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BROKEN BAY
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PARISH OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY THE ENTRANCE |
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FOUNDED 1947 |
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DIOCESE BROKEN BAY |
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PARISH CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY |
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| THE ENTRANCE WAS ORIGINALLY A SMALL TOWN OF CARAVAN PARKS AND HOLIDAY CABINS, BUT BY THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR THE POPULATION WAS SUFFICIENT TO JUSTIFY A PARISH OF ITS OWN. TODAY IT IS A MAJOR POPULATION CENTRE HAVING BENEFITED FROM THE GROWTH OF THE CENTRAL COAST AS AN OUTER RESIDENTIAL AREA FOR SYDNEY. ORIGINALLY A STATION OF WYONG PARISH DATING BACK TO THE PRE-WAR PERIOD, THE ENTRANCE BECAME A PARISH IN 1962 COVERING THE AREA AROUND THE MOUTH OF TUGGERAH LAKE. NEXT | |
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| THE ORIGINAL STATION CHURCH PROVED TOO SMALL FOR THE GROWING POPULATION AND SO IT WAS DECIDED TO BUILD A NEW ONE IN 1962. A TEMPORARY CHURCH WAS ESTABLISHED WHILE THE NEW CHURCH WAS BEING BUILT. THE RESULT WAS A POWERFUL STATEMENT OF CONFIDENCE IN CATHOLIC CHRISTIANITY. DOMINATED BY THE SOARING BRICK TOWER AND ITS CROSS, THE SITE INCLUDES NOT ONLY THE CHURCH, BUT PARISH OFFICES, MEETING ROOMS AMD A 250 SEAT AUDOTORIUM. THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH IS PROTECTED BY A COVERED WALKWAY THAT LEADS FROM THE PARISH CENTRE TO THE CHURCH. A SPECIAL FEATURE OF THE CHURCH IS THE SAW-TOOTHED NORTH (GEOGRAPHICAL SOUTH) WALL WHICH PROVIDES LIGHTING TOWARDS THE SANCTUARY WHILE SHIELDING THE NAVE FROM GLARE. THE CHURCH, LARGELY DESIGNED BY THE PARISH PRIEST, IS ESSENTIALLY TRADITIONAL IN STRUCTURE, ALTHOUGH EMPLOYING MODERN ELEMENTS OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. IT CONSISTS OF A LARGE AISLELESS NAVE FOCUSSED FORWARD TOWARDS THE SANCTUARY. DESPITE THE HEIGHT OF THE NAVE THE ROOF ITSELF HAS A LOW, ALMOST FLAT RIDGELINE WHICH ONLY SERVES TO EMPHASISE THE DOMINANCE OF THE FREE-STANDING TOWER. A CROSS (SEEN HERE FAINTLY) SURMOUNTS THE ROOF GABLE. NEXT |
| THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE CHURCH IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE CEMENT AND GLASS WALL TO THE LEFT OF THE DOORS AND THE MURAL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT DESCENDING AS A DOVE. NEXT |
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THE SANCTUARY IS CLEARLY DEFINED YET ACCESSIBLE IN KEEPING WITH CURRENT LITURGICAL THINKING. A COLOURED SANDSTONE REREDOS LEADS UP TO A RIBBED WOODEN ROOF OVERHEAD. THE ALTAR AND MATCHING LECTERN ARE OF SCULPTED WHITE GOSFORD STONE. THE CARVED WOODEN CRUCIFIX IS THE WORK OF HEINRICH WOOLF. ABOVE THE ALTAR IS AN ALUMINIUM BALDACHINO WITH THE CROWN OF THORNS AND NAILS WOVEN INTO IT. NEXT |
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 ICON OF OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP |
LEFT OF THE SANCTUARY IS THE SACRED HEART SHRINE (DEDICATED TO THE MODERN FAMILY) AND TO THE RIGHT IS THE LADY CHAPEL SHOWN HERE. TOP HISTORIC CHURCHES |
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| DURING THE BUILDING OF THE PRESENT CHURCH, IT WAS NECESSARY TO DEMOLISH THE OLD CHURCH. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A MASS CENTRE FOR THE PARISHIONERS, AN OLD BUILDING FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD WAS PURCHASED AND CONVERTED INTO A CHURCH DEDICATED TO ST CHRISTOPHER. WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE PRESENT CHURCH, ST CHRISTOPHER'S WAS SOLD AND THE SITE HAS NOW BEEN REDEVELOPED. TOP HISTORIC CHURCHES |
