The statue of Our Lady of Sorrows is carried in procession to the beach each September when the Bishop of Gibraltar blesses the sea in what has become the village's main religious festival.
The Christian Brothers were always associated with the building at Sacred Heart Terrace which was originally constructed in 1884 with funds from the Bishop and the Government.
The Church's statue of Our Lady of Sorrows is carried in procession to the Catalan Bay beach each September when the Bishop of Gibraltar blesses the sea in the village's main religious festival.
He was appointed as the Bishop of Gibraltar on 18 March 2010 and ordained four months later on 20 July.
However, it wasn't until the episcopacy of Bishop Charles Caruana that the diocese secured a loan from the Government of Gibraltar to convert the small boxlike church, which suffered from water ingress at the time, into an aesthetically pleasing modern church with all the amenities.
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Ordained to the priesthood on 11 June 1927, Healy was named the bishop title of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Gibraltar, Gibraltar in 1956 and died in February 1973 while still in office.