Bishop Raymond Mupa CSsR...25 years a Priest...

Makorokoto to our confrere,

Bishop Raymond Mupa CSsR

as he marked his 25th Anniversary as a Priest.

We pray for him and his ministry as Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe and

as President of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference.

A few cakes to mark the occasion...

Fr Tryvis Moyo CSsR, the Secretary of the Bishops' Conference and

the Papal Nuncio, His Excellency Janusz Stanisław Urbańczyk 

175 years of Redemptorists in Bishop Eton Monastery, Liverpool...

BISHOP ETON

This Georgian house, built in 1776, has been the home of the Redemptorist Fathers and Brothers since 1851.

We Redemptorists are a worldwide congregation of men committed to living and preaching the Gospel in ways that are meaningful to the place and culture in which we live.

OUR HOUSE

Originally called Eton House, it was built by Hezekiah Kirkpatrick, a Unitarian Minister, who wished to establish a school for boys. He was followed by a former teacher of Eton College, Mr. Fitzpatrick, who wanted to make it the "Eton of the North".

However, he too had departed by the turn of the century, and the house had several occupants before becoming, in 1843, the residence of the Roman Catholic Bishops, Brown and Sharples. From then on, the house came to be known as "Bishop Eton".

With the re-establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in 1850, Bishop Brown became Bishop of Liverpool (Bishop Sharples died that year) and the house became vacant. Thousands of refugees from the Irish potato famine had flooded into Liverpool and were living in material and spiritual squalor. Many Catholic Religious Congregations of men and women were invited to the city to provide for their spiritual, material and educational needs.

At the special request of Liverpool's champion of the poor, Canon Nugent, the Redemptorists were invited to occupy Bishop Eton in 1851.

Read more: 175 years of Redemptorists in Bishop Eton Monastery, Liverpool...

Bishop Eton Monastery L16 250 years old...

"The use of the site dates back to 1776 when Hezekiah Kirkpatrick built the house to serve as a school for boys, the "Eton of the North", hence the name Eton House. Unfortunately the venture failed and in 1843 the house become the residence of the Roman Catholic Bishops, Brown and Sharples and assumed the name Bishops' Eton.

With the re-establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in 1850, Bishop Brown became Bishop of Liverpool (Bishop Sharples died that year) and the house became vacant. With need to provide for the thousands of Irish refugees arriving in Liverpool as a result of the potato fame many Catholic Religious Congregations were invited to the city, and the Redemptorists occupy Bishop Eton in 1851.

HEZEKIAH KIRKPARTICK - H K 1776

Read more: Bishop Eton Monastery L16 250 years old...

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