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St. Patrick’s Friary,
26 Cornwall Road,
Waterloo,
London
SE1 8TW
020 7928 8897
Dear Friends,
From 14th to 24th June, Fr Jaroslaw will be away. For urgent matters during that time, please contact Fr Everest. All other enquiries should be directed to Natasha at the parish office, preferably by email at: waterloo@rcaos.org.uk.
Until further notice, evening Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will also be suspended, except on Tuesdays, when Adoration is organised and led by the Cenacle Community. The suspension of evening Adoration is directly connected with the forthcoming sacristy renovation, which is expected to begin on 23rd June, as well as the summer holiday period.
During the summer period, specifically from Sunday 19th July until Sunday 13th September, and in accordance with the decision of Archbishop John Wilson, the number of Sunday Masses will be reduced to two. This means that during that period there will be no Sunday Mass at 9.00 a.m. The Sunday Mass schedule during that time will therefore be as follows:
· Saturday: Vigil Mass at 5.00 p.m.
· Sunday: Mass at 11.00 a.m. only
During this same period, there will also be no Saturday Mass at 12.30 p.m.
Holy Mass
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Saturday: 12.30 pm and 5.00 pm (Sunday Mass)
Sunday: 9.00 am and 11.00 am
Mon - Fri: 8.00 am
Confessions ​
Mon - Fri: 7.30 am
Sat: 12.00pm
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Adoration and Rosary:
Monday - Friday: 6 pm - 7 pm
Tuesday: 7.00 pm
Saturday after 12.30 pm Mass
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and on request
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Parish office working hours
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 10 am to 2 pm
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Any general enquiries, please get in touch with the Parish Priest at:
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History
St. Patrick's Friary - Waterloo, London
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church was originally built as a school chapel in the late 19th century by notable Scottish architech F.A. Walters. The main frontage of the church which is hidden away on Cornwall Road, is in a simplified Neo-Romanesque style and has some nice detail. The church and school make a positive contribution to the Waterloo conservation area, and the parish has become a popular place for commuters and city workers to pray, and celebrate mass during the week. Although the interior of the church could never be described as beautiful, or even typically attractive, it does harken back to an earlier time when Christans would gather in upper rooms and hidden places to avoid persecution. There is something warm and inviting about St. Patrick's - something distinctively Catholic.
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The church forms part of a school building built in 1897, which was initially served from the Cathedral (Archdiocese of Southwark), but since 1964 the parish has been in the care of Friars. Original plans for the church drawn up by Walters show that originally, the chapel was proposed to be in a more convenient location on the ground floor, and It is not quite clear why the chapel was subsequently placed on the upper floor. The drawings also show a more ambitious scheme than that realised, with a tower.
The Conventual Franciscans were invited to take over care of the parish of St. Patrick’s in 1964 and the Presbytery on Whittlesey Steet (opposite) has become the main Curia House for the Order in Great Britain & Ireland.