St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, Hardybutts

The Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation is delighted to announce grants awarded in a recent round of funding, including St Patrick’s Church, in the Diocese of Liverpool.

The building of St Patrick’s Church currently serves as a much-utilised hub for the local community. The building is the spiritual home of a strong congregation, most of whom live in poverty or experience some form of hardship and disadvantage.

The Church has developed relationships with local councillors to hold events that benefit all members of the local community; reaching out to those especially who may not necessarily be members of the Catholic Faith.

They host a much-used local food bank and hold regular donations and appeals to reach out to those in greatest need. Parishioners are keen to extend links with a range of local charities, particularly with ‘Happy Smiles: Supporting Wigan Adults and Children with Disabilities’ for which a number of parishioners hold regular fundraisers and complete marathons in aid of.

St William RC Parish, Wigan