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Aug 2020
Ripon's St Wilfrid's Catholic Church is looking forward to a £500,000 refurbishment, but is still welcoming worshippers back.
St Wilfrid is inextricably linked to Ripon's ancient Cathedral, but less than a mile away, another architectural gem of later vintage, also bears the name of the city's patron saint.
St. Wilfrid's Catholic Church, which opened in 1862, is recognised as one of finest parish churches in England, with ornate reredos designed by Victorian architect Edwin Pugin providing dramatic backdrops to the high altar and adjacent side altar, dedicated to St Joseph.
Both architectural works of art, sculpted from solid blocks of stone, provide focal points within the Grade II* Listed Building.
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St Wilfrid's, which serves Ripon, Boroughbridge, Kirkby Malzeard and surrounding rural areas, is welcoming worshippers once more with Mass being said every weekend and each weekday apart from Mondays.
Parish priest Canon Ian Smith, said:
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The services are at 9.30am and 5,30pm on Saturdays; 9am and 10.30am on Sundays and weekday Masses are at 9.30am (Tuesdays 9am).
Worshippers wishing to attend the Vigil or Sunday Masses, should email their choice of time to stwilfridripon@gmail.com anyone without email access can call Canon Smith on 01765 279263.
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