(incidentally, this is the church where I got married)
Our Lady of Unfailing Help & St. Paul of the Cross Church, Cleckheaton Dewsbury Road, Cleckheaton BD19 5DL
SAT 10TH 10 AM – 3 PM
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds’ first permanent church here was built after World War Two. The origins of the Parish lay in Cleckheaton’s response to providing a place of worship for the Belgian refugees who arrived in the area in the early days of the Great War. After various temporary arrangements, the present,modest red-brick church was built in 1952/53 to the design of J.H. Langtry-Langton. It is of a simplified Romanesque style. https://stpaulscleckheaton. wordpress.com/
Holy Spirit Church, Heckmondwike Bath Road, Heckmondwike WF16 9EA
FRI 16TH 12 PM – 4 PM
SAT 17TH 10 AM – 2 PM
Holy Spirit Church, completed in 1915 in a ByzantineRomanesque style, brought a blend of the old Christian churches found in the Mediterranean to the town. Enhanced by stained glass crafted by Margaret Agnes Rope, it boasts four Swedish blue marble columns supporting its green dome. The Roman Catholic church’s founding father, Monsignor John O’Connor, inspired G.K.Chesterton’s Father Brown, while a later Parish Priest, Fr. Patrick Roche, counted members of American Ryder Cup teams (to whom he was Chaplain), film stars and American astronauts among his friends.
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