This has been a momentous year for the Most Holy Redeemer parish in Billericay, Essex, as it has been celebrating the 100th anniversary of its establishment throughout the year, writes Mark Nuttall.
Its “birth” was in very different surroundings from the present church in Laindon Road. On September 13 1910 Bishop Patrick Fenton, Auxiliary of Westminster, blessed and opened a chapel (which had been converted from a drawing room) for public worship at St Edith’s Covent at 129 High Street in the town before a congregation of 60 people. Thus the parish was formed.
