Please pray for the repose of the soul of Father Joe Robinson, who died on Thursday 21st November  at the age of 86.

Fr Robinson had lived in St George's Court since 2016 and was part of our parish community, attending morning Mass and joining in various parish activities. It is with great sadness we learnt of his passing on Thursday.
 

Joseph Anthony Robinson was born in Liverpool on 9th March 1938, the son of William and Jennie Robinson. He trained at Upholland and was ordained in the college chapel by Archbishop Heenan on 8 June 1963.
 

Following ordination, he served curacies at the Sacred Heart, St Helens (1963-70); St Hugh of Lincoln, Wavertree (1970-71); St Sebastian, Fairfield (1971-74); St George, Maghull (1974-80), and St Aidan, Huyton (1980-82).
 

In December 1982, he was appointed parish priest at St Peter and St Michael, Woolston. In 1992 he was transferred to St Julie’s, Eccleston, then finally in October 1996, he moved to St John’s, Burscough where he stayed for the next twenty years until his retirement in 2016, going to live at St George’s Court in Maghull. He died peacefully in the early evening of Thursday 21st November 2024,
 

Fr Joe’s funeral will be on Saturday 30th November at 11:00am at St George’s Church, Station Road , Maghull, L31 3DF, to be followed by committal at St. John the Evangelist,  Burscough.