History of St. Augustines
The current St. Augustine's Church was built on the site of the previous Holy Family chapel. It was finished and opened in 1968 and consecreated by Bishop Thomas Holland on 20 October 1970.
The arcitect for the work was Mr Desmond Williams and the builders
The mural behind the Altar -Christ in Majesty - is the work of the artist Robert Brumby as are other items in the Church including the Tabernacle, the monstrance, the processional Cross, the art work by the font, and the ceramic piece in the ‘Holy Family’ Chapel.
The Stations of the Cross are from the Holy Family Church. They are the work of Alan Robinson, son of the famous comic artist Heath Robinson. Alan became a monk at Prinknash Abbey in Gloucestershire where he ran the pottery.
One of the features of the Church is the pairs of slim brick piers each with a slit of coloured glass by the Whitefriers Glass Studio
Organ
The Organ was built by Jardine and Co. Ltd. in the 1960s as a two manual and pedal 3 rank
organ with detachable console. In 1989 A hooded trumpet rank was added. In about 1995 a
1970s Jardine organ built for another Church but not installed became available and this
was installed as a Swell department. The organ is now a basic 7 rank unit organ.
The Altar on the South side of the Church was originally in the chapel of the Convent of the Franciscan Missionaries of St. Joseph in Whalley Range. It was installed in the Church sometime in the mid 1970s.
St. Augustine's is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford. Registered Charity No. 250037