St Bernard’s Church is based around a circular plan and seats 950 people.

The contemporary design makes use of the traditional materials associated with Irish church architecture, stone walls and slate roof. Added to this is an extensive use of oak joinery internally and iroko externally.

The curved plan echoes more recent developments in local and European church architecture.
The roof is an offset cone chamfered to provide a roof light. A further continuous horizontal roof light rings the cone at a lower level giving a halo effect at night when lit from inside.

The roof gives the church a distinctive and memorable form.

The new Church opened in September 2003.