St Anthony's , Ridgeway Road, Onchan , IM3 1HT
The original Calvery Glen led up the steep sides of Summerhill behind Summerland leading to Onchan Park and the Lourdes Grotto. Created by Father McGrath in the early 1960s this was illuminated and could be seen across Douglas Bay. The winding path was boarded by a small stream and a series of tiny waterfalls. The […]
St Anthony's Church, Ridgeway Road, Onchan , IM3 1HT
Our Lady of Lourdes, is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary, venerated in honour of the Marian apparitions that occurred in 1858, in the vicinity of Lourdes in France, when the Virgin Mary appeared to the 14 year old, Bernadette Soubirous. Lourdes is now a major Marian pilgrimage site. Father McGrath built […]
Dale Street, Queens Promenade, Ramsey, IM8 1BH
Originally a disused warehouse, converted into a small Catholic chapel in 1893, and with additional funds, a new church began to be built, based on the design of Giles Gilbert Scott, who also designed the exterior crucifix. The Church was completed in 1909. The Church is unusual in being located so close to the shoreline. […]
Ridgeway Road, Onchan, IM3 1HT
This modern Church built in the 1980s, has a beautiful stained glass window of Christ Walking on the Water, designed by Chris Spittal, which overlooks Douglas Bay. The Church is next to Calvary Glen and Grotto. The Organ was designed by JW Walker’s Studio in 1990. The Church replaces an earlier chapel, created from a […]
Castletown Road, Port Erin, IM9 6LN
St. Columba was born in Ireland in 521. He was the grandson of the Irish King Niall. He left Ireland not as a missionary but as an act of self-imposed penance. He had refused to hand over to the King a copy of the Gospels he had illegally copied, resulting in a battle, which Columba’s […]
Fenella Avenue, Willaston, IM2 6PD
This Catholic Church was built in 1954 to the design of S.F. O’Hanlon of Douglas.