St Oswald’s Catholic Church

About St Oswald’s Catholic Church

Among the Roman Catholic congregations of Northumberland, St Oswald’s Catholic Church gathers in Hexham. The congregation draws worshippers from Hexham and the wider Northumberland area. For the current pattern of services and news of what is on, visit www.rcdhn.org.uk/churches07/churchcontact.php?chid=109.

Roman Catholic churches form a well-established strand of Christianity in the United Kingdom. The Roman Catholic Church in England, Wales and Scotland serves a Catholic population of several million, in full communion with the Pope. Parish life centres on the Mass and the sacraments, and many congregations have been renewed in recent decades by worshippers arriving from Poland, India, Nigeria and elsewhere. Weekly Mass attendance across Britain runs into the high hundreds of thousands. The tradition traces its modern form to the 1st century; hierarchy restored in England and Wales in 1850. As a measure of its reach, the wider family today counts roughly 4 million Catholics across the UK.

The congregation shares in a long history of worship in England, whose landscape holds everything from Saxon churches to congregations meeting in converted warehouses. Hexham lies within Northumberland, whose county town is Morpeth. The church forms part of the wider Roman Catholic presence across Northumberland.

Planning a visit? Arriving ten minutes early leaves time to find a seat and say hello. Parking near British churches is often limited, so check the surrounding streets or walk if you can, and if step-free access or a hearing loop matters to you, it is worth ringing ahead, as provision varies from building to building.