A Centenary Celebration of St John’s Church
A Centenary Celebration On 14th June 2025 St. John the Baptist Church will be one hundred years old. To celebrate the centenary of our church, Bishop John Arnold, Bishop of Salford, will celebrate Mass for us on Pentecost Sunday 8th…
‘Magnificent Mosaics – Connecting Communities’
PROJECT UPDATE Now our work with the National Lottery Heritage Fund has been completed we have produced an Evaluation of the work that has been done on the Delivery phase of the project. This covers the period of the capital…
A tribute to Peter David Galvin – ‘Pete’
1947 - 2024 Peter David Galvin - ‘Pete’ As a family we’ve spent the last few weeks telling lots of stories about my dad, Pete. There’s a lot of stories to tell. In fact for many people here, you will…
Helen Dwyer (an inspiration to all who knew her)
Helens Eulogy written by Lorraine Drewett It is an honour that I have been asked to give this eulogy for my dear second cousin Helen. I will be honest, I have found it quite daunting. How can I do justice…
To all Parishioners and Friends of St John’s – April 2024
You may remember that work to repair the dome and the mosaic of St John’s finished in May last year. During the following year we have had a few issues: the damp has been soaking through the concrete as we…
Centenary Celebrations for the founding of St John’s
One hundred years ago on 28 July 1923 the foundation stone for St John the Baptist was laid by Bishop Casartelli in the sanctuary of the church. To mark the centenary of this important event in the life of our…
Baptism of Noah at St John’s – the 6th generation to be baptised at that font!
Fr Michael presided at the baptism of Noah Niland on the morning of 29 July 2023. Noah is the sixth generation to be baptised at that font. He is a descendent of the O'Brien family who lived at 3 Court,…
Re-opening of St. John’s
St John the Baptist Church on 5 March 2023, St John’s reopened for Masses and other services. This marked the completion of a significant building project to repair the grade II* listed building following support from a range of grant…