Welcome To St. Anne's Parish Website

Saint Anne is known by tradition as the mother of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

Parish Priest: Rev. John G. McGinley 

Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny: Sr. Christine & Sr. Agnes

Our present church & presbytery has been designated by Historic Scotland as grade 'A' which means it is of local and national importance. The church was built 1931-1933 and is one of the most interesting of the Roman Catholic churches by Jack Coia, an architect of Italian extraction who had inherited the firm of Salmon & Gillespie. St Anne's broke with local tradition by being built of brick rather than stone and designed in an imaginative Italian Romanesque style.  The church was recently described as a 'Jewel of the Archdiocese' by Archbishop Mario Conti, Archbishop of Glasgow.

"Described as "a landmark in church design in Scotland", St Anne's was the first of thirty church buildings designed for the Roman Catholic Church by Jack Coia of the architects Gillespie, Kidd & Coia. Built in red brick with white stone dressing, in a modern style heavily influenced by Byzantine and Renaissance architecture, it reflects the influence of the architect's Italian background.

The main entrance consists of three stone semi-circular arches carved with Celtic motifs and a central keystone with the Madonna and Child by Archibald Dawson. Wide spanning barrel vaults make the maximum use of space inside the church, where brick is used extensively to form piers and pulpit."

Taken from http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSA05073