“was then a striking new feature, and the economy of the design, together with the use of industrial materials… contrasted with the new Coventry Cathedral, which Murray 49
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Murray helped to create as proving to be of timeless quality, a gift to the modern world… In their modesty and economy of scale they touch people truly, serving their needs at every level.“50 A 2009 publication wrote that the church was “a remarkable structure… often referred to locally as ‘the gate of heaven,’ words which are framed in stone outside The church celebrated its Golden Jubilee on April 30, 2010. Maguire sent the following statement in regards to the anniversary celebration: The general atmosphere in the country at the time was one of reconstruction and hope, but even by those standards the events surrounding the new St. hindsight, we could even say prophetic. Father Gresham Kirkby was using the old parish hall to experiment with what would then have been considered quite revolutionary ways of Eucharistic worship. Unfettered by any constrictions from higher authority, he could move furniture around or throw it out, and generally exercise a freedom in what he and his adventurous parishioners wanted to do, simply because it was a hall and not a proper church.
a church which would encourage true relationships in the liturgy—priest to people, people to one another, priest to God and people to God, the worship of the whole Church together. Encourage but not cause; because it is only people coming together with understanding and faith which bring those relationships to life.51 49
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