On
the 27th of December 2011 the Parish of St Bede's Jarrow will be
celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the opening of the present Roman
Catholic Church of St Bede!
'On
Sunday, 27th December, 1861. The Rev. E. Kelly, South Shields, sang
High Mass, with Monsignor Eyre, Canon of St. Mary's Cathedral,
Newcastle, as Deacon and the Rev. G. Meynell, the new priests of the
Mission, as sub-Deacon'.These words are taken from M.J Young's little booklet "The History of Catholic Jarrow"! (There is a copy of this Booket in Jarrow Library)
AS: The Ye Olde Jarrow Scribe
was around for the Church’s Centenary in December
1961!
On that
occasion there were in being: Several Masses on a Sunday, Several
Priests, Several Educational Establishments, Several Institutions, plus a
Recreational Field!
Now on the Eve of the approach of the 150th
anniversary of the Church there is: One Sunday Mass, One Priest
(shared with the cluster), One Educational Establishment (Deo Gratias), which has been saved thanks due to Governmental Cuts) No
Institutions, No Recreational Field!
Has Vatican
11 and the post Concilliar Years been both a disaster and diabolical
disorientation to the Local Church; as well as to that of the Global
Eclessia? (M.J Young/youtube)
More To Follow!
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