About Us
All are Welcome in this Place.
Let us build a house where love can dwell and can safely live,
a place where saints and children tell how hearts learn to forgive.
Our Lady’s & St Sebastian’s Catholic Church is a Christian community rooted in the teachings and traditions of the Early and Medieval Church. At the same time, it affirms the primacy of individual conscience, free thought, interpretation, and inquiry in all matters of faith and belief.
We are part of the Independent Sacramental Tradition. That means our church is autocephalous—self-governing and not under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church. Still, we are fully and faithfully Catholic. Our sacramental ministry, theology, and apostolic succession are valid and unbroken, tracing directly back to the apostles. We’re part of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, even though we are not in communion with Rome.
Instead, Our Lady’s & St Sebastian's have active parishes in Wirral, Yorkshire, and London.
And is in communion with several like-minded bodies, including the Église Catholique Libérale Unie (Uganda) and the Nicene Apostolic Church (England). We have active parishes in Wirral, York, and London.
The Church honours the foundational teachings of the Undivided Church. We uphold the decisions of the first seven Ecumenical Councils as well as the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), whose reforms help shape our contemporary approach to faith and ministry. Our theology is grounded in the Nicene Creed and the Apostles’ Creed—historic summaries of the faith we share with the wider Catholic tradition.
We believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. We recognize the pope as the bishop of Rome and respect his role as “first among equals” among bishops. However, we do not accept the doctrine of papal infallibility. Members are free to accept or reject any doctrine declared ex cathedra.
The Eucharist is central to our worship. We celebrate it with reverence and in line with the intention of the universal Church. We affirm the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist—because Christ promised to be present whenever people gather in His name. Belief in transubstantiation is respected but not required; we make space for a range of theological understandings within the bounds of the Catholic tradition.
The Patriarch of Our Lady’s & St Sebastian’s Catholic Church is His Eminence, Cardinal Kieran Thomas O’Neill, MStJ, KGC, DD, OSB.
At its heart, our Church seeks to live out the sacredness of Christian life—within each soul and out in the world—faithfully, freely, and with deep respect for the mystery and grace of God.
We are part of the Independent Sacramental Tradition. That means our church is autocephalous—self-governing and not under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church. Still, we are fully and faithfully Catholic. Our sacramental ministry, theology, and apostolic succession are valid and unbroken, tracing directly back to the apostles. We’re part of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, even though we are not in communion with Rome.
Instead, Our Lady’s & St Sebastian's have active parishes in Wirral, Yorkshire, and London.
And is in communion with several like-minded bodies, including the Église Catholique Libérale Unie (Uganda) and the Nicene Apostolic Church (England). We have active parishes in Wirral, York, and London.
The Church honours the foundational teachings of the Undivided Church. We uphold the decisions of the first seven Ecumenical Councils as well as the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), whose reforms help shape our contemporary approach to faith and ministry. Our theology is grounded in the Nicene Creed and the Apostles’ Creed—historic summaries of the faith we share with the wider Catholic tradition.
We believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. We recognize the pope as the bishop of Rome and respect his role as “first among equals” among bishops. However, we do not accept the doctrine of papal infallibility. Members are free to accept or reject any doctrine declared ex cathedra.
The Eucharist is central to our worship. We celebrate it with reverence and in line with the intention of the universal Church. We affirm the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist—because Christ promised to be present whenever people gather in His name. Belief in transubstantiation is respected but not required; we make space for a range of theological understandings within the bounds of the Catholic tradition.
The Patriarch of Our Lady’s & St Sebastian’s Catholic Church is His Eminence, Cardinal Kieran Thomas O’Neill, MStJ, KGC, DD, OSB.
At its heart, our Church seeks to live out the sacredness of Christian life—within each soul and out in the world—faithfully, freely, and with deep respect for the mystery and grace of God.
HOLY ORDERS
If you feel called to the priesthood, diaconate, the Clerical progress within the Church. We would like to hear from you! We welcome applications for both ordination and incardination from older people as well as the youthful. are open to all people of good will – men and women, heterosexual or LGBTQI, married or single.
If you feel called to the priesthood, diaconate, the Clerical progress within the Church. We would like to hear from you! We welcome applications for both ordination and incardination from older people as well as the youthful. are open to all people of good will – men and women, heterosexual or LGBTQI, married or single.
We provide several distinct paths to ministry. If you feel called to the diocesan priesthood are invited to place themselves under the supervision of one of the bishiop's involves appropriate and relevant studies, to be accomplished according to the requirements and standards of the Church. Seminaries are grounded in theology and liturgy they will undertake distant learning course on ‘Dimensions of Christianity’. Also, the liturgical rites of the seven sacraments of the Church, with St Patrck's Seminary If you are interested in Holy Orders Why not contact us by filling out online form.
Ordinations
Ordinations are conducted with prayer, invocation of the Holy Spirit and the laying-on of hands, and with the formulated intention of doing what the Universal Church has always intended and done. The rites for Ordination of a Deacon, for Ordination of a Priest and for Consecration of a Bishop according with those established by the Universal Church.
Diversity
Our Lady's & St. Sebastian’s Catholic Church affirms and promotes ‘unity in essentials, diversity in inessentials, love in all things. It teaches the Christian way of life in service to God, for the advancement of the common good. It promotes and fosters the study and practice of Christian spirituality, particularly regarding the transforming effect of divine grace, the divinization of the individual: of which matter St. Irenaeus writes, “the Word of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, who did, through his transcendent love become what we are, that He might bring us to become even what He is Himself”.
We offer same sex Blessings for couples joining together in matrimony
“Our Lady & St Sebastian's Catholic Church is welcoming church is source of peace and shared happiness”. to all God's children. We Preform marriages for all with the rite prescibed by the church.
If we love one another, God will live in us in perfect love.“Our Lady & St Sebastian's Catholic Church is welcoming church is source of peace and shared happiness”. to all God's children. We Preform marriages for all with the rite prescibed by the church.
Our Lady's & St Sebastian's Catholic Church maintains a zero tolerance policy in regard to any form of violence, discrimination or abuse.
