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HELD IN TRUST

2008 Years of Sacred Culture

 Until 27th September, daily from 11am – 4pm (noon on Sundays)

An unusual exhibition at St Francis Xavier’s Church (SFX) in the Everton district of  Liverpool.

Liverpool’s role as 2008 European Capital of Culture will be celebrated in this socially deprived area by exhibiting artefacts from Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, complemented by embroideries and church plate from SFX’s own beautiful collection. The objects will be displayed in the nave of this stunning Victorian Grade 2* listed building and staffed by volunteers from the local community.

Stonyhurst College was founded on the continent by the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) during a period of religious upheaval in Britain. At that time, many people asked the Jesuits to look after their most precious religious objects – ‘until such times as they could be used again’. These beautiful artefacts are still in the care of the Jesuits and many of them will be on show to the public for the first time.

The exhibition will be divided into various categories or historical periods, with such objects as a book of Homilies of Pope Gregory from 1170, St Thomas More’s hat and gold crucifix, a 1420 Book of Hours from Paris, amongst the display illustrating the medieval period. The Reformation section will include a vestment made for the opening of Henry VII’s chapel in Westminster Abbey, Elizabeth Plantagenet’s Books of Hours, Katherine of Aragon’s chasuble, Cardinal Wolsey’s Book of Hours and the relic of the Holy Thorn for which Sainte Chapelle in Paris was built.

Vestments made by Recusants, a piece of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s kilt, Reuben’s paintings and engravings, an Islamic globe from 1620, a crystal head of a Jain deity, Buddhist and Hindu sculptures, plus objects from Chishawasha in Zimbabwe will all be included in this jewel of an exhibition. A full list of exhibits and details of the opening concert will soon be available on SFX’s website: www.sfxchurchliverpool.com

Alongside the exhibition will be a programme of concerts and talks. A schools educational programme is also planned for the final two weeks of September.

Contacts:
Ken Vance SJ – parish administrator mobile: 07703163295
Debbie Reynolds – secretary to the organising committee: Tel: 0151-298 1911
 
Liverpool author Michael Kelly has launching his latest and long awaited book LIVERPOOL’ S IRISH CONNECTION.  Some of the people featured in his book are also briefly mentioned in the Liverpool Notables on the Liverpool Heritage Forum’s web site. Click the book image to find out more:
 
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