Modern Times
The Church was opened by Cardinal Heenan on Palm Sunday 1973 and the people of Doncaster joined with Bishop Moverley (first Bishop of Hallam) in celebrating its consecration on the feast of SS Peter and Paul, 29 June 1988.
The new church is octagonal in shape. John Bentley’s Tabernacle Door, the four reredos panels and the altar designed for the old church are incorporated in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel of the new church.
The Statue of Our Lady of Doncaster now stands in a specially designed Shrine Chapel on the north side of the church. Phyffers' statue stands in an oak reredos with modern stained glass windows depicting St Joseph, the Annunciation, the Nativity and Our Lady’s Assumption.
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