Comments on: Lost Churches (3) http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/lost-churches-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lost-churches-3 A Pictorial History of Liverpool Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:56:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marie R http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/lost-churches-3/#comment-11453 Marie R Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:46:12 +0000 http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/?p=604#comment-11453 Can anybody explain to me what the Catholic Apostolic Church was? I don't begin to understand it. It clearly wasn't a Catholic Parish Church. My aunt, who grew up in the area doesn't even remember it. Can anybody explain to me what the Catholic Apostolic Church was? I don’t begin to understand it. It clearly wasn’t a Catholic Parish Church. My aunt, who grew up in the area doesn’t even remember it.

]]> By: Bernard Clark http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/lost-churches-3/#comment-2099 Bernard Clark Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:20:34 +0000 http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/?p=604#comment-2099 I have made two or three attempts over the years to research the Catholic Apostolic Church, with only limited success as they seemed vary wary of talking to outsiders. However, I did make contact with the caretaker of this building in the early 1970s and she put me in contact with a man (I must have his name filed somewhere) who seemed to have a status similar to churchwarden in the Church of England. At that time there was still a service held on Sunday afternoons (maybe once a month by then) and I attended one. There was a goodly sized congregation who came from all over the north west and north Wales. The CA Church allowed itself to die out, bit by bit, as the prophecies that led to its foundation seemed not to have been fulfilled: an amazing piece of total honesty which has never ceased to amaze me, a (now retired) Church of England vicar. The church in Caroline Street was destroyed in an arson attack not very long after my visit. I asked my contact then what they were now hoping for. "Resurrection", was his (to me) rather moving reply. He told me that no records had been kept there, which I rather doubted, but I did find an account of the opening. It was in the Liverpool Central Library and was taken from a local newspaper of the time (Liverpool Echo, maybe). Hope this helps. Bernard Clark I have made two or three attempts over the years to research the Catholic Apostolic Church, with only limited success as they seemed vary wary of talking to outsiders. However, I did make contact with the caretaker of this building in the early 1970s and she put me in contact with a man (I must have his name filed somewhere) who seemed to have a status similar to churchwarden in the Church of England. At that time there was still a service held on Sunday afternoons (maybe once a month by then) and I attended one. There was a goodly sized congregation who came from all over the north west and north Wales. The CA Church allowed itself to die out, bit by bit, as the prophecies that led to its foundation seemed not to have been fulfilled: an amazing piece of total honesty which has never ceased to amaze me, a (now retired) Church of England vicar. The church in Caroline Street was destroyed in an arson attack not very long after my visit. I asked my contact then what they were now hoping for. “Resurrection”, was his (to me) rather moving reply. He told me that no records had been kept there, which I rather doubted, but I did find an account of the opening. It was in the Liverpool Central Library and was taken from a local newspaper of the time (Liverpool Echo, maybe). Hope this helps.

Bernard Clark

]]> By: June Ritchie http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/lost-churches-3/#comment-33 June Ritchie Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:37:37 +0000 http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/?p=604#comment-33 Hi Colin, Many thanks for posting your photo of the Catholic Apostolic Church, Catherine Street, on your blog. I live in the block of flats which have been constructed on that site and part of the lovely ornate stonework of the windows is incorporated in the grounds. There is a photograph on the wall in Peter Kavanagh's pub which shows the church on fire (I think in the 1950's), and the barman told me it was the only one in existence (presumably of the church on fire). I have tried many times to find out some information about the church or even a picture of what it used to look like, but had no luck until now! Your blog site is very impressive. Thanks again. June. Hi Colin,

Many thanks for posting your photo of the Catholic Apostolic Church, Catherine Street, on your blog. I live in the block of flats which have been constructed on that site and part of the lovely ornate stonework of the windows is incorporated in the grounds.

There is a photograph on the wall in Peter Kavanagh’s pub which shows the church on fire (I think in the 1950′s), and the barman told me it was the only one in existence (presumably of the church on fire). I have tried many times to find out some information about the church or even a picture of what it used to look like, but had no luck until now!

Your blog site is very impressive. Thanks again. June.

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