St Joseph Church, Roehampton

Coordinates: 51°26′58″N 0°14′24″W / 51.449450°N 0.240075°W / 51.449450; -0.240075
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St Joseph's Church
Southwark
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St Joseph's Church is a

Roehampton Lane
and Medfield Street.

History

The Jesuits arrived in Roehampton during the mid-nineteenth century and created a novitiate, Manresa House, which became Whitelands College, now part of the University of Roehampton. In 1869, they started a mission to the local Catholics in the area. In 1881, they decided to build a church that would permanently accommodate the congregation. They asked Frederick Walters to design the church for them. It was the first church he designed for the Jesuits and he would go on to design more buildings for them, such as Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon, St Winefride Church, South Wimbledon and the chapel of Wimbledon College.[3]

In 1948, the Jesuits left Manresa House and moved their novitiate to

Diocese of Southwark
who continue to serve the parish.

In 1958, the church was extended and in 1998 it was re-ordered.[3]

Parish

The church has four Sunday Masses every week. They are at 6:00pm on Saturday evening, 9:00am and 11:00am on Sunday morning and 6:00pm on Sunday evening. There are weekday Masses at 10:00am on Monday, Tuesday and Saturday and 8:00am on Friday.[4]

Within the parish is the Sacred Heart Primary School, established by the Society of the Sacred Heart.[5]

See also

References

  1. Archdiocese of Southwark
    retrieved 16 March 2014
  2. ^ Sacred Church Heart, Wimbledon from British Listed Buildings retrieved 16 March 2014
  3. ^ a b St Joseph Roehampton retrieved 5 February 2014
  4. ^ St Joseph, Roehampton from Catholic Directory retrieved 16 March 2014
  5. ^ Sacred Heart Roehampton retrieved 16 March 2014

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