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SHORT HISTORY OF SainT COLUMBA'S
St Columba’s parish was established in 1906 by Archbishop John Maguire to release some of the pressure from then St Joseph’s church in North Woodside Road; it opened in 1941 the year of the Clydebank and Govan blitz, during the second world war. The cost was met by the families of the area, each of whom paid 6d per brick.
It was designed
St Columba’s parish was established in 1906 by Archbishop John Maguire to release some of the pressure from then St Joseph’s church in North Woodside Road; it opened in 1941 the year of the Clydebank and Govan blitz, during the second world war. The cost was met by the families of the area, each of whom paid 6d per brick.
It was designed by the award-winning architect Jack Coia of Gillespie, Kidd & Coia. It has Italian Romanesque style with an imposing west front, a sculpture of the Paschal Lamb over the central door and painted panels of the Stations of the Cross by Hugh Adam Crawford, from the Catholic Pavilion at the Glasgow Empire Exhibition 1938. In the sanctuary, a marble reredos with a carved crucifix by Benno Schotz.
Because it is such an important historical and architectural masterpiece dating before 1948, it is a listed building in the category of Grade A.
Dr John Hume, a former inspector of historic buildings in Scotland, examined all the churches in Scotland and from a list of 1000, he shortlisted 184 which he considers the best. The Catholic churches in the city of Glasgow that he chose are St Andrew’s Cathedral in Clyde Street, and our church – St Columba’s! All his findings were published in his book: ‘SCOTLAND’S BEST CHURCHES’.