Seafield Convent Grammar
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Seafield Convent Grammar School Liverpool Road Crosby Liverpool L23 United Kingdom |
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: 53°29′24″N 3°01′26″W / 53.490°N 3.024°W |
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| Type | Direct Grant Grammar School |
| Patron saint(s) | Sacred Heart of Mary |
| Established | 1872 |
| Closed | 1976 (merged into Sacred Heart Catholic College) |
| Principal | Mother Superior (various) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Alumni | Cherie Blair |
The Seafield Convent of the Sacred Heart of Mary (1908–1976) was a Roman Catholic convent school for girls run by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary founded in Bootle, England, in 1872. The school soon moved to Siefield House in Seaforth, which gave it the name by which it is best known.
The school moved to Liverpool Road, Crosby in 1905. It merged with St Bede's Secondary Modern in 1976 to form Sacred Heart Catholic College.
Seafield Convent's history began in France in 1789. The French Revolution of that year, whilst having immense repercussions for all classes and institutions, brought about a massive shift of power from the Roman Catholic Church to the state, and sent shockwaves around Europe. The newly formed French National Assembly began imposing its will over the Church with the abolition of the Church’s right to collect tithes (4 August 1789). However the ferocity of the legislation was to increase rapidly when the Assembly discovered that the French government was virtually bankrupt. To no small extent, the Assembly addressed the financial crisis by having the nation take over the property of the Church (while taking on the Church's expenses), through the law of 2 December 1789. The Catholic Church had been the largest single landowner in the country, controlling between 10-15% of the land in France and the forced re-possession was seen to be a wise decision, enabling the government to introduce a new paper currency, assignats, backed by the confiscated church lands. Further legislation on 13 February 1790 abolished religious vows. The consequent closing of monasteries and convents left some 2,500 monks and 30,000 nuns adrift.
The Law of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, passed on 12 July 1790 subordinated the Roman Catholic Church in France to the French government. Under the Law all remaining clergy were classed as "state employees" and were obliged to take an oath of loyalty to the constitution. The result was a great divide between Church and State. Out of 134 bishops only four accepted the Civil Constitution; two out of every three priests also rejected it.
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