Catholic Church Kilsyth


Photos from days gone by
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The photograph, above left, is of the first St Patrick's church and was taken by
Mr John Watson from the Burns and Old Parish Church who was a renound
local amateur photographer. The first St. Patrick's church was built on the same
site as the modern church during 1865 and was formally opened on 17th March
(St Patrick's Day) 1866. It was a modest stone building and was built in the
traditional Puginist modern gothic style which was universally used for places
of worship at the time. After a fire in 1954 the old church was finally closed on
New Years day 1962 and was demolished. Building work on the new church
began on the 8th of October 1962 and the laying of the foundation stone by His
Eminence Gordon Cardinal Grey took place on St Patrick's Day 1964. Exactly a
year later the building was opened by Cardinal Grey on 17th March 1965
precisely 100 years after the original church commenced construction.
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Three of the following pictures we have no information on. Can you help?

1987: Canon O’Connell introduces the new Apostolic Pro Nuncio to Great Britain and Ireland, Archbishop Luigi Barbarito to Fr Mullen.
Archbishop O'Brien looks on.

occasion?

occasion?

Procession to the playing fields
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Some of these photos we can identify - can you help with the others?

Fr. Thomas McCarville

Fr. John Callaghan
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Two sad memories for the parish

Dumbreck disaster funerals
6 or 7 catholics were thought
to have been killed

Gartshore disaster funerals
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Archbishop Gray

A young Cardinal Gray?

Cardinal Gray (1985)
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Parish activities

Kilsyth Emmet

St. Patrick's Flute Band

Kilsyth Dramatic Club (1)

Kilsyth Dramatic Club (2)
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Amongst the first arrivals at Bellahouston for the Papal Visit was this large party of stewards from St. Patrick's.
They were accompanied by upwards of thirty members of our Male Voice Choir, The Columban Singers, who were part of the mass Choir for the great occasion.
Cardinal Gray spends a relaxing evening at the community games at St. Patrick's sportsfield with jimmy Savile and the late Canon Sheridan of Holy Cross, Croy.


Archbishop O'Brien and
Canon O'Connell with Canon McGarvey for a Mass in the Canon's home at Johnstone Avenue Kilsyth.
His Eminence Cardinal Gray with Concelebrants on the occasion of the Final Profession of,
Sister Mary Carmella and
Sister Mary Margaret at St. Patrick's on Saturday
7th April 1984
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Canon O'Connell with Prince Charles
at the opening of the Queen's Jubilee
youth camp at Westwood, Cumbernauld,
1978

Archbishop O'Brien congratulating Canon O'Connell
on his appointment to the Cathedral Chapter,
2nd December, 1986

The Papal Blessing
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God BlessYou!