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Welcome
to The Catholic Church of The
Holy Name of Jesus
Oxford Road, Manchester, England
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Mass Times:
Sundays: 7.30am,
11.00am (Solemn Sung)
& 4.00pm (Latin
Tridentine)
Weekdays: Monday
- Friday
7:00am & 5.15pm
Saturdays: 11.00am
(only Mass on Saturday)
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Latest News From The Holy Name Church
- Feast of St Philip Neri
Feast of St Philip Neri
Monday 26th May (Bank Holiday)
11am - Solemn Pontifical Mass
(Bishop Bernard Longley, Auxiliary in Westminster)
Lunch in the Chaplaincy
everyone is invited to stay for lunch,
so bring a bottle and food to share
3.30pm - Solemn Vespers
This is the saint of gentleness and kindness,
Cheerful in penance, and in precept winning:
Patiently healing of their pride and blindness,
Souls [...]
- Corpus Christi
The Solemnity of Corpus Christi
Sunday 25th May
There will a procession of the Sacred Host
and Benediction after the 11am Solemn Mass
There is Solemn Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament every day
During which confessions are heard:
Monday - Friday 12 noon - 12.50pm (Benediction)
Saturday 7pm - 8pm (Benediction)
“Our sweet Jesus, through the excess
of His love and liberality,
has [...]
- May Devotions
May Devotions
There will be a Procession of the Image of our Lady
after the 11am Solemn Mass on Sunday 18th May:
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.
The Holy Rosary is recited every weekday at
4.45pm in the Strada Chapel
”Let us think of Mary, for she is that unspeakable virgin,
that glorious lady, who conceived and brought forth,
without detriment to [...]
- Prayer
Prayer
Engaging with Tradition
Thursday 24th April - St Augustine
Thursday 1st May - St Bernard
Thursday 8th May - St Thomas Aquinas
Thursday 15th May - St Teresa of Avila
Thursday 22nd May - St Vincent de Paul
Thursday 29th May - St Alphonsus Liguori
Thursday evenings beginning at 7.30pm in the Sacristy
(entrance between the Church and the chaplaincy)
For more information contact [...]
- Update on the Restoration
Update on the Restoration
As you will see the sanctuary of the church is clear of scaffolding, so I will give you a brief report on the progress of this phase of the church restoration.
The roof of this part of the building has been removed, rotting timbers replaced and then felted, battened and re-slated (fortunately there [...]
- Car Parking
Holy Name Car Parking
There is additional parking in the University Car Park
at the back of the church.
Monday - Friday after 4pm
Saturday and Sunday all day.
Access is off Dover Street, and costs £2 (2 x £1 coin)
The History
And Design Of The Catholic Church Of
The Holy Name Of Jesus
 In the sixteenth
century the Spanish saint, Ignatius
of Loyola founded an order called the
Society of Jesus or Jesuits, who were
a powerful force for the reform of the
Catholic Church. They often built large
churches in cities where their influence
could be effective through preaching,
the confessional and parochial work.
They were invited to come to Manchester
by the Bishop of Salford, Rt. Rev. William
Turner in the late 1860’s. The foundation
stone of the Holy Name was laid in 1869
and the church opened on 15th October,
1871.
The architect was a favourite of the
Jesuits, Joseph Aloysius Hansom, the
inventor of the cab that bears his name.
The church he designed is 14th century
French Gothic in style, but the plan
is typical of a Jesuit city church –
a broad nave, prominent pulpit and a
short sanctuary with the altar near
and in full view of the congregation.
It is 186ft. from east to west, 112ft.
from north to south and 100ft. from
the floor to the inside of the vault.
The structure is brick faced inside
with moulded terracotta and outside
with Warwick Bridge stone. Sir Nikolaus
Pevsner in his introduction to the ‘South
Lancashire’ volume of his ‘Buildings
of England’ series wrote that the Holy
Name ‘is a design of the very highest
quality and of an originality nowhere
demonstrative…….Hansom never again did
so marvellous a church.’
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