Architects throughout the world were invited in 1960 to design a Cathedral for Liverpool which would relate to the existing Crypt, be capable of construction within five years, cost at the current prices no more than one million pounds for its shell, and most important of all, express the new spirit of the liturgy then being radically reformulated by the Second Vatican Council. Of 300 entries from all over the world, Sir Frederick Gibberd's (1908-1984) design was chosen, and building began in October 1962. Less than five years later, on the Feast of Pentecost, 14 May 1967, the completed Cathedral was consecrated. The Papal Legate at the consecration, most appropriately, was His Eminence John Carmel Cardinal Heenan, Archbishop of Westminster, who had been succeeded as Archbishop of Liverpool three years earlier by George Andrew Beck. The long waiting was suddenly over.

Thu 24 Jul		Rick Wakeman
Fri 19 Sep		Acoustic Triangle + Sacconi String Quartet
Sat 27 Sep		Verdi Requiem: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thu 2 Oct - Sat 17 Jan		Le Corbusier – The Art Of Architecture
Thu 2 Oct - Sun 18 Jan		Liverpool: European Capital of Culture 2008

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Metropolitan Cathedral Of Christ The King