1962
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BROKEN BAY
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PARISH OF ST GERARD MAJELLA CARLINGFORD |
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FOUNDED 1962 |
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DIOCESE BROKEN BAY |
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PARISH CHURCH OF ST GERARD MAJELLA |
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| THE POCKET OF SUBURBS BETWEEN CLYDE AND CARLINGFORD, DESPITE ITS SEEMING ISOLATION FROM THE REST OF SYDNEY, WAS AN AREA OF MAJOR GROWTH IN THE 50's. CARLINGFORD JOINED IN THIS GROWTH AND IN 1962 IT BECAME A PARISH DEDICATED TO ST GERARD MAJELLA. IN 2003 IT WAS TWINNED WITH EPPING, THE PARISH FROM WHICH IT WAS ORIGINALLY SEPARATED. NEXT |
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| FOLLOWING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PARISH, THE PRESENT CHURCH HALL, BUILT IN 1909 AS PART OF THE PENNANT HILLS RADIO STATION, WAS USED AS THE PARISH CHURCH BETWEEN 1962 AND 1974. IN 1974 A NEW CHURCH WAS BUILT WHICH REFLECTS MANY OF THE PREOCCUPATIONS OF POST VATICAN II CHURCH ARCHITECTURE. A PASSAGEWAY LEADS TO THE FRONT DOORS, WHILE FLOWERBEDS PROVIDE AN ARCADIAN SETTING. THE ROOF IS LOW AND LIGHTING IS PROVIDED BY WAY OF A SKYLIGHT INSTEAD OF WINDOWS. A CANOPY SURMOUNTED BY AN EPISCOPAL CROSS SERVES AS THE ENTRANCE WAY. NEXT |
| THE CHURCH ITSELF IS SQUARE AND IS SHAPED TO PROVIDE A LESS HEIRARCHICAL WORSHIP SPACE THAN IN TRADITIONAL CHURCHES. THE INTERIOR FOLLOWS THE THE LITURGICAL DIRECTIONS PIONEERED IN THE LATE 60's WITH THE CONGREGATIONAL SEATING PLACED IN A SEMI-CIRCLE AROUND THE SANCTUARY, WHICH ITSELF IS MORE ACCESSIBLE AND OPEN. TO THE RIGHT IS THE CRUCIFIX AND TO THE LEFT THE LADY ALTAR. THE CARVED WOODEN STATIONS OF THE CROSS CAN BE SEEN ON EITHER SIDE. THE EFFECT OF THE SKYLIGHT IS IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS IN THE LIGHTING OF THE SANCTUARY. NEXT |
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THE SANCTUARY IS DOMINATED BY THE MOSAIC OF ST GERARD MAJELLA AND THE PEOPLE HE SERVED AS A REDEMPTORIST LAY BROTHER. IN FRONT OF IT IS THE TABERNACLE AND ABOVE IS A HANGING SANCTUARY LAMP, AN INCREASINGLY RARE SIGHT IN THESE DAYS. THE ALTAR, A SIMPLE TABLE LIKE STRUCTURE, REFLECTS THE MINIMALISM THAT PREVAILS THROUGHOUT THE CHURCH. TOP HISTORIC CHURCHES |
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