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The Parish of the Good Samaritan Burnley

including the churches of

Christ the King with St Teresa's, St John the Baptist and St Mary of the Assumption

 

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ChristTheKing

StMarys

StJohns

 

Parish Coach Trip to Oscott Seminary

12th February 2023

 

Here are a few of the photos taken:

 

1 BuildingFront

Impressive front of building (dating from 1794)

 

2 Chapel

Seminary Chapel

 

 

3 Altar1

Altar

 

 

4 MadonnaChild

Madonna & Child (alabaster statue set on stone base in side chapel)

 

 

5 Confessional

Confessional

 

 

6 Triptych

Triptych of Pope Benedict's visit to the seminary, September 19th 2010

 

 

7 PopesChair

Pope Benedict's Chair

 

 

8 Chair2

Fr Job & Maureen

 

 

9 Library1

The Seminary Library

 

 

10 Library2

The Library from above

 

 

11 Quadrangle

A quick snapshot of the Seminary's inner quadrangle taken through leaded windows during the tour

 

 

12 Vestments

 The seminary museum: there were a lot of exibits - here's just a few of them:

vestments

 

13 Carvings

Museum: 14th Century religious wooden carvings

 

 

14 Chalices

Museum: Chalices

 

 

15 Reliquaries

Museum: Reliquaries

 

 

16 Vespers

The group arriving for Vespers

 

 

17 GroupPhoto

Group photo - parishioners with some of the Seminarians