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Carfin Lourdes Grotto is a Catholic shrine in Scotland dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes and created in the early twentieth century. The " Carfin Grotto ", as the shrine is locally termed, was the brainchild of Canon Thomas N. Taylor (died 1963), parish priest of St. Francis Xavier 's Parish in the small, mining village of Carfin , which lies ...
Carfin has strong Irish Catholic links, which are exemplified in Carfin Grotto a famous pilgrimage place, with extensive gardens and a visitors' centre with cafe. It was built in the early 1920s, when parish priest, Canon Thomas Nimmo Taylor engaged the unemployed miners of the village to build a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes, allowing people in Scotland to venerate the Blessed Virgin without ...
Carfin Grotto: Carfin Grotto, Scotland's National Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes - Carfin, North Lanarkshire, Scotland; Ladyewell Shrine: St Mary's at Fernyhalgh and Ladyewell - The Shrine of Our Lady and the Martyrs, Fulwood, Lancashire, England; Our Lady of Ipswich in Ipswich, England - ecumenical shrine in an Anglican church [23]
The original Lourdes grotto where the Lourdes apparitions occurred and where Lourdes spring water still flows.. A Lourdes grotto is a replica of the grotto where the Lourdes apparitions occurred in 1858, in the town of Lourdes in France, now part of the sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes.
Holytown is a village situated to the east of Bellshill and north of Motherwell in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.Most local amenities are shared with the adjacent villages of Carfin, Newarthill and New Stevenston which have a combined population of around 20,000 across the four localities.
It was opposite the Carfin Grotto, a place of Catholic pilgrimage which had been established during the 1920s. After the Second Vatican Council the various missionary societies in England pooled their resources and started the Missionary Institute London (MIL) in 1969.
Early 1880s: A wooden building served as the pro-cathedral for the diocese. It was located on the site of the Cathedral Hall. 1886: A church made of corrugated iron became the pro-cathedral. It was known as the 'Tin Cathedral' and was given to the diocese by the Marquess of Bute. 1919: Bishop Donald Martin decided to build a permanent cathedral.
1 October – Carfin Grotto, a Roman Catholic shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes, is dedicated; 17 October – first Hunger March sets out, from Glasgow to London. [4] 18 October – the British Broadcasting Company is formed with John Reith as its first general manager.