Foundation stone, Church of the Holy Family
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Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 27 Apr 2013
Foundation stone for the Church of the Holy Family in Yorke Road - see Image It reads: D.O.M. In honorem Dei et sanctae familiae Jesu, Mariae, Joseph Anno Incarnationis Dominicae MCMXXXVIII a Pontificatu XVII SS domini nostri Pii XI R.P D. Petro Archiepiscopo episcopo Southwarcensi die XXXI Martii MCMXXXVIII R.P.D. Petrus Archiepiscopus episcopus Southwarcensis lapidem hujus ecclesiae primarium solemniter benedixit ac posuit. which my attempt at translating gives: To God, the best and greatest In honor of God and the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph in the year of the incarnation of the Lord 1938 and in the 17th year of the Pontificate of Pius 11 by the Reverend Archbishop Peter, Bishop of Southwark. On 31 March 1938 the Reverend Archbishop Peter, Bishop of Southwark, placed and blessed the foundation stone of this church.
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