St Therese fills England’s largest Catholic cathedral

The people just keep on coming...

More than 1000 people were in the cathedral at 0730 this morning to celebrate Morning Prayer, followed by Mass. Some had even travelled from Skelmersdale, a difficult journey early in the morning because of the dependence on buses which might or might not come…

The crowds have just kept growing and growing! By 10.00 the cathedral was already 2/3 full, not bad when considering that it has a seating capacity of 2,300. Many parishes are bringing coaches filled with parishioners.

‘I’ve already been to two Masses’, one lady remarked, ‘but I’m going to the third and I’ll stay for the closing ceremony also.’

Several buses filled with primary and secondary schoolchildren have added to the numbers. One little boy, probably in his first week of school, saw the reliquary and the roses and summed up the whole experience in one word: ‘Wow!’