On Tuesday we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the opening of St Mary of the Isle in 1859 and we welcome to our celebrations this week:
Bishop Tom Williams, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Liverpool.
Mgr Peter Ryan, Parish Priest of St Mary’s the Isle from 1980 to 1989.
Canon William O’Sullivan, priest at St Mary’s in the 1949 to 1956.
Fr John Hindley, priest at St Mary’s from 1999 to 2006.
Sr Teresa of the Sisters of Mercy. Their convent served the parish and Island for over a 100 years until 1988.
