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Our Church<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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The Church of SS Peter & Paul on Liverpool Road, Crosby, is a familiar landmark which has been the focus of worship and faith in the local area for more than 130 years.<\/strong> We have welcomed generations of families and continue to be part of the many stories of people’s lives.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Completed in 1894, the current building replaced an earlier one that had been constructed in 1826 and which was pulled down to make way for the larger building at a time of growth and expansion. Bishop Bernard O\u2019Rielly, then Bishop of Liverpool, blessed the foundation stone on the Feast Day of the apostles Peter & Paul, 29th June 1892. Two years in the making, the solid sandstone edifice has stood like a sentinel over the developments and changes in this area and community over the years.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The architects, Sinnott and Sinnott, also designed several other churches during that era in the Archdiocese of Liverpool, and the funding for the new church was greatly helped by the donation of \u00a36000 from members of the Nugent family whose benefaction is commemorated on a plaque inside the church. Other benefactors are likewise remembered in the stained glass and decorated stonework throughout the beautiful and welcoming interior.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Countless people have contributed to the up-building of this church, not only in its material aspect but also in the fine liturgical, musical, pastoral and sacramental and social traditions of the life of the church. Their devotion and faithful support will always be appreciated. In what has become, over the years, a \u2018family\u2019 church for successive generations who have come here for baptism, weddings, concerts and celebrations, and finally to be laid to rest in its churchyard, SS Peter and Paul\u2019s has been for so many a place they call home.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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