St Joseph and St Francis Xavier Church

Church in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

St Joseph and St Francis Xavier Church

Church entrance

St Joseph and St Francis Xavier Church

Location in the Yorkshire Dales

54°24′15″N 1°44′32″W﻿ / ﻿54.4041°N 1.7423°W﻿ / 54.4041; -1.7423
OS grid reference| NZ1682500986
Location| Richmond, North Yorkshire
Country| United Kingdom
Denomination| Roman Catholic
Website| StJosephSFX.co.uk
History
Status| Parish church
Founder(s)| Society of Jesus
Dedication| St Joseph
St Francis Xavier
Architecture
Functional status| Active
Heritage designation| Grade II listed
Designated| 19 January 1993
Architect(s)| George Goldie
Style| Gothic Revival
Completed| 1868; 156 years ago (1868)
Administration
Province| Liverpool
Diocese| Middlesbrough
Deanery| Northern[1]
Clergy
Bishop(s)| Rt. Rev. Terence Drainey
Priest(s)| Canon Michael Loughlin

St Joseph and St Francis Xavier Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Richmond, North Yorkshire. It is situated between Newbiggin and Victoria Road to the south of Richmondshire Cricket Club. The church was built in 1868 and was designed by George Goldie.[2] It was founded by the Society of Jesus and it is a Grade II listed building.[3]

## History

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### Foundation

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In 1794, Fr Thomas Austin Lawson OSB from Downside Abbey came to Richmond to start a mission to the local Catholics of the area. After twenty years of serving the Catholic community, Lawson was recalled to the monastery in 1814 and died there that year.[2]

The Jesuits took over the mission and sent Fr Robert Johnson SJ. He served the congregation for fifty years and died in 1865. In 1888, a memorial window to him was installed in the church.[2]

### Construction

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In 1866, he was succeeded by Fr William Strickland SJ who saw that the small chapel Lawson and Johnson had used was too small for the growing congregation. He asked the architect George Goldie to design a church that would accommodate the community.[2]

In 1868, the church was completed and opened. However, the construction of the church and the nearby school, which became the parish hall, created a sizeable debt for the parish.[2]

### Administration

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In 1961, a year before the Second Vatican Council, the Jesuits handed over the administration of the parish to the Diocese of Middlesbrough. The last Jesuit priest there was Fr Edmund Swift SJ. The diocese has continued to serve the parish ever since.[2]

## Parish

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### Mass times

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St Joseph and St Francis Xavier Church has two Masses every Sunday, one at 18:30 on Saturday evening and the other at 09:30 on Sunday morning. There are also weekday Masses at 09:30 from Monday through to Saturday. At St Mary's Wycliffe, within the parish, there is a Sunday Mass at 11:30, and weekday communion services at 09:00 from Monday to Friday, with one at 10:00 on Saturdays.

### St Mary's Church

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The parish priest also serves St Mary's Church in Wycliffe, County Durham, situated close to Barnard Castle and Hutton Magna. It was built in 1848-49 as a chapel for Wycliffe Hall.[4] The church is now part of a retreat centre, St Mary's Centre.[5]

## See also

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* Society of Jesus

## References

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1. ^ Deaneries from Diocese of Middlesbrough retrieved 16 December 2013
2. ^ a b c d e f History from StJosephSFX.co.uk retrieved 20 October 2013
3. ^ British listed buildings retrieved 16 December 2013
4. ^ St Mary Wycliffe from Diocese of Middlesbrough retrieved 17 December 2013
5. ^ StMarysCentreWycliffe.com retrieved 17 December 2013

## External links

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* St Joseph and SFX Parish website
* St Mary's Centre, Wycliffe

* v
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough

* Bishops of Middlesbrough

* I: Richard Lacy
* II: Thomas Shine
* III: George Brunner
* IV: John McClean
* V: Augustine Harris
* VI: John Crowley (Bishop Emeritus)
* VII: Terry Drainey

* Churches

* Middlesbrough Cathedral \- Cathedral Church of St Mary

* The Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Grace
* St John of Beverley Church, Beverley
* Our Lady and St Peter's Church, Bridlington
* Ss Mary & Everilda, Everingham
* St Charles Borromeo, Hull
* Ss Leonard & Mary, Malton
* Sacred Heart Church, Middlesbrough
* St Clare of Assisi, Middlesbrough
* St Bernadette's, Nunthorpe
* St Joseph and St Francis Xavier Church, Richmond
* St Peter's Church, Scarborough
* Ss Mary and Romuald, Yarm
* English Martyrs Church, York
* York Oratory
* St George's Church, York

* Patronal Feasts of the Diocese

* Our Lady of Perpetual Help (27 June)
* Saint Wilfrid (12 October)

* Schools

* Ampleforth College
* All Saints Roman Catholic School, York
* Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary
* St Augustine's Catholic School
* St Francis Xavier School, North Yorkshire
* St Mary's College, Hull
* St Patrick's Catholic College
* St Peter's Catholic College, South Bank
* Trinity Catholic College, Middlesbrough

* See also:

* Ampleforth Abbey
* Bar Convent
* More House
* Stanbrook Abbey
* Thicket Priory
* Diocese of Beverley

* v
* t
* e

Society of Jesus in Great Britain

Schools|

Primary schools
St Mary's Hall
St Joseph's Primary School
Barlborough Hall School
St Aloysius' College Junior School
St John's Beaumont School
Donhead Preparatory School

Secondary schools
Stonyhurst College
Mount St Mary's College
St Aloysius' College
Wimbledon College
St Ignatius College, Enfield

Former
St Peter's Catholic School, Bournemouth
The Campion School
St Michael's College, Leeds
St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool
Beaumont College, Old Windsor
Preston Catholic College
Hodder Place, Stonyhurst
St Aidan's Catholic School, Sunderland

Institutes|

* Campion Hall, Oxford
* Laudato Si' Research Institute
* London Jesuit Centre

Former
Campion House College, Osterley
Harlaxton Manor
Heythrop Park
Heythrop College, University of London
Parkstead House
Woodhall House, Juniper Green

Churches|

Parishes
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street
St Ignatius Church, Stamford Hill
St Anselm's Church, Southall
St Dominic's Church, Newcastle
St Wilfrid's Church, Preston
St Aloysius Church, Glasgow
Sacred Heart Church, Edinburgh
St Peter's Church, Stonyhurst

Chaplaincies
Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Manchester
Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy

Former
Sacred Heart Church, Accrington
Sacred Heart Church, Blackpool
Corpus Christi Church, Boscombe
Sacred Heart Church, Bournemouth
St Mary on the Quay, Bristol
Corpus Christi Church, Brixton
St Edmund's Church, Bury St Edmunds
Annunciation Church, Chesterfield
Holy Trinity Church, Chipping Norton
St Mary Church, Clayton-le-Moors
St Michael and St John Church, Clitheroe
St David's Church, Dalkeith
St Mary's Church, Great Yarmouth
St Francis Xavier Church, Hereford
St Winefride's Church, Holywell
Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Leeds
Sacred Heart Church, Leeds
St Joseph's Church, Leigh
Our Lady of Ransom and the Holy Souls Church, Llandrindod Wells
Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Lowestoft
St Aloysius Gonzaga Church, Oxford
Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Portico
Our Lady Immaculate and St Joseph Church, Prescot
St Ignatius Church, Preston
St Walburge's Church, Preston
St Joseph and St Francis Xavier Church, Richmond
Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Rhyl
St Joseph Church, Roehampton
Holy Cross Church, St Helens
Church of St Mary, Lowe House, St Helens
St Stephen's Church, Skipton
St Ignatius Church, South Ossett
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Spinkhill
St Austin's Church, Wakefield
St John's Church, Wigan
Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon
Christ the King Church, Wimbledon Park
St Winefride Church, South Wimbledon
St George's Church, Worcester

Spirituality|

Residential
St Beuno's Jesuit Spirituality Centre

Non-residential
London Jesuit Centre
Edinburgh Jesuit Centre
Ignatian Spirituality Centre, Glasgow

Former
Corby Hall
Loyola Hall

See also|

* Pray As You Go
* Thinking Faith
* The Way
* Jesuit Missions UK
* Jesuit Refugee Service
* List of Jesuit sites in Britain

* Catholicism portal
* Great Britain portal

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