St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Grangetown
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51°28′01.92″N 3°11′01.85″W / 51.4672000°N 3.1838472°WCoordinates: 51°28′01.92″N 3°11′01.85″W / 51.4672000°N 3.1838472°W | |
Location | Grangetown, Cardiff, Wales |
Country | United Kingdom |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Churchmanship | High English |
Weekly attendance | ~ 500 per week |
Website | Church Website |
History | |
Status | Active |
Founded | 1882 |
Relics held | Yes |
Events | See Events |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Welsh |
Architect(s) | James Goldie |
Completed | 1930 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | Around 450. |
Administration | |
Parish | St. Patrick's |
Deanery | Cardiff |
Diocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff |
Province | Province of Cardiff |
Presbytery | St Patrick's Presbytery, Grange Gardens |
Division | Part of St Mary's, Canton |
Clergy | |
Priest(s) | Canon Michael Patrick Evans |
Laity | |
Organist(s) | M Patterson |
Music group(s) | English Choir |
Servers' guild | Yes |
St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Grangetown, Cardiff, is part of the Cardiff West Deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff. It opened on St Patrick's Day 1930.
History[]
There has been a St Patrick's Church in Grangetown since 1882, adjacent to St Patrick's School. A Memorial Hall was built in 1921. Plans were set in motion in 1928 to build a new church, on the site of allotments of two parishioners. The foundation stone was laid on St Patrick's Day 1929 and the church was opened exactly one year later.[1]
Activities[]
- Parish coach trips to places around Britain take place throughout the year.
- The parish make an annual pilgrimage to Lourdes.
- Parish Council meetings take place every quarter.
Church groups and ministries[]
- Society of Saint Vincent de Paul meet every other week on Friday at 18:30hrs in the presbytery.
- Guild of St. Stephen (Altar Servers)
- Ministers of the Word
- Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
- Children's Liturgy
- Parish Council
- Parish Advisory Council
- Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
- Offertory group
- Choir
- Cathechism
Recent events[]
It has been proposed that the current parish hall in Bishop Street be demolished to make way for a new health centre to serve the whole of Grangetown.[needs update] It has arisen, however, that this cannot take place due to a group of bats (a protected species in Britain) that live in the roof of the hall. Designs have been made for a new hall to be built next to the church, meaning a removal of the lawn.
Due to the reorganisation of the archdiocese, St. Cuthbert's Parish in the Docks will become part of St. Patrick's.[when?] Also, the church became part of the Cardiff Deanery instead of the Cardiff West Deanery. (The new deanery merged both the old Cardiff East and West deaneries.)[when?]
Long serving priest, Father John Fahey, died on Christmas Eve in 2008. He was succeeded by Father Bogdan Wera in 2008 - who revived the church with a growing Polish community.[2] Father Bogdan died in September 2017. The church has now been joined by Canon Michael Patrick Evans.
School[]
St Patrick's R C Primary School in Lucknow Street, Grangetown has close links with the church. A school mass is celebrated once a month in the church and sometimes in school during term times. The school has around 250 pupils aged 4–11 (Reception – Year 6) and around 15 teachers, as well as non-teaching staff including teachers aids and admin. The school feeds to the Catholic high school, Mary Immaculate, in Ely.
References[]
- ^ "History". Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- ^ Dodd, Emma (18 February 2011). "Cardiff church revived by Polish priest". The Cardiffian. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
External links[]
- Roman Catholic churches in Cardiff
- Grangetown, Cardiff