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A “
Lourdes
grotto” was first built by Fr. Butler in the
late 1930s and a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes has overlooked the
church grounds from the same spot ever since. It is a popular
focus of devotion for Muslims as well as Catholics
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The statue of St Hugh of
Lincoln
originally stood in the old church. It was
presented to the parish in 1962 in memory of Miss Grace Diskin,
who took care of sacramental preparation for St Hugh’s children
for over thirty years when the parish had no school.
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No-one knows where the
baptismal font originally used in the old church came from. In
recent years it has been restored by Fr Anthony Myers as a small
fountain which plays during mass-times.
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The tiny statue of Our Lady
of Walsingham is almost as old as St Hugh’s parish itself. It
was brought back from a pilgrimage by the Union of Catholic
Mothers and was the focus of their weekly Rosary gathering for
seventy years.
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The small statue of
St Joseph
and the Child Jesus is placed between the
Memorial Window and the Remembrance Book because
St Joseph
is the patron of a happy death. Its
beautifully carved stand matches the Paschal Candle stand, and
both date from the earliest years of the old church.
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The statue of The Risen
Christ, high above the sanctuary at St Hugh’s, was bought in
memory of John Blyth, who, in 1929, single-handedly gathered a
petition to Bishop Hugh Singleton for a church to be built in
West Timperley
.
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