1955
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MAITLAND-NEWCASTLE
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PARISH OF THE HOLY CROSS SUGARLOAF |
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FOUNDED 1955 |
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DIOCESE MAITLAND-NEWCASTLE |
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PARISH CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS, GLENDALE |
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| GLENDALE WAS ONE OF A STRING OF FORMER MINING SETTLEMENTS THAT GREW UP ON THE COALFIELDS SURROUNDING NEWCASTLE. TODAY IT IS AN ATRACTIVE RESIDENTIAL AREA LOCATED ON THE WESTERN FRINGE OF GREATER NEWCASTLE. THE PARISH WAS FORMED IN 1955 AS GLENDALE AT THE SAME TIME AS ITS NEIGHBOUR WEST WALLSEND. IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE NEW CENTURY HOWEVER IN RESPONSE TO THE DECLINING NUMBER OF PRIESTS THE TWO WERE AMALGAMATED INTO THE NEW PARISH OF SUGARLOAF. NEXT |
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| THE MODERN CHURCH WAS BUILT IN 1980 AND IS PART OF A CATHOLIC COMPLEX COMPRISING SCHOOL, PRESBYTERY AND CHURCH. NEXT |  |
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 | ESSENTIALLY A SQUARE NAVE DESPITE ITS APPARENT DIAGONAL ORIENTATION FROM THE EXTERIOR, THE CHURCH IS MORE TRADITIONAL INSIDE WITH THE SEATING FACING A RECONGNISABLY DISTINCT SANCTUARY. THE TABERNACLE AS IN MANY LATE 20th CENTURY CHURCHES IS LOCATED TO THE SIDE OF THE ALTAR AND THE CELEBRANT'S CHAIR IS BEHIND IT. SEVERAL MODERN ARTWORKS GRACE THE WALLS INCLUDING A PAINTING OF THE CRUCIFIXION AS THE REREDOS. TOP STATION CHURCHES |
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| WEST WALLSEND |
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| CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL, WEST WALLSEND | |
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| WEST WALLSEND WAS ANOTHER OF THE SMALL MINING COMMUNITIES THAT GREW UP AROUND THE WESTERN EDGE OF NEWCASTLE. UNLIKE ITS NEIGHBOUR GLENDALE HOWEVER IT HAS SO FAR ESCAPED ABSORPTION INTO THE URBAN SPRAWL OF GGREATER NEWCASTLE AND REMAINS A SEMI-RURAL VILLAGE WITH MUCH OF ITS HISTORICAL HERITAGE INTACT. TODAY IT IS A POPULAR DAY TRIP DESTINATION. THERE HAS BEEN A CATHOLIC PRESENCE IN WEST WALLSEND SINCE THE TURN OF THE 20th CENTURY. A STATION OF LAMBTON IT BECAME A PARISH IN ITS OWN RIGHT IN 1955. AT THE TURN OF A NEW CENTURY IT REVERTED TO STATION STATUS AS PART OF THE NEW SUGARLOAF PARISH. NEXT | |
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| THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL WAS BUILT IN 1904. CONSTRUCTED OF WEATHERBOARD IT HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS TO ACCOMODATE THE INCREASED POPULATI0N OF THE VILLAGE. ESSENTIALLY A LARGE GODBOX WITH A PORCH, DISTINCT CHANCEL AND AN UNUSUAL SOUTH TRANSEPT WITH SIMPLE SQUARE WINDOWS AND A DETACHED BELLTOWER, IT RESEMBLES MANY OTHER COUNTRY CHURCHES. TO THE RIGHT OF THE BUILDING IS THE FORMER PRESBYTERY WHILE IN THE ANGLE FORMED BY THE NAVE AND THE TRANSEPT IS A SHRINE TO THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. OF INTEREST ARE THE ATTRACTIVE GABLE CROSSES. THE CHURCH HAS BEEN MAINTAINED IN IMMACULATE CONDITION AND IS A TESTIMONY TO THE FAITH OF THOSE CATHOLICS OF ANOTHER GENERATION WHO DEVOTED SO MUCH TO PLANTING THE FAITH IN THIS NEW LAND. NEXT |
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