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Repository	Archives of the Archbishop of Westminster
Ref No	AAW/DOW/PAR/43
Title	Dollis Hill, St Mary and St Andrew
Level	Series
Description	People in the area first attended Mass in the chapel of the former St Andrew's Hospital (1913). Then a wooden church was built in the hospital grounds to accommodate increasing numbers, and it was in this church that in November 1927 the Rosminian Fathers (Institute of Charity) began the Parish of St Mary and St Andrew, at the invitation of the Archbishop of Westminster. As more housing became available in the area and the population grew, the number of Catholics in the district also increased, and the need soon became apparent for a larger, permanent building. Fr John Keating, the second Parish Priest, worked towards this, and the present structure, including the hall beneath, was completed at the cost of slightly less than £10,000. The designer, builder and contractor for the Church was Francis Bradford, KSG. The new church was solemnly opened on May 18th 1933, by Bishop Butt. The building survived heavy bombing in the area during the Second World War, but changes introduced by Vatican II and the growing number of Catholics in the parish led to changes in the fabric of the building. In 1969, the Sanctuary was remodelled following the New Liturgy, under the direction of parish priest Fr Thomas Stockham, and in 1977-1978, his successor, Fr Timothy Maloney, added the side chapel. In August 1982, Fr Maloney procured for the parish the bell which had been specially cast for Papal Mass at Coventry that year, and had it installed in the small tower at the front of the Church. In September 1994 the Rosminians gave the parish over to the care of the Diocese of Westminster, and the Archbishop appointed two secular clergy.

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