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Help us preserve and repair the bell tower of our historic Pugin church.
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Our beautiful 1850 Pugin church needs urgent repairs to its bell tower, which a structural inspection found unsafe. Every gift — large or small — helps us preserve this historic place of prayer for future generations. We are deeply grateful for your support.
The Irish Post: "Appeal to save Birmingham's historic Irish Catholic church"
In June 2026, The Irish Post told the story of our appeal to save St Joseph's. A structural inspection found the bell tower unsafe, closing the main entrance over it, with repairs costing up to £350,000. Despite the fencing, the church remains open — visitors simply use the side entrance.
Leading the appeal is Nora Warnaby, who came to Birmingham from Mallow, County Cork, in 1955 and has been one of St Joseph's greatest champions. "The church is so beautiful, and it's sacred. There's magic about it somehow," she told the paper. "It's in the most dreary part of Birmingham, and it's a complete oasis."
Nora hopes people will see that saving St Joseph's means protecting an important chapter of Birmingham's Irish history — a church built for families who fled the Famine, with five acres of cemetery around it where generations of Irish and Italian families rest.
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stjoseph.bham@rcaob.org.ukArchdiocese of Birmingham: Registered Charity No. 234216.