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Our Lady Help of Christians Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in the Portico area of Prescot , Merseyside. It was founded in 1790 by the Society of Jesus .
West side of church
The Jesuits were present in the area from 1716 and lived in a house on Scoles Lane. After the building of a Catholic church in the area was permitted, George Marsh a local architect was contracted to design the new church. In 1790, a small presbytery and chapel was built for the local Catholics in the area.[ 1] The chapel was built as an extension to the back of the presbytery.[ 2] As there was no other Catholic church in the area, when it was built, if the local Catholics wanted to attend Mass, they had to come to the church. This lasted until 1856, when Our Lady Immaculate and St Joseph Church was built in the centre of the town.
At some point in the 20th century, the parish was handed over by the Jesuits to the Archdiocese of Liverpool who continue to serve the church.
In 2005, the Pope John Paul II Blessed Sacrament chapel was opened in the church.[ 3]
The church has three Sunday Masses, one at 6:30pm on Saturday, and at 9:00am and 10:30am on Sunday.[ 4]
Both the Our Lady of Help of Christians and Our Lady Immaculate and St Joseph churches have a relationship with Our Lady's Primary School in Prescot, whose mission statement states ' What we hoped to achieve in all that we do is as a living community of God'.[ 5]
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool
Churches
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral - Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King
Church of St Oswald and St Edmund Arrowsmith, Ashton-in-Makerfield
St Mary's Church, Billinge
St Joseph's Church, Birkdale
Church of St Teresa of Avila, Birkdale
Church of St Monica, Bootle
St Michael's Church, Ditton
St Mary of the Isle Church, Douglas
St Anne's Church, Edge Hill
Sacred Heart Church, Hindsford
Church of the Holy Family, Ince Blundell
St John the Evangelist's Church, Kirkdale
St Joseph's Church, Leigh
St Mary's Church, Little Crosby
Our Lady of the Annunciation Church, Liverpool
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Liverpool
Church of Our Lady of Reconciliation, Liverpool
Sacred Heart Church, Liverpool
St Aloysius Church, Liverpool
St Anthony's Church, Scotland Road
St Anthony of Padua Church, Liverpool
St Clare's Church, Liverpool
St Francis Xavier Church, Liverpool
St Mary's Church, Woolton
St Oswald's Church, Liverpool
St Patrick's Church, Liverpool
St Philip Neri Church, Liverpool
Church of St Vincent de Paul, Liverpool
St Oswald's Church, Padgate
Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Portico
Our Lady Immaculate and St Joseph Church, Prescot
St Bartholomew's Church, Rainhill
Our Lady, Star of the Sea & St Maughold Church, Ramsey
Our Lady Star of the Sea, Seaforth
Church of St Mary, Lowe House
Holy Cross Church, St Helens
St Ambrose's Church, Speke
St Alban's Church, Warrington
St Benedict's Church, Warrington
St Mary's Church, Warrington
St Bede's Church, Widnes
St John's Church, Wigan
St Jude's Church, Wigan
St Mary's Church, Wigan
Schools
St Mary's College, Crosby
The Academy of St Francis of Assisi
The Academy of St Nicholas
All Hallows Catholic High School
All Saints Catholic High School, Kirkby
Archbishop Beck Catholic College
Bellerive FCJ Catholic College
Broughton Hall High School
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
Carmel College (St Helens)
Christ the King Catholic High School, Southport
De La Salle School, St Helens
Holy Cross Catholic High School, Chorley
Holy Family Catholic High School, Thornton
Hope Academy
Maricourt Catholic School
Notre Dame Catholic College, Liverpool
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College
Sacred Heart Catholic College
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy
St Bede's Catholic High School, Ormskirk
St Cuthbert's Catholic High School
St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy, Whiston
St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
St Edward's College
St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool
St John Bosco Arts College
St John Fisher Catholic High School, Wigan
St Julie's Catholic High School
St Mary's Catholic High School, Astley
St Mary's Catholic High School, Leyland
St Peter's Catholic High School
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School
The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco
Schools Institutes Churches
Parishes
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street
St Ignatius Church, Stamford Hill
St Anselm's Church, Southall
St Dominic's Church, Newcastle
St Wilfrid's Church, Preston
St Aloysius Church, Glasgow
Sacred Heart Church, Edinburgh
St Peter's Church, Stonyhurst
Chaplaincies
Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Manchester
Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy
Former
Sacred Heart Church, Accrington
Sacred Heart Church, Blackpool
Corpus Christi Church, Boscombe
Sacred Heart Church, Bournemouth
St Mary on the Quay, Bristol
Corpus Christi Church, Brixton
St Edmund's Church, Bury St Edmunds
Annunciation Church, Chesterfield
Holy Trinity Church, Chipping Norton
St Mary Church, Clayton-le-Moors
St Michael and St John Church, Clitheroe
St David's Church, Dalkeith
St Mary's Church, Great Yarmouth
St Francis Xavier Church, Hereford
St Winefride's Church, Holywell
Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Leeds
Sacred Heart Church, Leeds
St Joseph's Church, Leigh
Our Lady of Ransom and the Holy Souls Church, Llandrindod Wells
Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Lowestoft
St Aloysius Gonzaga Church, Oxford
Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Portico
Our Lady Immaculate and St Joseph Church, Prescot
St Ignatius Church, Preston
St Walburge's Church, Preston
St Joseph and St Francis Xavier Church, Richmond
Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Rhyl
St Joseph Church, Roehampton
Holy Cross Church, St Helens
Church of St Mary, Lowe House, St Helens
St Stephen's Church, Skipton
St Ignatius Church, South Ossett
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Spinkhill
St Austin's Church, Wakefield
St John's Church, Wigan
Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon
Christ the King Church, Wimbledon Park
St Winefride Church, South Wimbledon
St George's Church, Worcester
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