St Joseph's Church, Highgate

[3] It was in 1858 that St Joseph's was first established by Father Ignatius Spencer, who had converted to the Roman Catholic Church and entered the Passionist Order.

The new church opened in 1889 by the Bishop of Liverpool, to commemorate the Jubilee of Pope Leo XIII; it was not consecrated until 1932 when the debt had been cleared.

St. Joseph’s Church was designed by the architect Albert Vicars as blend of the Romanesque and Byzantine styles.

St Joseph’s Retreat, the house for the Passionist community, is attached to the east end.

The forward altar of marble and sandstone was erected in 1964 by Gerald Murphy of Burles Newton & Partners.

The northeast chapel is dedicated to the Passionist saints and has a painting of the St Paul of the Cross by M.A.