St. Joseph the Worker Church (St. Lucia)

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St. Joseph the Worker Church is a Roman Catholic church in Gros Islet in St. Lucia . It belongs to the Archdiocese of Castries . The patronage is Joseph of Nazareth .

history

The community came into being in 1749, when one of the first priests on St. Lucia settled there. A church was already shown on maps in 1771. The previous buildings were probably kept very simple. In 1850 the priest Fr. Chassang FMI began building a new church . This church was completed in 1876, but was destroyed by an earthquake in 1906.

In 1927 the rebuilding of the church began under the priest Fr. Besson . It was built using reinforced concrete technology and inaugurated on May 31, 1933 by Archbishop John Pius Dowling (of Trinidad and Tobago ).

building

The church is 45.7 m (150 ft) long and 23.7 m (78 ft) wide. The facade is designed in the style of a Jesuit church with monograms and Eucharistic symbols. The church interior has three naves with a rounded apse in the north. There is a separate bell tower .

Consecration

The church is dedicated to Saint Joseph and the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker is usually celebrated on May 1st. The church and altar were consecrated on June 18, 1967 by Bishop Charles Alphonse Gachet (FMI). Relics of the martyrs of Uganda were buried in the altar .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Church of St. Joseph the Worker in Gros Islet
  2. ↑ Lynne Sullivan: Adventure Guide St. Lucia 2007 ( en ). Hunter Publishing, Inc January 1, 2007, ISBN 978-1-58843-653-5 .
  3. ↑ Karl Luntta: The Rough Guide to St Lucia . Rough Guides, January 1, 2003, ISBN 978-1-85828-916-8 .
  4. ↑ grosisletchurch.org .

Coordinates: 14 ° 4 ′ 54.8 ″  N , 60 ° 57 ′ 9.6 ″  W.