{"id":117,"date":"2023-03-11T16:59:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T16:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rcradcliffe-com.stackstaging.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=117"},"modified":"2023-06-16T12:53:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T11:53:34","slug":"parish-history","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/rcradcliffe.co.uk\/?portfolio=parish-history","title":{"rendered":"Parish History"},"content":{"rendered":"[av_submenu which_menu='' menu='8' position='center' sticky='aviaTBsticky' color='alternate_color' mobile='disabled' mobile_switch='av-switch-768' alb_description='' id='' custom_class='' template_class='' av_uid='av-lf47933b' sc_version='1.0']\r\n[av_submenu_item title='Menu Item 1' button_style='' link='' linktarget='' av_uid='av-1nxk1' sc_version='1.0']\r\n[av_submenu_item title='Menu Item 2' button_style='' link='' linktarget='' av_uid='av-ssyd' sc_version='1.0']\r\n[\/av_submenu]\r\n\r\n\n<div  class='flex_column av-3fjp-84314dc49b1c99e46d4ebb74c5a8a9cb av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_postcontent  el_before_av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lgo70lmf-409f1f7e7424d384de476dde15d0e8b4\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lgo70lmf-409f1f7e7424d384de476dde15d0e8b4{\nmargin:0 0 0 0;\npadding-bottom:0;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lgo70lmf-409f1f7e7424d384de476dde15d0e8b4 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-lgo70lmf-409f1f7e7424d384de476dde15d0e8b4 .av-special-heading-tag{\npadding:0 0 0 0;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lgo70lmf-409f1f7e7424d384de476dde15d0e8b4 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lgo70lmf-409f1f7e7424d384de476dde15d0e8b4 av-special-heading-h2  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first  pc-heading-1'><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Parish History<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lgo70r4x-cc0699bc39fb259c3e213e58382d4107\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lgo70r4x-cc0699bc39fb259c3e213e58382d4107{\nmargin:0 0 0 0;\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lgo70r4x-cc0699bc39fb259c3e213e58382d4107 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-lgo70r4x-cc0699bc39fb259c3e213e58382d4107 .av-special-heading-tag{\npadding:0 0 0 0;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lgo70r4x-cc0699bc39fb259c3e213e58382d4107 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lgo70r4x-cc0699bc39fb259c3e213e58382d4107 av-special-heading-h3 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last  pc-heading-2'><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Knowing where we have come from &#8211; to know where we are going!<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column_table av-tco7p-19b3e62510ea064bfab3ce5b4c752056 sc-av_two_fifth av-equal-height-column-flextable'><div  class='flex_column av-tco7p-19b3e62510ea064bfab3ce5b4c752056 av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_three_fifth  first flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-middle  column-top-margin'     ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-l6iph-065a54b2877e4467948bfa29e5f7bc3e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock service-intro'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>There have been Catholics in Radcliffe for hundreds of years! Before the Reformation we worshipped at the still standing Saint Mary&#8217;s Parish Church (now Church of England). Apart from rumours and whispers of hidden Masses and visiting missionary priests in the centuries following, it is not until 1863 that we can take up the story again, and learn about more than 150 years of Roman Catholicism in our town!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-giv7p-be31aa6dcbd29b180e795b6eed79b141 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Catholicism in Radcliffe dates back hundreds of years, even beyond the Radclyffe family who were the original owners of the local manor, Radcliffe Tower, located near Close Park and who worshipped at the ancient Parish Church of St Mary. During the Reformation public demonstration of the faith all but disappeared from the town. However, Catholic emancipation in 1829 led to the founding of the Salford Diocese 21 years later; and, swelled by large numbers of Irish immigrants, new parishes began to spring up around the region.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div class='av-flex-placeholder'><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-6v0u5-d17a5b52c6c8402a5c5bcb477a8ac746 av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_two_fifth  el_before_av_textblock  flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-middle  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lhg1ge1w-01f334b29adf1c9ded74b3cf8f28ebe1\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lhg1ge1w-01f334b29adf1c9ded74b3cf8f28ebe1 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lhg1ge1w-01f334b29adf1c9ded74b3cf8f28ebe1 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lhg1ge1w-01f334b29adf1c9ded74b3cf8f28ebe1 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-8  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-298 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-298 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/rcradcliffe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/parish-history.jpg\" alt='Parish History Radcliffe' title='Parish History Radcliffe'  height=\"576\" width=\"768\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. Autoclose: 1 -->\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lhg1ijy8-f07701e1cfddc003243962dc3f5830db '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>During the early 1860s, come rain or shine, many Radcliffe residents could be seen making their way up Stand Lane to Chapelfield, to await the arrival of a visiting priest from Bury or Ramsbottom.<\/p>\n<p>Reverend William Scheides would ride over the hills on horseback, an imposing figure with his black cassock flapping around his ankles in the wind. The upper room of a borrowed stable was the venue for Mass for the assembled crowd, made up of mill workers, farm labourers and miners.<\/p>\n<p>In 1863 Reverend Malachy O\u0092Callaghan arrived in Radcliffe to become the first resident priest, and officially found the parish of St Mary\u0092s. He set up two new places of worship, one in Mount Sion Street and later in 1865, he bought a disused Methodist Chapel in Mow Brow (Church Street) to celebrate Mass. It took 4 years for the parishioners to raise \u00a3100 towards the \u00a3440 cost of purchasing the chapel, despite being in receipt of some money from the Poor and New Missions diocesan fund. By 1872, when the next priest, Fr. Gerrard arrived, there were 770 parishioners, and 30 baptisms had been carried out that year. In order to accommodate the growing number of children and educate them in the Faith, it was decided to open a day school in Sugar Lane (off Stand Lane) and 51 children registered that year.<\/p>\n<p>The parish continued to expand and by 1876 the congregation had increased to 1012, and 142 children were on the school register. Meetings were held and it was agreed to build new premises, which would combine a school and a place of worship for the Catholics of Radcliffe. A plot of land at the corner of School Street and Victoria Street was acquired from the Earl of Wilton on a 999 year lease, at an annual ground rent of two shillings. The chapel was opened on Sunday 24th March 1878 by Bishop Vaughan (later Cardinal) and the final cost of the whole building was the princely sum of \u00a32,000.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div id='av-masonry-1' class='av-masonry av-lhg1nwz5-f3aceefc17b84acd07c51f50b33d5bbf noHover av-fixed-size av-large-gap av-hover-overlay-active av-masonry-animation-active av-masonry-col-4 av-caption-always av-caption-style- av-masonry-gallery ' data-post_id=\"117\"><div class=\"av-masonry-container isotope av-js-disabled\"><div class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item av-masonry-item-no-image '><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/rcradcliffe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-2.jpeg\"  aria-label=\"image Parish History | St Mary &#038; St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church | Radcliffe\"  id='av-masonry-1-item-403' data-av-masonry-item='403' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-403 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"Parish History | St Mary &#038; St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church | Radcliffe\" alt=\"Parish History | St Mary &amp; St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church | Radcliffe\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container lazyload' style=\"background-image:inherit;\"  title=\"Parish History | St Mary &#038; St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church | Radcliffe\"  data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/rcradcliffe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-2.jpeg)\"><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/rcradcliffe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download.jpeg\"  aria-label=\"image Parish History | St Mary &#038; St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church | Radcliffe\"  id='av-masonry-1-item-402' data-av-masonry-item='402' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-402 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"Parish History | St Mary &#038; St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church | Radcliffe\" alt=\"Parish History | St Mary &amp; St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church | Radcliffe\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container lazyload' style=\"background-image:inherit;\"  title=\"Parish History | St Mary &#038; St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church | Radcliffe\"  data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/rcradcliffe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download.jpeg)\"><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/rcradcliffe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-1.jpeg\"  aria-label=\"image Parish History | St Mary &#038; St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church | Radcliffe\"  id='av-masonry-1-item-401' data-av-masonry-item='401' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-401 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"Parish History | St Mary &#038; St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church | Radcliffe\" alt=\"Parish History | St Mary &amp; St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church | Radcliffe\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container lazyload' style=\"background-image:inherit;\"  title=\"Parish History | St Mary &#038; St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church | Radcliffe\"  data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/rcradcliffe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-1.jpeg)\"><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/rcradcliffe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-3.jpeg\"  aria-label=\"image Parish History | St Mary &#038; St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church | Radcliffe\"  id='av-masonry-1-item-400' data-av-masonry-item='400' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-400 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"Parish History | St Mary &#038; St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church | Radcliffe\" alt=\"Parish History | St Mary &amp; St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church | Radcliffe\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container lazyload' style=\"background-image:inherit;\"  title=\"Parish History | St Mary &#038; St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church | Radcliffe\"  data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/rcradcliffe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-3.jpeg)\"><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lhg1ngcu-5c0942ab762b50bb71f19eccad868280 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The school at Victoria Street has educated several generations of St Mary\u0092s parishioners and stood for over 100 years before it was finally demolished, leaving many former pupils with just their own memories to remind them of happy or troubled schooldays. The school remained in its original premises until the first phase of the new infant department was opened in 1970, but the church moved on, both to give the school more room and to accommodate its growing numbers. In 1893 land at the corner of Seed Street and Spring Lane was purchased for \u00a392\/2s\/2d, and plans were drawn up by Jacksons architects of Manchester. The church of St Mary was built by John Allen of Railway Street and cost an estimated \u00a33,000, with the memorial stone being laid by Bishop John Bilsborrow on May 5th 1894. Many people stood on the sand dunes (now the festival gardens) opposite the church to watch the proceedings. The Rev. William Fowler was the first parish priest to preside over the new church, and as the population increased he got his first assistant in the shape of Fr. John Foley, to help him tend to the spiritual needs of his flock as the nineteenth century drew to a close.<\/p>\n<p>The sounds drifting in through the Church windows on a warm summer day are now of cars navigating the traffic roundabout, rather than the clip-clop of horses and cart wheels trundling up the dirt track that has become Bury Road. Much has changed in Radcliffe over the last 138 years since the parish\u0092s first beginnings in a stable, but a lot, like the people, remains the same. <em>Jean Williams<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div class='flex_column_table av-uf9vh-9c6c5470780392fc0ffaa3b4277b5c4c sc-av_one_third av-equal-height-column-flextable'>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-uf9vh-9c6c5470780392fc0ffaa3b4277b5c4c\">\n.flex_column.av-uf9vh-9c6c5470780392fc0ffaa3b4277b5c4c{\nborder-radius:8px 8px 8px 8px;\npadding:20px 20px 20px 20px;\nbackground-color:#89d0f0;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-uf9vh-9c6c5470780392fc0ffaa3b4277b5c4c av_one_third  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_one_third  first flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-middle  column-top-margin'     ><p><article  class='iconbox iconbox_left av-smdgd-ce1e1942f9bfff08782233e873c54fc3  avia-builder-el-13  el_before_av_button_big  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class=\"iconbox_content\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Icon: Ronnie\u2019s Memories\"><div class='iconbox_icon heading-color avia-iconfont avia-font-fontello' data-av_icon='\ue82f' data-av_iconfont='fontello' title=\"Ronnie\u2019s Memories\" desc=\"Ronnie\u2019s Memories\" ><\/div><h3 class='iconbox_content_title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href='\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/I-Remember.pdf' title='Ronnie\u2019s Memories'  >Ronnie\u2019s Memories<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class='iconbox_content_container '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>A few years ago Ronnie Hopkins, a parishioner of Saint Mary&#8217;s all his life, wrote some of his memories. Though Ronnie died in 2009, his words remain!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-center  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_icon_box  avia-builder-el-last '>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lhgfflbq-a1ab9a7708be2a0b0009145c41593433\">\n#top #wrap_all .avia-button.av-lhgfflbq-a1ab9a7708be2a0b0009145c41593433{\nbackground-color:#f1e7db;\nborder-color:#f1e7db;\ntransition:all 0.4s ease-in-out;\nmargin:20px 0 0 0;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .avia-button.av-lhgfflbq-a1ab9a7708be2a0b0009145c41593433:hover{\ncolor:white;\ntransition:all 0.4s ease-in-out;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .avia-button.av-lhgfflbq-a1ab9a7708be2a0b0009145c41593433:hover .avia-svg-icon svg:first-child{\nfill:white;\nstroke:white;\n}\n<\/style>\n<a href='\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/I-Remember.pdf' class='avia-font-color-black avia-button avia-button-fullwidth av-lhgfflbq-a1ab9a7708be2a0b0009145c41593433 avia-icon_select-yes-right-icon avia-color-custom'  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"  aria-label=\"Find out more\"><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Find out more<\/span><span class='avia_button_icon avia_button_icon_right avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello' data-av_icon='\ue875' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/span><span class='avia_button_background avia-button avia-button-fullwidth avia-color-theme-color-highlight'><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<div class='av-flex-placeholder'><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mbsth-9d2e59aee02af4817cb62d5f03b7de69\">\n.flex_column.av-mbsth-9d2e59aee02af4817cb62d5f03b7de69{\nborder-radius:8px 8px 8px 8px;\npadding:20px 20px 20px 20px;\nbackground-color:#f1e7db;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-mbsth-9d2e59aee02af4817cb62d5f03b7de69 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_third  flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-middle  column-top-margin'     ><p><article  class='iconbox iconbox_left av-lhg1rrv2-17d912ed10a35a5bfff4ab953f97e8c1  avia-builder-el-16  el_before_av_button_big  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class=\"iconbox_content\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Icon: List of Clergy\"><div class='iconbox_icon heading-color avia-iconfont avia-font-fontello' data-av_icon='\ue82f' data-av_iconfont='fontello' title=\"List of Clergy\" desc=\"List of Clergy\" ><\/div><h3 class='iconbox_content_title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href='\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Priests-of-Saint-Mary.pdf' title='List of Clergy'  >List of Clergy<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class='iconbox_content_container '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>We are fortunate to have a list of all the clergy who have served Saint Mary&#8217;s since 1863 &#8211; 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