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AAW - Archives of the Archbishop of Westminster
- DOW - Diocese of Westminster
  - PAR - Parishes

Repository	Archives of the Archbishop of Westminster
Ref No	AAW/DOW/PAR/93
Title	Heston, Our Lady Queen of Apostles
Level	Series
Description	In December 1928, the White Fathers (the Society of Missionaries to Africa) moved into Westbrook House, Heston Road as a residence for members of the Society, and agreed to take charge of the new parish of Heston. The parlour of Westbrook House opened as a Chapel in January 1929 and a temporary church was completed in November that year, with a Parish Hall added in 1933. In December 1930, the White Sisters caem to Heston and opened a Postulancy at No 15, The Green. During the Second World War, the parish priest, Fr Thomas Tye, became Chaplain to the RAF at Heston Aerodrome and parishioners arranged social events for the Forces. In 1944, a private primary school was opened in the Parish Hall, taught by two of the nuns from the Poor Servants of the Mother of God, based in Brentford. The school continued to flourish there until August 1966, when a new purpose-built Junior and Infants School replaced it. The White Fathers formally handed over the parish to the Diocese in 1961, and in that same year the parish purchased No 15, The Green from the White Sisters, who had decided to move from the property. On 9 November 1962, work began to build a new Church and Presbytery on the site of the White Sisters' Convent. On 11 October 1964, Fr Peter Moore officiated at the last service in the old Church and then blessed and said the first Mass in the new church. On 19 May 1974, the Church was formally consecrated.

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