Sacred Heart, Edinburgh

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Sacred Heart Church
Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Edinburgh
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Sacred Heart Church
Edinburgh City Centre
55°56′43″N3°12′05″W / 55.945166°N 3.201296°W / 55.945166; -3.201296
OS grid reference NT2498173105
LocationEdinburgh, Scotland
CountryUnited Kingdom
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website http://sacredheartedinburgh.org/
History
StatusActive
Founded31 July 1859 (1859-07-31)
Founder(s) Bishop James Gillis
Dedication Sacred Heart of Jesus
Dedicated1990
Consecrated 8 July 1860
Architecture
Functional status Parish church
Heritage designationCategory A [1]
Designated14 December 1970
Architect(s) Richard Vaughan SJ
Style Neo-classical
Groundbreaking 1859
Administration
Province St Andrews and Edinburgh
Archdiocese St Andrews and Edinburgh
Deanery City of Edinburgh [2]
Clergy
Archbishop Leo Cushley
Priest(s) Fr. Adrian Porter SJ

Sacred Heart, Edinburgh, formally known as the Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, is a Roman Catholic church run by the Society of Jesus, close to the city centre of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. It is situated in Lauriston, midway between the Grassmarket and Tollcross, on the edge of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town. The church building was opened in 1860 and is a category A listed building. [1]

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History

Founding

The church had its beginnings when Bishop James Gillis, Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District, invited the Society of Jesus to come to Edinburgh and set up a parish close to the city centre. The architect of the church was a Jesuit priest, Fr. Richard Vaughan SJ, who was also uncle of Bernard Vaughan, a notable Jesuit preacher and writer.

Initially, while the church was being built, Mass was celebrated in a temporary chapel on Hunter's Close in the Grassmarket part of the city. The first Mass was on 31 July 1859 by Albany James Christie SJ. The first Mass in the newly constructed Sacred Heart Church was celebrated on 8 July 1860: Bishop Gillis preached at the Mass and the celebrant was the then Jesuit provincial, a Fr. Thomas Seed SJ. [3]

Twentieth century

Over the years, the church was restored and renovated on numerous occasions. In 1907, the organ was installed and was modified in 1963 and 1974. In 1957, a mural was painted in the church above the altar. It was designed by Derek Clarke, a lecturer at the Edinburgh School of Art. From 1963 to 1990 there alterations made to make the church more compatible with the requirements of the post-Vatican II era, and the mural was covered over with wallpaper. [4] There were renovations made with the structural trusses being reinforced in 1996 and north facing wall restored in 1998. [5]

Parish

The Jesuits are resident next door to the church and are involved with the chaplaincy to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. [6] The parish celebrates Mass every day of the week as well hosts saying the Rosary every weekday lunch time. In addition, the parish worked with the nearby Little Sisters of the Poor care home in Gilmore Place until it closed in 2018. [7] [8]

From 2017 the parishes in Edinburgh were organised into clusters to better coordinate their resources. Sacred Heart is one of four parishes in Cluster 4 along with St Columba's, St Peter's and St Mark's. [9]

Edinburgh Jesuit Centre

Next door to the church is the Edinburgh Jesuit Centre. It was originally called the Lauriston Centre. It was designed to be a place for the Edinburgh Jesuit Community to present issues of spirituality, social justice and adult faith formation to the city of Edinburgh and the surrounding area. It hosts talks on the spirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola and modern day Jesuit writers and theologians. [10] Speakers such as Michael L. Fitzgerald have been featured on topics such as Christian Muslim relations [11] and the centre has been awarded for its efforts to advance the ecological agenda through a series of talks and events. [12] [13] On 30 November 2020, St Andrew's Day, during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was officially renamed the Edinburgh Jesuit Centre and began hosting series of talks concerning contemporary issues and the Catholic Church. Its first talk was by Sir Tom Devine on ‘The Social Emancipation of Scottish Catholics since 1945’. [14] Subsequent series of talks during the Covid epidemic attracted record numbers of participants. These can be found on the EJC website.

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic Environment Scotland. "28 Lauriston Street, Sacred Heart Church... (Category A Listed Building) (LB27266)" . Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh Deaneries
  3. ↑ Sacred Heart Edinburgh Brief History
  4. ↑ Pauline McLean, Huge mural hidden in The Sacred Heart church in Edinburgh from BBC News , 11 January 2013, retrieved 20 June 2016
  5. ↑ Sacred Heart Edinburgh History of the Building
  6. ↑ Lauriston Centre on the Parish
  7. ↑ "Farewell to the Little Sisters". Archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh. 8 August 2018.
  8. ↑ Sacred Heart Services
  9. ↑ "Parish clusters" (PDF). Archdiocese-edinburgh.com. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  10. ↑ Lauriston Centre description
  11. ↑ "Edinburgh | Jesuits in Britain". www.jesuit.org.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church and the Lauriston Jesuit Centre in Edinburgh gained awards!". Eco-Congregation Scotland. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "Edinburgh parish and church centre win eco-awards | ICN". www.indcatholicnews.com. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  14. ↑ Edinburgh Jesuit Centre launched by Sir Tom Devine on St Andrew's Day from Jesuit.org.uk, 30 November 2020, retrieved 21 February 2021
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