Comments on: Liverpool’s best churches (2) http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/liverpools-best-churches-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=liverpools-best-churches-2 A Pictorial History of Liverpool Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:56:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alwyn Maynard http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/liverpools-best-churches-2/#comment-8394 Alwyn Maynard Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:26:47 +0000 http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/?p=1685#comment-8394 I was baptised at St Philip Neri in 1970 and buried my mother here in 2002. It has such a connection with me, as does St Patricks, which was my school church. I guess we should be lucky they are both still standing although, from what I understand St Patrick's now only opens upon request - now run by the Mount Carmel. Looking back, as a child, I remember it as a great old church with crumbling white plaster on the walls but I still remember the church bell ringing out, calling us to worship. Looking at it now? What a great interior, especially the painting above the alter. You'd never guess such a fantastic interior existed behind what is really a mundane brick exterior. Thanks Colin I was baptised at St Philip Neri in 1970 and buried my mother here in 2002. It has such a connection with me, as does St Patricks, which was my school church.

I guess we should be lucky they are both still standing although, from what I understand St Patrick’s now only opens upon request – now run by the Mount Carmel.

Looking back, as a child, I remember it as a great old church with crumbling white plaster on the walls but I still remember the church bell ringing out, calling us to worship.

Looking at it now? What a great interior, especially the painting above the alter. You’d never guess such a fantastic interior existed behind what is really a mundane brick exterior.

Thanks Colin

]]> By: Julie Freeman http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/liverpools-best-churches-2/#comment-5354 Julie Freeman Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:43:45 +0000 http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/?p=1685#comment-5354 What a lovely image of the interior of St Philip Neri's. I was christened here in 1956 and my parents' married in the same church in 1948. Although the church still stands it is now known as the University Church of St Philip Neri. The University of Liverpool erased most of the local streets- we have to be grateful for the token gesture of the Georgian Quarter, and has also felt the need to leave its mark on this church. I remember all the local streets before they became dollops of university concrete. What a lovely image of the interior of St Philip Neri’s. I was christened here in 1956 and my parents’ married in the same church in 1948. Although the church still stands it is now known as the University Church of St Philip Neri. The University of Liverpool erased most of the local streets- we have to be grateful for the token gesture of the Georgian Quarter, and has also felt the need to leave its mark on this church. I remember all the local streets before they became dollops of university concrete.

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