4800 x 3203 px | 40,6 x 27,1 cm | 16 x 10,7 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
23 octobre 2017
Informations supplémentaires:
The first Church to occupy the Miller-Ridge Streets site was described as a "neat temporary church got up in a few weeks". The church was of wood construction and was visited by Archbishop Polding in March 1856. This temporary church was not named but it was aligned east-west with the main entrance at the east end from Miller Street which is the alignment of the present church. When the second parish priest, Dean Father John Kenny arrived in 1867, he quickly set about providing a new permanent church for the 450 Catholics of the North Shore. On 28 June 1868, Archbishop Polding opened and dedicated this new church to the Mother of God under the title of "Saint Mary Star of the Sea". Built to accommodate 150 people seated, the church was of Gothic design with gabled roof and pointed arch stained glass windows. The alignment of this church however reversed that of the temporary church so that the main entrance faced the present primary school and the altar and the rear wall of the church has its back to Miller street. By 1893, the Parish Priest of the time, Father Brennan SJ decided that with some 2, 000 Catholics attending the church, some major alterations would have to be made. On 6 October 1895, Cardinal Moran blessed the cornerstone for these new alterations which almost doubled the size of the stone Gothic Church. These additions and alterations were dedicated by Cardinal Moran on 7 September 1896. It was this church of 1896 that was pulled down, beginning on 12 July 1937. The Gothic Church of Saint Mary Star of the Sea was to be replaced by the present Mary Immaculate Church. The present church was completed and officially opened by Archbishop Gilroy on 4 December 1938, the Sunday prior to the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. The parish priest at the time, Fr O’Mara SJ was also justly proud in 1938 for it was the year that marked the Diamond Jubilee of the arrival of the Jesuits at the parish of North Sydney.
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