![]() Theresa 'Cinderella' stamp was also made available as a souvenir to commemorate the foundation stone laying. Theresa that had been painted by the French Symbolist artist Edgar Maxence. In return names of all the contributors would be entered in one of two Books of Roses and all founders were promised a print of a portrait of St. In the souvenir programme (which was priced at 3d) a further appeal was made for Founders who were willing to pay a pound to help fund the new church. Richard Downey, Archbishop of Liverpool. The foundation stone for the new church was laid on June 7th 1931, with the ceremony conducted by the Most Rev. Patrick’s whist drive and dance first began, with social occasions often serving as opportunities to raise funds. Three years later the Church of the Little Flower annual St. Theresa stamp Fundraising began with a series of advertisements that were placed in the Cork Examiner during August and September of 1926, in which appeals were made for Founders who were prepared to contribute £1. After the war the building was used as a parish centre. It's remembered as a long, low construction in three sections and during the war years, one part was occupied by the National Fire Service. The old building was still used as a school for Standard 2 pupils and part of it was used as a library. The date plaque was then probably transferred to the new building. It's likely that the school building was opened here in 1926 but soon became inadequate and so a new building was constructed across the way. However the 1928 Ordnance Survey map reveals the school adjacent to and to the west of the church, on the opposite side of the street. The old building - situated at the side of the present school - was demolished in October 2011 and bore the date of 1926. The latter is where the St.Theresa school is located. The place of worship was situated on the opposite side of Gartons Lane than the present church, adjacent to the entrance to modern-day Cannon Street. Original plans for St.Theresa's Church The new incumbent's first acts seem to have been to extend the existing building into a larger but still simple church and to construct a small convent that could house four nuns.
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