RepositoryArchives of the Archbishop of Westminster
Ref NoAAW/DOW/PAR/171
TitleSt. Alban's South, St. Bartholomew
LevelSeries
DescriptionIn the 1950s, Fr O'Learey bought land for the school, St Adrians, and then for the Church.
On 21 October 1959 Fr Joseph Gardner arrived as the first parish priest, saying Mass in the front hall of Iona House, a part of St Columba's College. Once the school was built Mass was celebrated there.
On September 30 1962 the foundation stone was laid for the Church, and the first worship was at Easter 1964.

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