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title: "Mass for the birthday of Our Lady, Mary and the start of the new academic year."
url: "https://chorleystmarys.lancs.sch.uk/news/2021-09-08-mass-for-the-birthday-of-our-lady-mary-and-the-start-of-the-new-academic-year"
school: "St. Mary's Catholic Primary School & Nursery"
---

# Mass for the birthday of Our Lady, Mary and the start of the new academic year.

  ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-mary-s-catholic/images/news/630b8b86-d74e-490b-8bae-609325d451cf(1).JPG)   8 September 2021

What a lovely start to the academic year. Mr Smyth, KS2 and the staff were able to return to church to attend a special mass to celebrate the birthday of Our Lady Mary, the start of the new school year and an early Harvest celebration.

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