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Repository	Archives of the Archbishop of Westminster
Ref No	AAW/DOW/PAR/230
Title	White City, Our Lady of Fatima
Level	Series
Description	In December 1951, a temporary church hall was built and dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima, to be used as a mass centre for the residents of the White City housing estate, built on the site of the 1908 London Olympics. The centre was served by Fr Leonard Fletcher and his assistants from the parish of The Holy Ghost and St Stephen in nearby Shepherd's Bush. In 1955 the parish of Our Lady of Fatima was formed in White City, with the first parish priest, Fr Thomas Daniel, being appointed on the 8th March 1956. Fr Daniel oversaw the building of the church, presbytery and the Pope John XXIII primary school. Work on the new church building finally began in 1964, with Bishop Cashman laying the foundation stone on the 20th February. The parishioners undertook to repay the debt of £30,000 and the official opening of the parish and school was celebrated by Cardinal John Heenan on the 14th May 1965.

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