St Mary Magdalene did not have a parish of its own; it was merely a chapel of ease for the Wolverton parish. Father Johnson said Mass there on Sundays at 9.30am and in the Wolverton church at 8am and 11am.
From 1962 until 1972, a group of Franciscan monks ran St Anthony's School in the building known as Fegan's, which is opposite the church. In Father Johnson's absence, a Priest from there would officiate.
Father Johnson moved from Wolverton to Wellingborough in 1967. He came back regularly, however, to visit some of his old congregation and would usually say Mass in the home of Mrs Rickaby, one of the Beale family, who was a stalwart of the church, and a few people would usually be given an invitation to attend. He continued to do this until he died in 1994.
