Anniversaries - Events

ANNIVERSARIES - NOTEWORTHY EVENTS

The list below shows noteworthy events in the history of the Church of Saint Peter in Chains.

6 January 1952		Canon Peter Fitzpatrick died.
11 January 1952		Monsignor Edward Traynor was born.
20 January 2009		Addie Hissey died.
30 January 1924		The land on which the Church of Saint Peter in Chains is built was bought. Golden Jubilee Book
5 February 1883		Father James McCarroll was born.
10 February 1937		Canon John Walls was born.
12 February 1967		Canon Robert McCliment died.
16 February 1930		Canon Lawrence Fischer was ordained.
21 February 1934		Father Michael Lynch was born.
21 February 2004		The first Burns Supper was held.
24 February 1998		Parish Centre was opened.
1 March 1976		James McFarlane died.
1 March 1986		Father Gerard Magee was ordained.
2 March 1965		The first formal Mass in English was said in the Church of Saint Peter in Chains. There were 'practice' Masses on 7 and 11 February 1965. Golden Jubilee Book
8 March 2005		Monsignor Edward Traynor died.
10 March 1950		Monsignor Archibald McSparran died.
13 March 1910		James McFarlane was born.
15 March 1996		Canon Charles Matthews died.
18 March 1961		Canon John Walls was ordained.
22 March 1888		Canon Peter Fitzpatrick was born.
29 March 1922		John Dolan was born.
30 March 1963		Father Alistair Tosh was ordained.
3 April 1965		Father Matt McManus was ordained.
7 April 1997		Parish Centre construction started.
12 April 2001		Blessed Sacrament Chapel was opened.
12 April 2011		Father Gabriel Kigozi died.
24 April 1921		Father William McBurnie was ordained.
25 April 1978		Father John Murphy died.
3 May 1892		Father William McBurnie was born.
11 May 1957		Father Stephen Motroni was born.
19 May 1930		Father John Murphy was born.
25 May 1929		Father Gerald Muir was born.
31 May 1970		Father Patrick Smith was ordained.
1 June 1956		Father Gabriel Kigozi was born.
1 June 1982		Parishioners from Saint Peter's travelled to Bellahouston Park, Glasgow for Mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II. Papal Visit 1982
2 June 1887		Canon Robert McCliment was born.
2 June 1985		Monsignor Edward Traynor was ordained.
4 June 1983		Father Stephen Motroni was ordained.
5 June 1949		Father James O'Sullivan was ordained.
5 June 1955		Father Michael Lynch was ordained.
7 June 1969		Father Declan Kelly was ordained.
8 June 1952		Canon Charles Matthews was ordained.
9 June 2020		For the first time ever, Mass was live-streamed from Saint Peter's. The broadcasts can be seen on YouTube.
12 June 1966		Service was broadcast on live radio from Saint Peter in Chains. Golden Jubilee Book
16 June 1929		Canon Matthew Littleton was ordained.
21 June 1916		Father Joseph Glendinning was born.
23 June 1998		Father Stephen Cochrane was ordained.
24 June 1908		Monsignor Archibald McSparran was ordained.
24 June 1997		Father John Boyce was ordained.
28 June 1914		Canon Peter Fitzpatrick was ordained.
28 June 2006		Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal O'Brien, Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh became the first Cardinal to celebrate Mass in Saint Peter's. Cardinal's Visit 2006
1 July 1967		Father Henry McFarlane was ordained. Golden Jubilee Book
2 July 1981		Monsignor Peter Magee was ordained.
2 July 2004		Father Michael Lynch died.
4 July 1908		Father James McCarroll was ordained.
6 July 2003		Father Stephen McGrattan was ordained.
8 July 1983		Father John McCaig was ordained.
13 July 2005		Saint Peter's website was launched.
16 July 1954		Father John Murphy was ordained.
16 July 1994		HMS Dasher plaque was unveiled.
17 July 1898		Jack Coia was born.
17 July 1954		Father Gerald Muir was ordained.
19 July 1981		Father Paul O'Brien was ordained.
26 July 1987		Father Gabriel Kigozi was ordained.
4 August 1981		Jack Coia died.
4 August 1983		Thursday Club had its first meeting.
9 August 1977		Canon Matthew Littleton died.
15 August 1913		Canon Robert McCliment was ordained.
22 August 1953		Father William McBurnie died.
24 August 1882		Monsignor Archibald McSparran was born.
30 August 1926		Monica Coulter was born.
31 August 1904		Canon Lawrence Fischer was born.
31 August 2006		'Tu Es Petrus Et Super Hanc Petram Aedificabo Ecclesiam Meam' was installed. Pictures
3 September 1939		Father Alistair Tosh was born.
7 September 2017		Canon Matt McManus retired as Parish Priest - the first do do so as all predecessors died in service.
8 September 2017		Father Duncan McVicar became Parish Priest.
16 September 2010		Parishioners from Saint Peter's travelled to Bellahouston Park, Glasgow for Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI. Papal Visit 2010
18 September 1923		Father James O'Sullivan was born.
18 September 2007		Father Alistair Tosh died.
22 September 1940		Canon Matt McManus was born.
25 September 1975		Monica Coulter, Sister Mary of Saint Joseph died.
2 October 1938		The Church of Saint Peter in Chains was opened. Opening Ceremony
10 October 1980		Canon Lawrence Fischer died.
5 November 1952		Father James McCarroll died.
5 November 1999		Father Paul O'Brien died.
6 November 1946		Michael Reilly died.
13 November 1938		The first Baptisms were celebrated in the Church of Saint Peter in Chains. Golden Jubilee Book
18 November 1955		Father Paul O'Brien was born.
19 November 1927		Canon Charles Matthews was born.
23 November 2004		Canon Matt McManus became Parish Priest.
29 November 1946		Father Patrick Smith was born.
29 November 1998		The first Ardrossan Cemetery Mass was celebrated by Father Michael Lynch.
3 December 1980		Father Joseph Glendinning was ordained.
8 December 1903		Canon Matthew Littleton was born.
8 December 1910		Gerard McCulloch was born.
8 December 1990		Gerard McCulloch died.
17 December 1907		Addie Hissey was born.
18 December 1960		First Weekly Bulletin was produced.
18 December 2007		John Dolan died.
23 December 1997		Parish Centre construction ended.
30 December 1938		The first Requiem Mass was said in the Church of Saint Peter in Chains. Golden Jubilee Book
31 December 1874		Michael Reilly was born.
31 December 1993		Father Joseph Glendinning died.