| 1906 | St Austin's parish magazine is launched and continues to be produced monthly until 1931
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| 1910 |
St Ignatius parish in Ossett becomes independant and self-supporting on Christmas day.
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| 1914 | War breaks out in Europe and by October 90 young men from the parish have enlisted. The parish offers assistance to Belgian refugees in the area.
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| 1918 | St Austin's bell rings to signal the end of the war. By now at least 72 men of the parish have been killed in the conflict.
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| 1922 | | A calvary in stone is unveiled outside St Austin's as a memorial to those who lost their lives in the war. The memorial committee also makes plans for a chapel of ease in Portobello, Sandal. |  |
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| 1922 | The Lady Chapel is repainted by a Mr A Jarvis of Ipswich who uses Agnes Rayner, the daughter of a local painter, as his model for the figure of Our Lady. The two were later married. There is still a Rayner family presence in Wakefield
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| 1926 |    Notes from this period mention the moving of the Medieval statue of St Anne. This statue is believed to be one of those found in the attic of a house in Northgate in 1757 but its presence in St Austin's is something of a mystery.
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| 1931 | The Jesuits leave St Austins after over 100 years. They are replaced by Canon Charles Leteux and his fellow priests.
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| 1932 | A new parish is opened in Lupset dedicated to the Blessed English Martrys, and becomes a seperate parish with mass celebrated in the school hall.
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| 1934 |  | St Josephs Church is opened in Crofton as a chapel of ease. |
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| 1938 | Second World War breaks out. More young men from the parish leave to serve in the Second World War. Many are killed in action and never return
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| 1942 | St Michael's is opened in Crigglestone as a chapel of ease.
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| 1945 | Alterations are made to the Lady Chapel and confessionals are installed.
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| 1954 | Saints Peter and Paul church in Sandal becomes a seperate parish with Father Cornelius Finn as parish priest.
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| 1957 | A new church is built at English Martyrs in Lupset.
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| 1968 | A new infant school is built in Edward Street
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| 1979 | The first Roman Catholic mass since the Reformation is said in Wakefield Cathedral
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| 1986 | Mgr Thompson, parish priest since 1943 retires and Canon Barr takes over as parish priest.
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| 1989 | St Austins is listed as a building of special interest.
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| 1990 | When restoration work begins again at St Austins, mass is regularly celebrated at Wakefield Cathedral until repairs are complete.
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| 1998 | Fr John Nunan takes over as Parish Priest. |
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