1961
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BROKEN BAY
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PARISH OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY KILLARA |
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FOUNDED 1961 |
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DIOCESE BROKEN BAY |
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| PARISH CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY | |
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| THE AREA NOW KNOWN AS KILLARA WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED WEST LINDFIELD AND WAS PART OF LINDFIELD PARISH. WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE NORTH SHORE IN THE POST WAR PERIOD AND INCREASING POPULATION NEW PARISHES WERE REQUIRED TO SERVE THE NEW SUBURBS AND IN 1961 WEST LINDFIELD BECAME A PARISH IN ITS OWN RIGHT. TODAY THE SUBURB AND PARISH ARE KNOWN AS KILLARA NEXT |
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| THE PARISH CHURCH WAS BUILT IN 1963 PRIOR TO THE CHANGES IN THE LITURGY FLOWING FROM THE VATICAN COUNCIL. THE RESULT IS AN ATTRACTIVE TALL HALL CHURCH IN BLONDE BRICK WITH A SMALL PORCH AND MATCHING PRESBYTERY TO THE LEFT (OUT OF PICTURE). AN INTERESTING FEATURE IS THE WAY THE CENTRAL NAVE EXTENDS BEYOND THE AISLES AT THE FRONT TO FORM A NARTHEX.THE FRONT PORCH IS DOMINATED BY A TALL METAL CROSS. NEXT |
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THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS VIA CHARLES ST. FROM HERE THE SQUARE WINDOWS FILLING VIRTUALLY THE WHOLE SOUTH WALL ARE CLEARLY MARKED. THE PORCH ENTRANCE CAN BE SEEN AT LOWER LEFT. THE LOVELY BUSHLAND SETTING IS A SPECIAL FEATURE OF THE SITING OF THE CHURCH. FROM THE SOUTH-EAST THE TRADITIONAL STRUCTURE IS CLEAR WITH THE SANCTUARY BEING CLEARLY DIFFERENTIATED FROM THE NAVE. A PLAIN BRICK CROSS IS OUTLINED ON THE EAST WALL IN PLACE OF AN EAST WINDOW. NEXT |
| THE SANCTUARY HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO MEET THE REQUIRMENTS OF THE NOVUS ORDO LITURGY. IT IS OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE WITH A SIMPLE FREE STANDING ALTAR AND LECTERN. FITTINGLY FOR A CHURCH DEDICATED TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY, THE ALTAR IS DECORATED WITH THE MONGRAM OF OUR LADY. A LARGE CRUCIFIX DOMINATES THE SANCTUARY WITH THE TABERNACLE MOUNTED ON A WALL STAND BELOW. LIGHTING IS PROVIDED FROM THE TALL WINDOWS TO THE RIGHT. IN THIS PICTURE THE CHURCH IS SET UP FOR THE CHRISTMAS SERVICES WITH A CRIB AND AN ADVENT WREATH TAKING THE NORMAL PLACE OF THE LECTERN. TOP HISTORIC CHURCHES |  |
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