LIVERPOOL'S METRPOLITAN CATHEDRAL

Members of Our Lady of Mercy Parish have also visited the Catholic Cathedral in Liverpool this year.    This view is of the front entrance with its striking glass steles facing the top end of Hope Street, which has seen so much ecumenical activity in recent decades.

The Cathedral, which was designed by Lutyens, was originally intended to be the largest Cathedral in the world.   The crypt was completed by 1939, but by the time the War was over common sense had prevailed and a less gigantic but very fine building was erected. 

  The huge crypt remains as a reminder of the intended ambition of the Catholic community of Liverpool.

Less recent, but no less striking than the Stations at Lourdes are those in the Cathedral.   They are the work of  sculptor Sean Rice and were donated to the Cathedral by the late Archbishop Derek Worlock.