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Our Lady of La Salette Church, Rainham
The parish of Our Lady of La Salette was formed in 1938. The very first Mass was celebrated in the parish church on Maundy Thursday 6th April 1939. By 1963 the original church proved to be too small and plans were drawn to build the present one and new presbytery which opened in October 1967.
In 1846 two children from near Grenoble in France were looking after their employers cattle, high up in the pasture above La Salette, when they saw an apparition of Mary sitting on a stone with her head in her hands. Speaking tearfully to the children she told them that unless people repented she would be forced to let go the arm of her son because it had become so heavy. People were being blashphemous by working on Sundays and warned of coming punishments for these sins, including crop blights and famines.
Our Lady of La Salette Church, Rainham
The parish of Our Lady of La Salette was formed in 1938. The very first Mass was celebrated in the parish church on Maundy Thursday 6th April 1939. By 1963 the original church proved to be too small and plans were drawn to build the present one and new presbytery which opened in October 1967.
In 1846 two children from near Grenoble in France were looking after their employers cattle, high up in the pasture above La Salette, when they saw an apparition of Mary sitting on a stone with her head in her hands. Speaking tearfully to the children she told them that unless people repented she would be forced to let go the arm of her son because it had become so heavy. People were being blashphemous by working on Sundays and warned of coming punishments for these sins, including crop blights and famines.