It was completed in 1965 and is a Grade II listed building in the Brutalist style which stands on the junction of St Paul's Avenue and Poolstock Lane.

Following the demolition of many working class homes in central Wigan in the early-to-mid 20th century there was a migration to new council estates on the outskirts of the town including new developments in the Poolstock and Worsley Mesnes localities.

The foundation stone was laid by Archbishop Beck in December 1964[3] and the church was opened for worship in July 1965.

On front of the entrance porch is a circular baptistry, surmounted by four tapering concrete fins holding a pole with a cross.

The Stations of the Cross are represented by a series of mosaics with gold backgrounds designed and made by John Madden and Sons of Panton Street, Belfast, N. Ireland , under contract from Earley and Company of Dublin.