Poles install window to memory of John Paul

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CATHOLICS from across Oldham gathered at St Patrick’s Church as a new window commemorating the life of Pope John Paul II received a special blessing.

The borough’s Polish community raised more than £6,000 for the stained glass depicting the pontiff — who died in 2005 — and scenes from his life, and now it has received an official blessing from Archbishop Szczepan Wesoly.

Other high-profile guests in the congregation included the Polish ambassador, Barbara Tuge-Erecinska, and Piotr Nowotniak, the new Polish consul in Manchester.