Saint Philip Neri Church
53°23′56″N 2°58′08″W / 53.399°N 2.969°W / 53.399; -2.969
St Philip Neri Church Liverpool is home to the Roman Catholic chaplaincy to the universities in Liverpool. It features a Byzantine inspired design by PS Gilby and was built between 1914 and 1920. There are exterior friezes depicting the Last Supper and of Our Lady and the Child Jesus inscribed with the two titles given to Our Lady at the Council of Ephesus in 431 AD, i.e. Latin 'Deipara' and Greek 'Theotokos' (God-Bearer) over the door onto Catherine Street. There is also a large stone inscribed in Latin set in the wall bearing the name of Thomas (Whiteside), Archbishop of Liverpool 8 Oct 1916 which dates from the time the church was constructed. The parish grew from the school named 'The Institute' which opened in 1853 in nearby Hope Street. It was visited by the founder of the English Oratorians (Cardinal) John Henry Newman of The Oratory of St Philip Neri in Edgbaston, Birmingham. The parish and later the church were named after Saint Philip Neri in honour of Newman since Philip Neri had founded the original Oratory church in Rome. Parish registers of the church dating as far back as 1864 can be inspected at the Liverpool Record Office.
In the 1950s, the then priest Fr John Garvin, transformed an adjoining bombsite into a Spanish garden, 'El Jardin de Nuestra Señora' - the Garden of Our Lady. the church became the chaplaincy for the Universities (The University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University) in September 2001 when the old Liverpool University chaplaincy relocated from its previous home on the cathedral precinct, opposite the University of Liverpool Guild of Students, on Mount Pleasant. The church, which is a Grade II* listed building, recently received a grant of £72,000 to help remedy water ingress damage to its mosaic tiling.
The Church has 6 altars: An altar in the main nave. The original high altar. A altar with devotion to the most Sacred heart of Jesus. An altar with devotion to the Virgin Mary. A side altar with devotion to Saint Joseph. The Church also has an altar with a devotion to Saint Gerard at the back of the main Church space.
See also
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- http://www.cathchap.org.uk/
- v
- t
- e
- Archbishops and bishops of Liverpool
- I: George Brown
- II: Alexander Goss
- III: Bernard O'Reilly
- IV: Thomas Whiteside
- V: Frederick Keating
- VI: Richard Downey
- VII: William Godfrey
- VIII: John Heenan
- IX: George Beck
- X: Derek Worlock
- XI: Patrick Kelly (Bishop Emeritus)
- XII: Malcolm McMahon
![Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Liverpool.svg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Archdiocese_of_Liverpool.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Archdiocese_of_Liverpool.svg.png)
- Churches
- Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral - Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King
- Church of St Oswald and St Edmund Arrowsmith, Ashton-in-Makerfield
- St Mary's Church, Billinge
- St Joseph's Church, Birkdale
- Church of St Teresa of Avila, Birkdale
- Church of St Monica, Bootle
- St Michael's Church, Ditton
- St Mary of the Isle Church, Douglas
- St Anne's Church, Edge Hill
- Sacred Heart Church, Hindsford
- Church of the Holy Family, Ince Blundell
- St John the Evangelist's Church, Kirkdale
- St Joseph's Church, Leigh
- St Mary's Church, Little Crosby
- Our Lady of the Annunciation Church, Liverpool
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Liverpool
- Church of Our Lady of Reconciliation, Liverpool
- Sacred Heart Church, Liverpool
- St Aloysius Church, Liverpool
- St Anthony's Church, Scotland Road
- St Anthony of Padua Church, Liverpool
- St Clare's Church, Liverpool
- St Francis Xavier Church, Liverpool
- St Mary's Church, Woolton
- St Oswald's Church, Liverpool
- St Patrick's Church, Liverpool
- St Philip Neri Church, Liverpool
- Church of St Vincent de Paul, Liverpool
- St Oswald's Church, Padgate
- Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Portico
- Our Lady Immaculate and St Joseph Church, Prescot
- St Bartholomew's Church, Rainhill
- Our Lady, Star of the Sea & St Maughold Church, Ramsey
- Our Lady Star of the Sea, Seaforth
- Church of St Mary, Lowe House
- Holy Cross Church, St Helens
- St Ambrose's Church, Speke
- St Alban's Church, Warrington
- St Benedict's Church, Warrington
- St Mary's Church, Warrington
- St Bede's Church, Widnes
- St John's Church, Wigan
- St Jude's Church, Wigan
- St Mary's Church, Wigan
- Patronal Feasts of the Diocese
- Saint Joseph (19 March)
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (8 December)
- Schools
- St Mary's College, Crosby
- The Academy of St Francis of Assisi
- The Academy of St Nicholas
- All Hallows Catholic High School
- All Saints Catholic High School, Kirkby
- Archbishop Beck Catholic College
- Bellerive FCJ Catholic College
- Broughton Hall High School
- Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
- Carmel College (St Helens)
- Christ the King Catholic High School, Southport
- De La Salle School, St Helens
- Holy Cross Catholic High School, Chorley
- Holy Family Catholic High School, Thornton
- Hope Academy
- Maricourt Catholic School
- Notre Dame Catholic College, Liverpool
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College
- Sacred Heart Catholic College
- St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy
- St Bede's Catholic High School, Ormskirk
- St Cuthbert's Catholic High School
- St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy, Whiston
- St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
- St Edward's College
- St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool
- St John Bosco Arts College
- St John Fisher Catholic High School, Wigan
- St Julie's Catholic High School
- St Mary's Catholic High School, Astley
- St Mary's Catholic High School, Leyland
- St Peter's Catholic High School
- Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School
- The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco
Catholicism portal
Liverpool portal
![]() | This article about a Roman Catholic Church building in the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
![]() | This article about a Merseyside building or structure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
![]() | This article about a church or other Christian place of worship in England is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e