The Holy Trinity Catholic Church is located on The Hardwick Road and dates from 1832.
Services
Saturdays: Holy Mass is celebrated at 4.00pm
Mondays: Holy Mass is celebrated at 9.30am
Please see this web site for up to date information.
Father John Burns 13th July 1929 – 14th July 2021
Father (Anthony) John Burns died in the early hours of Wednesday 14th July 2021 at Aston Hall. He celebrated his 92nd birthday the day before, 13th July.
Fr John was ordained on 19th July 1953 and his first appointment was at Sacred Heart in Tunstall (Staffordshire) from 1953 to 1965. He was at Our Lady Immaculate in Warwick from 1965 to 1985; Our Lady and All Saints in Stourbridge from 1985 to 1990; St Mary’s in Leek from 1990 to 1996 and at Holy Trinity in Hethe from 1996 until his retirement in 2014.
Flora Skinner and Pauline O’Gorman attended his funeral and Pauline commented:
A Requiem Mass was held for Father John at The Immaculate Conception, Bicester, on Monday 16th August followed by cremation at Banbury. He will be interred at Holy Trinity, Hethe, at a later date. Father John was resident priest at Hethe for 18 years and was much loved by his congregation. He joined with St Edmund and St George’s for Remembrance Services and alternated hosting the Christmas Carol Service. For many years he took services both in Hethe and Adderbury. In 2014 he retired to Aston Hall, Stone, Staffordshire.
Aston Hall is a home for retired and convalescent priests.
The ashes of Father (Anthony) John Burns were interned at Holy Trinity Church in the village on Saturday 23rd September following a Mass at 4.00pm.
History
The following is an extract from the book “Hethe-with-Adderbury” by Joy Grant:
“1682 – a list of Roman Catholics in Hethe:
Edward Justice and his wife
John Gill and his wife
The wife of Emanuel Newton
John Ward
Ann Smith (a poor widow)
Jane the wife of John Dagley
Mary Harris (a poor widow)
All believed to be poor people who are, or have been, labourers under Richard Fermor at Tusmore House.”
The Leith connection with Hethe
We are grateful to Brian Hardyman for the following.
“Situated in the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Hethe, are eight windows designed by Francis Barnet, a stained glass artist from Leith, Scotland. Francis Barnet was a member of a family of stained glass artists who designed many windows for Catholic Churches in England, Scotland and Ireland.
“The Barnet family were originally from London and were of the Jewish faith. Solomon, a London glass cutter, moved to Hull in the late 1700s, moving on to York in the early 1800s. Here they converted to Catholicism. John Joseph Barnet, the son of Solomon, was born in Hull and became a glass cutter and stainer in York. This was the beginning of the Barnet family becoming stained glass artists in York and other areas of the British Isles.
“John Joseph Barnet had three sons including Francis who moved to Leith, Scotland, in the 1850s where he set up a stained glass studio in collaboration with Pugin. With the link with Pugin they were able to design windows for many Catholic Churches. Augustus Welby Pugin (1812 – 1852) was an English architect, designer, artist and critic. He is remembered for his pioneering role in the Gothic Revival style and particularly the interior design of the Palace of Westminster. Pugin designed many churches in England, and some in Ireland and Australia. His two sons continued his architectural firm as Pugin & Pugin.
“In 1832 eight stained glass windows designed by Francis Barnet were placed in the Holy Trinity, Hethe, commemorating the Collinridge family from Hardwick. Francis Barnet married Ann Collinridge in 1838 in London. After the death of Francis in 1882 his son William Collinridge Barnet took over the business until his death in 1925 when his wife and daughters continued to run the business. The business ceased in 1950.
“Other members of the Barnet family established stained glass studios in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland and Manchester but were not as prolific as Francis of Leith.”
