Clergy & Staff
Fr stephen day
Parish Priest of St Peter's and of Our Lady's
Fr Stephen became the parish priest of St Peter's and Our Lady's in August 2022.
He was the parish priest of St Thomas More and of St Joseph's in Coventry before coming here, and before that serving St Anne's in Nuneaton and St Joseph's in New Arley.
Going further back, Fr Stephen has experience of education, and taught in secondary Catholic education both before and after ordination, and was for ten years involved in training Catholic secondary RE teachers at the Maryvale Institute in Birmingham.
Beyond pastoral ministry, Fr Stephen enjoys old films, 20th century history, music and lovely buildings. He is blessed to serve two striking architectural examples of fine church buildings.
St Peter's and Our Lady's, with their four primary schools and active parish life, are a good place to be - and a busy one.
He was the parish priest of St Thomas More and of St Joseph's in Coventry before coming here, and before that serving St Anne's in Nuneaton and St Joseph's in New Arley.
Going further back, Fr Stephen has experience of education, and taught in secondary Catholic education both before and after ordination, and was for ten years involved in training Catholic secondary RE teachers at the Maryvale Institute in Birmingham.
Beyond pastoral ministry, Fr Stephen enjoys old films, 20th century history, music and lovely buildings. He is blessed to serve two striking architectural examples of fine church buildings.
St Peter's and Our Lady's, with their four primary schools and active parish life, are a good place to be - and a busy one.
THE VERY REV CANON david hartley
Parish Priest of St Joseph's
Canon David came to St Joseph's in 2023, and has previously served in parishes in Staffordshire and Oxfordshire, most recently Thame. He has considerable experience of hospital ministry, having begun working life after university as a nurse in central London and serving as the Catholic chaplain to several hospitals, Canon David also serves as the Catholic chaplain of Warwick Hospital, and as the Dean of Banbury & Warwick Deanery. He was installed as a canon of St Chad's Cathedral in June 2025.
helpers and volunteers...
The parishes are served by hardworking teams of volunteers who carry out a tremendously wide range of tasks, both visibly on Sundays in church and invisibly during the week, behind the scenes. We would be lost without them! Servers, singers, flower arrangers, cleaners, extraordinary ministers of he Eucharist, makers of tea and coffee, fundraisers, getting things out, putting things away, greeting at the door and so much other help. There's always a welcome for volunteer help!
There is also at St Peter's an office manager, Royce, who works with parish administration five days a week and at St Joseph's, Hazel, who works in the office there.
There is also at St Peter's an office manager, Royce, who works with parish administration five days a week and at St Joseph's, Hazel, who works in the office there.