St. Mary of Angels (The Friary), View 14

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See below for a transcript of the plaque!

              'LIVERPOOL PEOPLE WILL BE UNABLE TO VISIT
                  ROME; I WILL BRING ROME TO THEM'

                              + AD +
                              MAJOREM
                              + DEI +
                              GLORIAM

                       THE WHITE STAR CHURCH
                        POST TENENBRAS LUX

            THIS PLAQUE RECORDS AND HONOURS THE LIFE OF

AMY ELIAZABETH IMRIE nee POLLARD

     ADOPTED DAUGHTER AND SOLE HEIRESS OF WILLIAM IMRIE, CO-OWNER
OF THE WHITE STAR SHIPPING LINE. AFTER HIS DEATH IN 1906, AMY BECAME
    ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST WOMAN IN BRITAIN. IN 1907, SHE BECAME
    SISTER MARY CLARE IN THE ORDER OF POOR CLARES. SHE USED HER
      INHERITANCE TO PAY FOR THE BUILDING OF THIS MAGNIFICENT
        ST MARY OF THE ANGELS CHURCH IN 1910 AND LATER THE
         FRIARY SCHOOL. THE POOR CLARES BEING AN ENCLOSED
             ORDER, SISTER MARY CLARE NEVER SAW HER
                        VISION REALISED

                      PLAQUE UNVEILED BY
                      DR RICHARD POLLARD
                     (AMY'S GREAT NEPHEW)
                         13 JUNE 2003

            BORN GUIANA 1870. DIED LOOE, CORNWALL 1944

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