St Anthony of Padua Church, Rye

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Coordinates: 50°56′57″N 0°43′58″E / 50.9492°N 0.7329°E / 50.9492; 0.7329
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St Anthony of Padua's Church
Southwark
DioceseArundel and Brighton
DeanerySt Leonards-on-Sea & Eastbourne

St Anthony of Padua Church is a

Conventual Franciscans and is a Grade II listed building.[1]

History

Foundation

Originally, there was another church on the site of the present one. St Walburga's Church. The church dedicated to

Conventual Franciscans came to Rye. A Fr Bonaventure M. Scebberas OFM Conv began to minister in the area. He was the superior of the Conventual Franciscans in England and chaplain to Colonel Frederick Sedley, 5th Marquis of Taflia. Colonel Sedley lived with his family in the house situated between the friary and the church. In 1907, Fr Scebberas was invited to administer St Joseph's Church in Portishead, Somerset.[2] In 1910, administration of St Walburga's Church also was given to the Conventual Franciscans, making the St Anthony of Padua Friary one of the first Conventual Franciscan locations in England since the Reformation. In 1926, the church was too small for the increasing congregation and plans were drawn up to replace St Walburga's Church with a larger one.[3]

Construction

On 13 July 1927, demolition started on St Walburga's Church. On 9 August 1927, the first brick was laid by Fr Scebberas. On 11 October 1927, the foundation stone for St Anthony of Padua Church was blessed by the

Greek Cross. On 30 June 1929, the church was opened.[5]

Parish

The church is its own parish and has three Sunday

Masses they are at 6:00pm on Saturday, and 8:00am and 10:45am on Sunday. There is a weekday Mass at 9:00am on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b RC Church of St Anthony of Padua, Rye from British Listed Buildings, retrieved 2 April 2016
  2. ^ a b St Anthony of Padua and the Sedley Family from Rye Castle, retrieved 2 April 2016
  3. ^ a b Historic England, "RC Church of St Anthony of Padua (1393687)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 April 2016
  4. ^ Bishop William Francis Brown from Catholic-Hierarchy.org, retrieved 2 April 2016
  5. ^ Rye – St Anthony of Padua from English Heritage, retrieved 2 April 2016
  6. Conventual Franciscans
    , retrieved 2 April 2016

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