From the Archive – Mass of Thanksgiving – 11th September 2001

Bishop Patrick O’Donoghue celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving on 11th September 2001 following the restoration of the church following the fire of the previous year.

Prayers were said at the Mass for all those affected by the tragic events which occurred earlier in the day in the United States of America.

Reproduced below is the booklet cover, a poem by long-standing parishioner Kathleen Gosling and a list of those who donated items following the fire.

Mrs Gosling died a number of years ago, and donated the statue of Christ the Redeemer which is displayed in the Haydock Room.

Thanksgiving