Norton St Philip Parish

Church of Our Lady
The Catholic parish of Norton St Phiilip was started in the village in 1913 by Dom Ambrose Agius as a Mass centre from the newly founded mission in Radstock. In 1923, a small property was bought on Bell Hill which consisted of a house, a paddock and some outhouses. A temporary church was built on the site with a parish hall and skittle alley as social amenities. In 1954, Dom Edmund Lee was appointed Parish Priest and, as a professionally qualified engineer, immediately started to produce designs for a permanent church. With the help of novices and junior monks from Downside, the new church was built and opened in 1961. It was dedicated to Our Lady.

Sunday Masses:
10.15 a.m.

Holy-day Masses:
6.30 p.m.

Parish Priest:
Rev. Dom Gervase Murray-Bligh
Tel 01761 235144