Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Portico

Our Lady Help of Christians Church
Front entrance
Our Lady Help of Christians Church
Location in Merseyside
Coordinates: 53°26′03″N 2°46′40″W / 53.434175°N 2.777810°W / 53.434175; -2.777810
OS grid reference SJ4844293333
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website OurLadysPortico.co.uk
History
Status Active
Founded 1790 (1790)
Dedication Mary Help of Christians
Architecture
Functional status Parish church
Architect(s) George Marsh
Administration
Deanery Prescot
Archdiocese Liverpool
Clergy
Priest(s) Rev. David Melly

Our Lady Help of Christians Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in the Portico area of Prescot, Merseyside. It was founded in 1790 by the Society of Jesus.

History

West side of church

The Jesuits were present in the area from 1716 and lived in a house on Scoles Lane. After the building of a Catholic church in the area was permitted, George Marsh a local architect was contacted to design the new church. In 1790, a small presbytery and chapel was built for the local Catholics in the area.[1] The chapel was built as an extension to the back of the presbytery.[2] As there was no other Catholic church in the area, when it was built, if the local Catholics wanted to attend Mass, they had to come to the church. This lasted until 1856, when Our Lady Immaculate and St Joseph Church was built in the centre of the town.

At some point in the 20th century, the parish was handed over by the Jesuits to the Archdiocese of Liverpool who continue to serve the church.

In 2005, the Pope John Paul II Blessed Sacrament chapel was opened in the church.[3]

Parish

The church has three Sunday Masses, one at 6:30pm on Saturday, and at 9:00am and 10:30am on Sunday.[4]

Both the Our Lady of Help of Christians and Our Lady Immaculate and St Joseph churches have a relationship with Our Lady's Primary School in Prescot, whose mission statement states ' What we hoped to achieve in all that we do is as a living community of God'.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Chapel of Our Lady Help of Christians from English Heritage retrieved 11 March 2014
  2. ↑ Our Lady Help of Christians - Portico from English Heritage retrieved 11 March 2014
  3. ↑ Chapel from OurLadysPortico.co.uk retrieved 11 March 2014
  4. ↑ Parishes from Archdiocese of Liverpool retrieved 11 March 2014
  5. ↑ About us from OurLadysPrescot.com retrieved 11 March 2014
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