Comments: hello i was wondering if you still did wedding ceremonies. its such a beautiful church i believe it would be the perfect place for my wedding day. look forward to hearing from you
Submitted by Name: anthony edward handsley From: manchester E-mail: ahandsley06@aol.com
Comments: hi , i am doing a ancestry search, and just remembered that my uncle kenneth ,and ethel,son derek,daughter edna handsley had something to do with the church in the fiftys is there some statues of st antony ,i seem to remember two
Comments: Thank you for this website. I would like to contact St Mary's archivist if possible. I am hoping to trace my family in the baptismal records. If someone could email me back, I can pass on all the relevant details.
Comments: My mother, Mabel Clifton used to be taken in secret to the Hidden Gem by her mother, Agnes Smith. Sadly Agnes died when my mother was 14 so the church was very special to her. She told me that the church was called the Hidden Gem during the times of Catholic persecution. I wonder if that is true. Mam died in 2005, just before her 99th birthday. I was disappointed last week when I visited Manchester for the first time in many years only to find the church closed. I am delighted to find this website - thank you very much. I am not a Christian but do appreciate beautiful architecture and love visiting cathedrals and churches to see the magnificent sculptures and stained windows etc. I intend to visit again fairly soon but this time will check to ensure the church will be open first!
Added: October 4, 2011
Submitted by Name: John Quigley From: Whitefield
Comments: Although I live outside the parish I regularly travel into Manchester on a Sunday to attend the midday mass.
My daughter Luisa (16) is going to Chetham's School of Music in September and we have found your lovely church for her to go to. I wonder whether you know if there is already a group from Chets who attends regularly. I will make sure she introduces herself.
kind regards
Marisa Alcock
Added: August 17, 2011
Submitted by Name: heather lannin From: chester E-mail: lannin9@aol.com
Name: karen cleary
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E-mail: jimmy151@talktalk.net
hello i was wondering if you still did wedding ceremonies. its such a beautiful church i believe it would be the perfect place for my wedding day. look forward to hearing from you