Church of St Mary, Lowe House

Origin The church is named St Mary's Lowe House because it was built on a piece of land gifted by Winefred Eccleston, née Lowe, near to her home on Cowley Hill. Winefred was the widow of John Gorsuch Eccleston, a former owner of Eccleston Hall that had previously provided for a Roman Catholic Chapel until later owners closed it. The Carillon is regularly played and there are also occasional recitals by visiting Carillonneurs. ==Parish==

Every week, the church has Mass every Sunday, at 11:00 am. On 27 July 1980, the head of the Jesuits in Britain announced to the congregation that, as of Easter 1981, the church would no longer be staffed by Jesuits and would be handed over to the Archdiocese of Liverpool. In 2010, the parish was merged with the nearby Holy Cross and St Helen parish in the centre of St Helens to become the parish of Holy Cross and St Mary. However in 2014, following changes in the archdiocese, St Mary's Lowe House was paired with the parish of St Thomas of Canterbury, Dentons Green. The church of Holy Cross & St. Helen reverted to a single parish under a new parish priest. ==Gallery==

File:Memorial stone in St Mary's Church, Lowe House, St Helens.JPG|Memorial stone for Winefred Eccleston File:Nave of St Mary's Church, Lowe House, St Helens.JPG|Nave File:Entrance of St Mary's Church, Lowe House, St Helens.JPG|Entrance File:Church of St Mary (Lowe House), St. Helens - geograph.org.uk - 1541687.jpg|Interior ==See also==