About Us

Our Lady's & St Sebastian's Catholic Church is a Christian denomination grounded in the teachings and traditions of the Early Church and the Medieval Church but affirming in regard to these, and in regard to all other matters of religion and belief, the primacy of freedom of human conscience, thought, interpretation and inquiry. 

The Church of Our Lady's and St. Sebastian’s Catholic Church is an autocephalous,  The Church is, by definition and in fact, Catholic: which is to say that it continues, validly, legitimately and demonstrably , in historical and unbroken succession from the Apostles of Christ. It is thus a living member and constituent part of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. Likewise, by definition and in fact, because it is Independent, like other churches of the Independent Sacramental Tradition it is not in communion with the See of Rome. It is Catholic, but it is not Roman Catholic. The Church is in communion with a number of ecclesiastical bodies, among which are the Eglise Catholique Libérale Unie  Uganda, NICENE APOSTOLIC CHURCH, England

Parishes in Wirral, York and London, England, , 

The Patriarch of Our Lady's & St. Sebastian’s Catholic Church is The Most Reverend Kieran Thomas O’Neill MStJ, KGC,, DD., OSB

The Church recognizes and proclaims the deep and abiding sacredness of the Christian life, in the world as in the soul. It honours the teachings of the First Seven Ecumenical Councils of also  the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), which greatly reformed our views of the church.  Undivided Church, and it holds to the Nicene Creed, the Creed of the Universal Church, as the traditional formula of catholic belief, also the Apostles creed. 

We believe in One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. We recognize the pope as the bishop of Rome, who is rightly considered the first among equal bishops. However, we do not accept the doctrine of papal infallibility. The faithful are free to accept or reject any doctrine issued “ex-cathedra” by the pontiff.

Eucharist is celebrated in due and proper form; We believe in the real presence not least because Christ said that wherever two or more are gathered in His name, He is there with them...and that includes Eucharist. Transubstantiation - that the bread and wine actually turns into the body and blood of Christ is believed by some but not all. Narrative, and the formulated intention of doing what the Universal Church has always intended and done.                                                                                                                                                                         

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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.

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 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.

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
“St Sebastian's Independent 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.