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From 1718
to 2005 |
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| 1718-1744: Alexander
Pope - Catholic Poet and satirist. |
| He lived in Cross
Deep and built Pope's Grotto. |
| 1800: The beginning
of the connection between |
| Twickenham and
the House of Bourbon-Orleans. |
| 1850: St. Mary's
College in Strawberry Hill founded. |
| 1864: Louis Phillippe
Conte de Paris moved to York |
| House. |
| 1865: Princess
Marie-Amelie of Bourbon-Orleans, future |
| Queen of Portugal,
born at York House. |
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1883:
Catholic Mission established.
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1884: Mass
celebrated by Father Godfrey. James de
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Lacy Towle
decides to build his church in Twickenham.
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1885: St. James's
Church opens.
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1886: Father
Edmund English becomes Rector.
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1887: Church
consecrated on 23 July.
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| 1888: James de
Lacy Towle passes away. |
| 1889: In October
of this year, Jean Duc de Guise, |
| claimant to the
French throne, marries at York House. |
| 1893: Parish school
opens in Grosvenor Road. |
| 1909: Father English
made Canon of Westminster |
| Cathedral. |
| 1914: Sisters of
Mercy come to help in Parish School and |
| open a Convent
School. St Catherine's School established. |
| 1916: Convent moves
to a new site in Pope's Grove. |
| 1922: Canon English
celebrates his Golden Jubilee of |
| priesthood. |
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1923: Parish
School englarged by additional classroom.
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| 1924: Canon English
dies and Father O'Brien becomes the |
| Parish Priest.
Parish Hall is constructed.. |
| 1925: King Manoel
of Portugal unveils a window at St. |
| James in memory of Canon
Edmund English. |
| 1927: St. Mary's
Training College formally opens. |
| 1932: On 8 July,
funeral held for King Manuel of Portugal |
| at Fulwell Park.
Parish Priest Fr. J.C. O'Brien present. |
| 1934: Parish starts
in Whitton. |
| 1936: Father O'Brien
leaves. Succeeded by Father |
| William Gordon. |
| 1939: Father O'Brien
dies. |
| 1940: Father Gordon
in collaboration with the Vicar of |
| Twickenham forms
a local Christian Council. |
| 1970: Father Gordon
made Honorary Canon of |
| Westminster Cathedral,
the year of the Golden Jubilee. |
| 1975: Canon Gordon
dies. Father Dain becomes Priest. |
| Father V. Crewe
becomes Assistant Priest. |
| 1976: New School
opens in the grounds of Fortescue |
| House. Opened by
Cardinal Hume. |
| 1978: Nursery Unit
added to St. James School. |
| 1981: Another classroom
added to school. |
| 1982: Father Dain
leaves St. James. Father Potter |
| succeeds him. |
| 1983: New porch
erected joining the church to the |
| presbytery. |
| 1985: St. James
celebrates its centenary. In July |
| Cardinal Hume visits
the parish for its centernary. |
| 1991: Fr. Alfred
Xuereb SJ in charge of parish during |
| Fr. Potter's illness. |
| 2001: Mgr. George
Tancred leaves parish and replaced |
| by Fr. Terry McGuckin. |
| 2002: In July Fr.
Terry McGuckin leaves parish and is |
| replaced in September
by Fr. Ulick Loring. On December |
| 17th a foundation
stones of the new St. James's School |
| laid by Cardinal
Murphy O'Connor. In December Mgr. |
| Tancred passes
away in Ireland. A special memorial mass |
| at St. James's
is celebrated in his honour. Bishop George |
| Stack conducts
the memorial service. |
| 2003: Death of
Fr. Anthony Potter. A memorial mass is |
| celebrated at St.
James's. |
| 2004: In June,
Fr. Ulick and Deacon Peter Coates visit |
| Moldova and establish
a link with the Church of the Holy |
| Cross to support
a children's centre. This is followed by |
| the visit of Bishop
Anton Cosa of Chisinau to St. James's. |
| Also in June, Sister
Sheila Crumlish, last Sister of Mercy |
| at St. Catherine's
School retires. |
| * In August, Mr. Hess Moontasir sets
up the Parish |
| website. |
| * Sunday 5 September Service
for Amelia Delagrange |
| who was murdered on
Twickenham Green on 19 August. |
| 2005: In Easter, there was
Parish visit to Bender in |
| Moldova, with a donation of
€11700 for the Children's |
| Centre. |
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