Wirral’s Dome of Home could get new investment

Mar 16 2011 by Chris Severs, Heswall News

New Brighton’s Dome of Home could be completely reopened following interest from a Florence-based Catholic order.

Ss Peter and Paul was closed in 2008 by the Diocese of Shrewsbury but a side chapel was recently reopened following a local campaign.

Now a Roman Catholic institute called Christ the King Sovereign Priest has expressed a desire to repair and reopen the grade II-listed chapel.

The group has experience in reopening churches and founder Monsignor Gilles Wach will pay a visit to the famous landmark after Easter for talks with the Bishop of Shrewsbury, the Right Reverend Mark Davies.

Canon William Hudson, a spokesman for the institute said that with the help of Bishop Davies, they are confident a solution can be found.

He said: “It is a very serious proposition and we are sure the faithful will be just as generous as when the church was built.”