kirkby Lonsdale, Garstang and Trough of Bowland. Philip Conner. We have a Deanery
Pastoral Council which seeks to build a community of faith by bridging the gap between parishes and the diocese. The Council is forum to reflect on the pastoral needs of its parishes, fostering inter-parish collaboration. This will enable all members of the Body of Christ, whether they be clergy, laity or religious, to share their wisdom in the services of the Church. We will continue to develop communication amongst the parishes of the Deanery. The Deanery will maintain a calendar to include events and updates from all our parishes. Volunteering opportunities will also be shared. We will offer spiritual development though providing resources, thoughts for the day, and focused prayer on themes e.g. Family, Evangelisation and spreading of the Gospel, Vocations, the Sick and Housebound. We strive to follow Pope Francis's exhortation to be missionaries of mercy and reach out beyond ourselves, towards the ‘existential peripheries’ of our Deanery.
