Holy Cross and St Helen Church is a
Roman Catholic church in
St Helens, Merseyside . The church was built in 1860 by the
Society of Jesus . It was designed by
Joseph John Scoles and is a Grade II listed building.
History
The church was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1860. Fr Thomas Seed, the head of the Jesuits in Britain, who also founded Sacred Heart Church in Edinburgh laid the foundation stone of the church on 3 May 1860, what was then Feast of the Finding of the True Cross .
The church was designed by Joseph John Scoles who also designed St Ignatius Church, Preston in Lancashire, Immaculate Conception Church, Farm Street in London and the Church of Saint Francis Xavier, Liverpool . Construction of the church lasted for almost two years and the church was opened on 1 May 1862.
In the church there is a memorial stone dated 1933, showing when the Jesuits handed over the church to the Archdiocese of Liverpool , who have continued to administer it ever since.
Parish
Sunday Mass is at 10am. Weekday Masses are as follows: 12.15pm on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and 11am on Tuesday. Confessions are from 11am to 11.45am before the 12.15pm Mass. There are no confessions on Tuesdays. In addition Exposition takes place on Monday, Wednesday and Friday (half an hour before and after Mass).
Entrance to the church is via Corporation Street (southern side) or Parade Street (northern side), where there is also an additional gate for level access. The original front entrance is no longer used.
In July 2020, the church of SS Peter & Paul, Haresfinch was closed, and this parish was merged into the parish of Holy Cross and St Helen under its former Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. Kevan O'Brien.
Gallery
North-Eastern aspect of Church of Holy Cross & St. Helen, St. Helens, Merseyside
Southern aspect of Church of Holy Cross & St. Helen, St. Helens, Merseyside
See also
References
External links
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool
Churches
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral - Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King
Church of St Oswald and St Edmund Arrowsmith, Ashton-in-Makerfield
St Mary's Church, Billinge
St Joseph's Church, Birkdale
Church of St Teresa of Avila, Birkdale
Church of St Monica, Bootle
St Michael's Church, Ditton
St Mary of the Isle Church, Douglas
St Anne's Church, Edge Hill
Sacred Heart Church, Hindsford
Church of the Holy Family, Ince Blundell
St John the Evangelist's Church, Kirkdale
St Joseph's Church, Leigh
St Mary's Church, Little Crosby
Our Lady of the Annunciation Church, Liverpool
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Liverpool
Church of Our Lady of Reconciliation, Liverpool
Sacred Heart Church, Liverpool
St Aloysius Church, Liverpool
St Anthony's Church, Scotland Road
St Anthony of Padua Church, Liverpool
St Clare's Church, Liverpool
St Francis Xavier Church, Liverpool
St Mary's Church, Woolton
St Oswald's Church, Liverpool
St Patrick's Church, Liverpool
St Philip Neri Church, Liverpool
Church of St Vincent de Paul, Liverpool
St Oswald's Church, Padgate
Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Portico
Our Lady Immaculate and St Joseph Church, Prescot
St Bartholomew's Church, Rainhill
Our Lady, Star of the Sea & St Maughold Church, Ramsey
Our Lady Star of the Sea, Seaforth
Church of St Mary, Lowe House
Holy Cross Church, St Helens
St Ambrose's Church, Speke
St Alban's Church, Warrington
St Benedict's Church, Warrington
St Mary's Church, Warrington
St Bede's Church, Widnes
St John's Church, Wigan
St Jude's Church, Wigan
St Mary's Church, Wigan
Schools
St Mary's College, Crosby
The Academy of St Francis of Assisi
The Academy of St Nicholas
All Hallows Catholic High School
All Saints Catholic High School, Kirkby
Archbishop Beck Catholic College
Bellerive FCJ Catholic College
Broughton Hall High School
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
Carmel College (St Helens)
Christ the King Catholic High School, Southport
De La Salle School, St Helens
Holy Cross Catholic High School, Chorley
Holy Family Catholic High School, Thornton
Hope Academy
Maricourt Catholic School
Notre Dame Catholic College, Liverpool
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College
Sacred Heart Catholic College
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy
St Bede's Catholic High School, Ormskirk
St Cuthbert's Catholic High School
St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy, Whiston
St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
St Edward's College
St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool
St John Bosco Arts College
St John Fisher Catholic High School, Wigan
St Julie's Catholic High School
St Mary's Catholic High School, Astley
St Mary's Catholic High School, Leyland
St Peter's Catholic High School
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School
The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco
Schools Institutes Churches
Parishes
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street
St Ignatius Church, Stamford Hill
St Anselm's Church, Southall
St Dominic's Church, Newcastle
St Wilfrid's Church, Preston
St Aloysius Church, Glasgow
Sacred Heart Church, Edinburgh
St Peter's Church, Stonyhurst
Chaplaincies
Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Manchester
Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy
Former
Sacred Heart Church, Accrington
Sacred Heart Church, Blackpool
Corpus Christi Church, Boscombe
Sacred Heart Church, Bournemouth
St Mary on the Quay, Bristol
Corpus Christi Church, Brixton
St Edmund's Church, Bury St Edmunds
Annunciation Church, Chesterfield
Holy Trinity Church, Chipping Norton
St Mary Church, Clayton-le-Moors
St Michael and St John Church, Clitheroe
St David's Church, Dalkeith
St Mary's Church, Great Yarmouth
St Francis Xavier Church, Hereford
St Winefride's Church, Holywell
Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Leeds
Sacred Heart Church, Leeds
St Joseph's Church, Leigh
Our Lady of Ransom and the Holy Souls Church, Llandrindod Wells
Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Lowestoft
St Aloysius Gonzaga Church, Oxford
Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Portico
Our Lady Immaculate and St Joseph Church, Prescot
St Ignatius Church, Preston
St Walburge's Church, Preston
St Joseph and St Francis Xavier Church, Richmond
Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Rhyl
St Joseph Church, Roehampton
Holy Cross Church, St Helens
Church of St Mary, Lowe House, St Helens
St Stephen's Church, Skipton
St Ignatius Church, South Ossett
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Spinkhill
St Austin's Church, Wakefield
St John's Church, Wigan
Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon
Christ the King Church, Wimbledon Park
St Winefride Church, South Wimbledon
St George's Church, Worcester
Spirituality See also