Church of the Holy Rood, Watford

A History and Description of the Church

By: R. Bennett and J.E. Wright

Early History in Brief

Architecture in Brief

Contents

• FOREWORD
• INTRODUCTION
• PREFACE
• PART I. EARLY HISTORY
  • Old Watford
  • The Mission
  • The Benefactor
  • A Great Architect
  • Building the Church
  • The Consecration
• PART II. A GUIDE TO THE CHURCH
  • Bentley's Gem: Introduction
  • The Exterior
  • The Interior
  • The Nave
  • A walk round the Nave
  • The Holy Ghost Chapel
  • The Baptistry
  • The West Window
  • The Sanctuary
  • The Chapel of St. John the Evangelist
  • The Lady Chapel

• PART III. THE PRIESTS AND THE PARISH
  • Fr Regan
  • Fr Keating
  • Fr Dunlevy
  • Canon Jackman
  • Canon Galvin
  • Fr Berry
  • Vatican II
  • Communication
  • West Watford Centre
  • The Immigrants
  • Holy Rood and the Wider Community
  • The Schools
  • Music in the Church
  • In Retrospect
• APPENDIX I: SERMON AT THE OPENING MASS
• References
• Acknowledgments
• APPENDIX II: PRIESTS OF THE PARISH

Published by The Church of the Holy Rood, Watford. © 2001.

First published 1989 as a printed book, ISBN 0-9515046-0-6.

Web pages compiled from the book by D. Cronin.