St Bride's Church, East Kilbride

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St Bride's Roman Catholic Church
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St Bride's Roman Catholic Church
Location of St Bride's in South Lanarkshire
55°45′46″N4°10′06″W / 55.7629°N 4.1682°W / 55.7629; -4.1682
LocationWhitemoss Avenue, East Kilbride
CountryScotland
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website http://www.sbek.org/St_Brides/Welcome.html
History
StatusParish Church
Dedication Brigid of Kildare
Architecture
Heritage designationCategory A listed building
Architect(s) Gillespie, Kidd and Coia
Groundbreaking 1957
Completed1964
Administration
Province Glasgow
Diocese Motherwell
Clergy
Priest(s) Francis G. McGachey

St Bride's Roman Catholic Church is located in East Kilbride in Scotland. It was designed by the architects Gillespie, Kidd and Coia and built between 1957 and 1964.

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Church building

Located near the town centre, St Bride's is one of the most recognised buildings in East Kilbride. It was built shortly after the new town of East Kilbride was begun after World War II. The congregation formerly met in St. Bride's Guild Hall in The Village district of East Kilbride. "Kilbride" itself means "Church of Bride" in Scottish Gaelic (the translation has been modernised), and the parishes or monasteries in what was once a village before the reformation were named for St. Bride of Ireland.

The building of St Bride's Church is regarded as one of the finest examples of British twentieth-century ecclesiastical architecture. [1] The church has many unusual features within its architectural structure from the "light cannons" which illuminate the sanctuary, to its externally imposing brick mass. The church is a Category A listed building.

In 2016 restoration work was carried out. [2]

Services

Mass Times

Sunday Masses: 9.30am; 11.30am; Vigil on Saturday 4.30pm. On Holy days of obligation: Vigil Mass is 7pm; Morning Mass 10am. Weekday Masses from Monday to Saturday at 10am.

Confession

On Saturday after 10am Mass and on request.

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References

  1. "St Bride's, East Kilbride". Scotland’s Churches Trust. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  2. Findlay, Nicola (11 August 2016). "East Kilbride Church is restored to its former glory after £2million refurbishment". Daily Record. Retrieved 9 October 2020.