St Anthony of Padua Church is a

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, Liverpool. It was built from 1931 to 1932 by the

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. It is located on Queens Drive opposite

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. The church was one of the first started by the friars coming from New York in the re-establishment of the Conventual Friars in England after the

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History

Foundation

In 1906, the

, the Conventual Franciscan friars came to England. Two Maltese friars, Fr Bonaventure Sceberras and Fr Roger Azzopardi started a

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that became St Joseph's Church. In 1910, the friars started St Anthony of Padua Church, Rye in East Sussex.History
from thegreyfriars.org, retrieved 18 May 2021 In 1926, friars came from

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to Mossley Hill in Liverpool. The site of the church was bought from

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and the adjacent Elmsley House was bought to be a friary and parish hall.

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Mossley Hill – St Anthony of Padua
''Taking Stock'', retrieved 18 May 2021

Construction

On 7 November 1926, a temporary church was opened by the Archbishop of Liverpool Frederick Keating. In 1931, building work started on St Anthony of Padua Church. In 1932, the church was opened and

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.St. Anthony of Padua - Mossley Hill, Liverpool
from thegreyfriars.org, retrieved 18 May 2021 The architect was Anthony Ellis and the cost of the church was £16,500. In the construction of the church, the friars told Ellis to use the same

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plan as Assumption Church in Syracuse. Assumption Church was built in 1859 and is the

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of the Conventual Franciscans in the northeast United States.

Developments

In 1933, an organ was installed in St Anthony of Padua Church, it came from the German Church on Renshaw Street in Liverpool. From 1947 to 1955, the friary was a novitiate for the Conventual Friars in Britain. In the 1950s, a marble reredos and painted murals were added. From 1962 to 1963, the murals were replaced by ones painted Giuseppe Lerario, which depict

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, the pope and bishops of the

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as well as murals of St Anthony of Padua and St Francis of Assisi.

Parish

The friars continue to serve the

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. There are four Sunday Masses in the church at 6:00pm on Saturday and at 9:30am,11:00 am and 6:00 pm on Sunday.St Anthony of Padua
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, retrieved 18 May 2021

Church and friary

File:Friary of St Francis, Mossley Hill.jpg, Friary File:St Anthony of Padua, Mossley Hill side.jpg, Side of church

References

External links

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Liverpool South Pastoral Area

St. Anthony of Padua - Mossley Hill, Liverpool
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St Anthony of Padua
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