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Preston, Lancashire (NW England) |
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 20 October 2007 |
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The Capuchin Friars, Brs Mark, Prins & John, return to Preston after 467 years, following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539, to take responsibility for the Catholic Chaplaincy at the University of central Lancashire. The new Chaplaincy is on the site of the Leper Hospital of St. Mary Magdalen, founded c.1177. In about 1525 the hospital was transferred to the Franciscan Friars who left at the Dissolution in 1539.
The new Catholic Chaplaincy is at:
St. Walburge's
Weston Street
Preston
Lancs.
PR2 2QE
Website: www.uclancatholic.org.uk
FRATERNITY:
Br. John Delaney (Guardian Delegate, University Chaplain)
Br. Paul Coleman (Vicar Delegate, Vocations Animator, Provincial Secretary, 4th Definitor)
Br. Loarne Ferguson (Bursar, Communications Officer, CMA, Vocations Assistant)
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Preston