The newly installed altar is crafted from oak, its clean and simple lines harmonising beautifully with the character of the church, which dates from 1957. Significantly, it has been designed to house the original altar stone, thus preserving an important link with the parish’s past.
In a pleasing turn of Providence, the altar was delivered on 19 November, just in time for its first use at Mass on 20 November, the Feast of St Edmund, the church’s patron.
The altar installation forms part of a wider programme of refurbishment undertaken over recent months. The church interior has been completely redecorated, and a new floor covering laid, giving the sanctuary and nave a renewed sense of warmth and reverence.
The people of St Edmund’s now look forward to many years of worship around their new altar, grateful for the restoration and renewal it represents.
