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While the church is located between the Lozells and Hockley parts of the city, the parish covers most of Handsworth.[1] It was founded in 1840, originally as a chapel in the nearby listed building, St. Mary’s Convent designed by Augustus Pugin.[2]Table of ContentsHistory[edit]Convent of Our Lady of Mercy[edit]St Mary’s Church[edit]St Francis of Assisi Church[edit]Interior[edit]Exterior[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]History[edit]  St Mary’s Convent which previously housed the parish churchConvent of Our Lady of Mercy[edit]In 1840, Nicholas Wiseman, as coadjutor bishop of Thomas Walsh, the Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District, invited the Sisters of Mercy to Birmingham. The sisters set up a convent on a piece of land given to them by John Hardman of Hardman & Co. who lived opposite. He promised to bear all the expenses of creating a convent, and helped by an endowment of \u00a32000 from the Earl of Shrewsbury he commissioned Augustus Pugin to design the building for them. The chapel of the convent, dedicated to Saint Mary served as the parish church until 1847.[3][4]St Mary’s Church[edit]In 1845, with the local Catholic population increasing, it was decided that a larger church would have to be built. So building work started on a separate church that was located next door to the convent.[2] In July 1847, St Mary’s Church was opened and consecrated by Bishop William Wareing. In 1882, a new priest, Fr Francis Hopkins joined the parish. He saw that the new church could not accommodate the increasingly numerous congregation, so he made it his priority to start the construction of a new church.[4]St Francis of Assisi Church[edit]Land for the new church was bought from the Hardman family opposite the convent and the Hardman family house became the presbytery of the new church. The architect chosen to design the church was Canon Alexander Scoles. He was a priest from the Diocese of Clifton and came from a family of architects. His father was Joseph John Scoles, who designed the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Farm Street, London and his brother was Ignatius Scoles who designed St Wilfrid’s Church in Preston, Lancashire. Four years later, Canon Scoles went on to design Our Lady of Loreto and St Winefride’s Church in Kew, London.[5]The foundation stone of St Francis’ church was laid in May 1893 by Bishop Edward Ilsley. The church was completed a year later and was opened by Cardinal Herbert Vaughan on 2 February 1894. When the debt from the cost of the building, \u00a39000 was paid off five years later, the church was consecrated on 21 June 1900.[4]Interior[edit]With the Hardman family being so prominent in the founding and construction of the church, it is unsurprising that a lot of the interior work was done by Hardman & Co. All of the stained glass windows were made by the company. One window depicting the Annunciation  adjacent to the Lady chapel was designed by William John Wainwright and then built by Hardman & Co. The altar and reredos was made from a drawing done by the architect, Alexander Scoles.[4]Next door to the church is the St Francis Centre, it is social centre that was built in 1909 by the then parish priest, Monsignor John O’Hanlon. It houses a large hall, a stage, kitchen and offices.[4]The church was refurbished in the 1980s by Monsignor Thomas Fallon.  It meant that the sanctuary was changed, bringing it in line with the decrees of the Second Vatican Council.[4]The church has five Masses for Sundays. There’s a Mass at 7pm on Saturday evening, 9:30 and 11:30 on Sunday morning, a Vietnamese language Mass at 1:30pm and a Sunday evening Mass at 6.30pm. The church also has weekday morning Masses at 9:15am. There is an adoration chapel next door to the church that can also be used for prayer.[1]The site of the old St Mary’s church is now occupied by St Francis Catholic Primary School. The school has a close relationship with the parish and the Sisters of Mercy next door who each have a representative on the school’s board of governors.[6]As well as the Sisters of Mercy, other Catholic religious orders also work in the parish. The Missionary Sisters of St. Columban, the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit, the Missionaries of Charity and the Dominican Sisters of St Rose of Lima all help pastorally in the area with the congregation.[4]Exterior[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]Highrise(in height order)CivicMain railway stationsUniversitiesHospitalsReligiousChristianAscension, Hall GreenSt Agatha, SparkbrookSt Agnes, MoseleySt Alban, HighgateSt Andrew, HandsworthSt Anne, MoseleySt Anne, DigbethSt Augustine, EdgbastonSt Barnabas, ErdingtonSt Bartholomew, EdgbastonSt Benedict’s, BordesleyBishop Latimer, Winson GreenSt Catherine, Bristol StreetSt Chad’s CathedralSt Cyprian, Hay MillsSt David, Shenley GreenSt Edburgha, YardleySt Edward, Selly ParkErdington AbbeySS Faith & Laurence, HarborneSt Francis, BournvilleSt Francis, HandsworthSt Gabriel, Weoley CastleSt George, EdgbastonSt Giles, SheldonHandsworth Cemetery ChapelHoly Trinity, BirchfieldHoly Trinity & St LukeHoly Trinity, Sutton ColdfieldSt James, HandsworthSt John, LadywoodSt John, Perry BarrSt John, SparkhillSt Laurence, NorthfieldSt Lazar, BournvilleSt Martin, Bull RingSt Mark, Washwood HeathSt Mary, Acocks GreenSt Mary, HandsworthSt Mary, MoseleySt Mary, Selly OakSt Mary’s ConventMethodist Central HallSt Michael & All Angels, Bartley GreenSt Michael, HandsworthSt Michael, Moor StreetSt Nicolas, Kings NortonOratorySt Paul, BirminghamSt Paul, LozellsSt Peter, HarborneSS Peter & Paul, AstonSt Philip’s CathedralSt Silas, LozellsStechford BaptistIslamicJewishSikhHinduHousesHotelsPubsComplexesArt and theatresMuseumsSports venuesOtherDemolishedRoman Catholic Archdiocese of BirminghamChurchesSt Chad’s Cathedral – Metropolitan Cathedral Church and Basilica of St ChadSt John the Evangelist Church, BanburySt Francis of Assisi Church, BedworthBirmingham OratoryErdington Abbey, BirminghamOur Lady Help of Christians, Tile Cross, BirminghamOur Lady and St Brigid, Northfield, BirminghamOur Lady and St Rose of Lima, Weoley Castle, BirminghamSt Anne’s Church, BirminghamSt Catherine of Siena Church, BirminghamSt Edward’s Church, Selly Park, BirminghamSt Francis of Assisi Church, Handsworth, BirminghamSt Mary’s Church, Harborne, BirminghamSt Michael’s Church, BirminghamSt Mary and St Modwen Church, Burton-on-TrentSt Giles’ Church, CheadleHoly Trinity Church, Chipping NortonSt Osburg’s Church, CoventrySt Peter and St Paul and St Elizabeth Church, CoughtonChurch of the Sacred Heart and St Catherine, Droitwich SpaSt Peter’s Church, Leamington SpaHoly Trinity Church, Newcastle-under-LymeOur Lady of the Angels Church, NuneatonSt Anne’s Church, NuneatonOxford OratorySt Edmund and St Frideswide Church, Oxford\u200eOur Lady of Mount Carmel Church, RedditchSt Marie’s Church, RugbySt Austin’s Church, StaffordOur Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains Church, Stoke-on-TrentSt Mary’s Church, UttoxeterSt Mary’s Church, WalsallSt Mary Immaculate Church, WarwickSt Mary and St John Church, WolverhamptonSt Peter and St Paul’s Church, WolverhamptonSt George’s Church, WorcesterSchoolsArchbishop Ilsley Catholic SchoolBishop Challoner Catholic CollegeBishop Milner Catholic CollegeBishop Ullathorne Roman Catholic SchoolBishop Walsh Catholic SchoolBlessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic CollegeBlessed George Napier Roman Catholic SchoolBlessed William Howard Catholic SchoolCardinal Griffin Catholic CollegeCardinal Newman Catholic School and Community CollegeCardinal Wiseman Catholic School, CoventryCardinal Wiseman Catholic School, BirminghamGreyfriars Catholic SchoolHagley Roman Catholic High SchoolHoly Trinity Catholic Academy of Stafford and StoneHoly Trinity Catholic School, BirminghamJohn Henry Newman Catholic CollegeThe Oratory Preparatory SchoolThe Oratory SchoolOur Lady and St Chad Catholic AcademyPainsley Catholic CollegePrincethorpe CollegeRye St Antony SchoolSt Augustine’s High School, RedditchSt Benedict’s Catholic High School, AlcesterSt Dominic’s Grammar SchoolSt Dominic’s Priory School, StoneSt Edmund Campion Catholic SchoolSt Edmund’s Catholic AcademySt Francis of Assisi Catholic CollegeSt John Fisher Catholic CollegeSt John Wall Catholic SchoolSt Joseph’s College, Stoke-on-TrentSt Margaret Ward Catholic AcademySt Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary SchoolSt Paul’s School for Girls, BirminghamSt Peter’s Catholic School, SolihullSt Thomas Aquinas Catholic School, BirminghamSt Thomas More Catholic AcademySt Thomas More Catholic School, NuneatonSt Thomas More Catholic School, WillenhallStuart Bathurst Catholic High SchoolTrinity Catholic School  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/st-francis-of-assisi-church-handsworth\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"St Francis of Assisi Church, Handsworth"}}]}]