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St John Fisher and St Thomas More
Burford
Oxfordshire
OX18 4RE
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Who we are
The Church of St John Fisher & St Thomas More is the only Roman Catholic Church in Burford and is at the top of The Hill on the left-hand side going up, shortly before you reach the A40 roundabout. The building is relatively modern, having been built in the 1950s and expanded in 2003. There is a small meeting room and a good sized car park.
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171 The Hill
Burford,
Oxfordshire
OX18 4RE
United Kingdom
Phone: 01993 823219
Fax: OX8 3BS
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Church Pastor
Fr Paul Whieldon
Parish Priest
St Joseph's Presbytery
Arkell Avenue
Carterton,
Oxfordshire
Arkell Avenue
United Kingdom
Phone: 01993 842463
Fax: OX8 3BS
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2 Thessalonians 2:15
Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
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Roman Catholic
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Carterton
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St John Fisher and St Thomas More Burford Mass Times
Mass Times
Sunday Mass times in Burford and Carterton are as follows:
Ss John Fisher & Thomas More, Burford – 9.30 am
St Joseph’s, Carterton – 11.00 am.
During winter a Vigil Mass is celebrated at St Joseph’s , Carterton at 5.00 pm every Saturday evening.
Masses during the week are at 10.00 am on Tuesday and Thursday. There are also Masses at 9.30 am on Wednesdays and Fridays at Carterton.
Fr Pat celebrates Mass at 9.30 am on Mondays and at 6.00 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Our Lady & St Hugh, Witney.
Mass Times last updated on the 1st of November, 2023
Sunday Mass times in Burford and Carterton are as follows:
Ss John Fisher & Thomas More, Burford – 9.30 am
St Joseph’s, Carterton – 11.00 am.
During winter a Vigil Mass is celebrated at St Joseph’s , Carterton at 5.00 pm every Saturday evening.
Masses during the week are at 10.00 am on Tuesday and Thursday. There are also Masses at 9.30 am on Wednesdays and Fridays at Carterton.
Fr Pat celebrates Mass at 9.30 am on Mondays and at 6.00 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Our Lady & St Hugh, Witney.
Mass Times last updated on the 1st of November, 2023
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St John Fisher and St Thomas More History
In the 1930s a Mass Centre was established in the grounds of a house belonging to Mr & Mrs Littledale, whose son Arthur was ordained priest in 1935. A wooden hut served as a church for the small congregation.
In 1952 the runway at Brize Norton airfield was lengthened for a new generation of aircraft. The contractors recruited some Irish labourers, who were accommodated in huts at Bradwell Grove, about a mile away. They usually attended Sunday Mass in Carterton; but one snowy day they were unable to get there, and had to walk to Burford instead. There were too many of them to fit into the church, and after Mass Fr Littledale expressed his regret for the lack of space; so they offered to build him a new church.
This they did in their spare time, raising the walls to the level of the roof before their contract ended and they all dispersed. Fr Littledale himself funded the completion of the church, commemorated by the inscribed tablet on the wall above the door, as well as the Presbytery; after his death in 1976 his family generously bequeathed the land in his memory in order to establish the Parish.
The Church was enlarged in 2003 by the addition of two wings, the remodelling of the Sanctuary and High Altar and other changes including a w.c. and ramped side entrance for the disabled. The original nave and porch and the statue of Our Lady outside, comissioned by the Irish builders, still remain as witnesses to their charity and devotion.
In 1952 the runway at Brize Norton airfield was lengthened for a new generation of aircraft. The contractors recruited some Irish labourers, who were accommodated in huts at Bradwell Grove, about a mile away. They usually attended Sunday Mass in Carterton; but one snowy day they were unable to get there, and had to walk to Burford instead. There were too many of them to fit into the church, and after Mass Fr Littledale expressed his regret for the lack of space; so they offered to build him a new church.
This they did in their spare time, raising the walls to the level of the roof before their contract ended and they all dispersed. Fr Littledale himself funded the completion of the church, commemorated by the inscribed tablet on the wall above the door, as well as the Presbytery; after his death in 1976 his family generously bequeathed the land in his memory in order to establish the Parish.
The Church was enlarged in 2003 by the addition of two wings, the remodelling of the Sanctuary and High Altar and other changes including a w.c. and ramped side entrance for the disabled. The original nave and porch and the statue of Our Lady outside, comissioned by the Irish builders, still remain as witnesses to their charity and devotion.
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