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St Joseph's Church, Weston-super-Mare

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churches in their own right. In 1921, a mission was started in the centre of Weston-super-Mare. It would become Corpus Christi Church. The church was built from 1928 to 1929 in the
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and cost a total of £16,000. In 1923, the mission for Our Lady of Lourdes Church was started in Milton in the east of the town. Our Lady of Lourdes Church was built in 1938 in the
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at 6:00pm. Corpus Christi Church has Sunday Masses at 6:00pm on Saturday and at 11:00am on Sunday, with a Mass in Polish at 9:00am and a
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of £50 for the priest. The stone that was used to build the church was donated by the owner of the
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were started in other parts of Weston-super-Mare. These missions eventually grew to become
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were added. The side chapels were donated by the Smyth-Pigott family. In 1901, the current
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in 1893. It is located on Camp Road to the north of the town centre. It was first Catholic
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In 1893, the church was extended. The architect who was behind the extensions was
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in the town, with the same parish priest. St Joseph's Church has one Sunday
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Mass at 3:00pm. Our Lady of Lourdes Church has a Sunday Mass at 9:15am.
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After the construction of the church, it served as a centre from which
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to design the church, paid for its construction and provided an annual
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19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United Kingdom
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was built next to the church. On 26 October 1958, the church was
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could be celebrated there. Around 1858, a local convert to
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Fr Pascal O'Farrell. He bought Greenfield Cottage so that
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St Joseph's Church is located in Somerset
St Joseph's Church is located in England
51°21′21″N 2°59′31″W / 51.355882°N 2.992063°W / 51.355882; -2.992063
Weston-super-Mare
Denomination
Roman Catholic
StJosephsWSM.org.uk
Dedication
Saint Joseph
Consecrated
Architect(s)
Charles Francis Hansom
Alexander Scoles
Style
Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking
Province
Birmingham
Diocese
Clifton
Deanery
Parish
Roman Catholic
parish church
Weston-super-Mare
Charles Francis Hansom
Alexander Scoles
church
Reformation

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