Reverend Peter Hartley – ‘A Martyr to Duty’ and ‘Victim of Charity’
Reverend Peter Hartley – ‘A Martyr to Duty’ and ‘Victim of Charity’ by Richard Barton (2020) Most of the information that we have about Peter Hartley comes from the writings … Continue reading
Gloucester’s saintly Abbe Josse
More pages from the historical writings of James Newton Langston (1884-1959) In February, 1828, another French émigré priest, the Abbe Augustine Louis Josse (1763-1841), took charge of the Gloucester mission. … Continue reading
Gloucestershire’s links with Ambrose Phillipps de Lisle
GLOUCESTERSHIRE’S LINKS WITH AMBROSE PHILLIPPS DE LISLE Largely extracted from the writings of James Newton Langston (1886-1959) In 1816 Abbe Bernard Giraud (or Girard), a priest of the diocese of … Continue reading
Churchdown: Catholic Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour
CATHOLIC CHURCHDOWN Written in 1987 by the late Lillian Bell who died on 26th December 1997:- In the Domesday Book, the village which is the subject of this short article … Continue reading
Gilbert Blount: A Victorian Architect through his diaries
|BY PHILIPPA HUNTER An overshadowed architect, seen through the pages of his diaries … For permission to use these family photographs and other images please contact btsarnia@gmail.com HIS FAMILY BACKGROUND … Continue reading
St Peter’s Church, Gloucester – in photographs
The Roman Catholic Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Northgate Street, Gloucester If you wish to reproduce images from this blog please contact the webmaster – btsarnia@gmail.com or otherwise … Continue reading
History of Gloucester Catholic Deanery
HOMILY PREACHED AT THE CHURCH OF ST. AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY, MATSON, BY FR. RICHARD BARTON AT A DEANERY HOLY HOUR ON 26th MAY 2013 TO MARK ‘THE YEAR OF FAITH’ … Continue reading
St Patrick’s Brockworth
1. St Patrick’s Brockworth by Bob Berry (1981) In recording the spread of the Catholic Faith in the outlying area of the City of Gloucester it is essential that we … Continue reading
