1973
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BROKEN BAY
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PARISH OF OUR LADY STAR OF THE SEA TERRIGAL - ERINA |
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FOUNDED 1973 |
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DIOCESE BROKEN BAY |
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| PARISH CHURCH OF OUR LADY STAR OF THE SEA | |
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| UNTIL THE POST WAR PERIOD, THE CENTRAL COAST WAS ESSENTIALLY A SPARSELY POPULATED HOLIDAY RESORT. DURING THE 60's HOWEVER A POPULATION EXPLOSION OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE MOVE AWAY FROM THE CITY WITH PARTICULAR EFFECT ON THE VILLAGES CLOSEST TO THE SEA. THIS LED TO THE CREATION OF SEVERAL NEW PARISHES ONE OF WHICH WAS TERRIGAL-ERINA, ERECTED IN 1973. | |
| FIRST CHURCH OF OUR LADY STAR OF THE SEA, TERRIGAL | |
| THE ORIGINAL CHURCH OF OUR LADY STAR OF THE SEA WAS LOCATED IN TERRIGAL PROPER. IT WAS SOLD TO DEVELOPERS IN 2002 AND DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR HOUSING. NEXT | |
| SECOND CHURCH OF OUR LADY STAR OF THE SEA, TERRIGAL |  |
| IN 2002 A NEW CHURCH WAS BLESSED AND OPENED ON A LARGE SEMI-RURAL SITE BETWEEN TERRIGAL AND ERINA, SURROUNDED BY DENSE BUSHLAND. IN KEEPING WITH THE POST VATICAN II TREND, THE BUILDING IS A MULTI-PURPOSE PARISH CENTRE, WITH HALLS, OFFICES AND CHURCH UNITED IN A SINGLE STRUCTURE. THE CROSS MARKS THE ENTRANCE TO THE CHURCH, WHILE THE PYRAMIDAL STEEPLE MARKS THE POSITION OF THE SANCTUARY.THE CENTRAL COURTYARD PROVIDES AN IMPRESSIVE ENTRANCE TO THE CHURCH. TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT ARE VARIOUS PARISH OFFICES AND MEETING ROOMS. NEXT |
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STRAIGHT AHEAD IS A POWERFUL BRICK TOWER ARCH SURMOUNTED BY THE CROSS MARKING THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE CHURCH. ADDITIONAL ENTRANCE ARCHES ARE LOCATED ON EACH SIDE, WHILE THE NEXT OPENINGS ARE LARGE OPEN WINDOWS, AN ALMOST CLOISTER-LIKE TOUCH. ATTRACTIVE PLANTINGS SOFTEN THE PREDOMINANT BRICK OF THE AREA. THE CENTRAL TOWER AND CROSS DOMINATE THE CHURCH AND COURTYARD. THE PYRAMIDAL STEEPLE RISES BEHIND THE TOWER ITS POINT FRAMED IN THE CENTRAL OPENING. LIKE THE TOWER THE STEEPLE IS A DOMINATING STRUCTURE, THE TWO COMBINED FORMING A UNIQUE IMAGE OF ASCENDING STRENGTH. NEXT |
| THE INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH REFLECTS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NOVUS ORDO LITURGY IN THE OPENESS AND ACCESIBILITY OF THE SANCTUARY. THE INTERNAL IMPORTANCE OF THE STEEPLE IS EVIDENT IN THE RISING CENTRAL PORTION OF THE ROOF AND THE SOARING WOOD PANNELLING BEHIND THE ALTAR. NEXT |  |
 | THE SANCTUARY IS A SIMPLE OPEN SPACE, RAISED SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE CONGREGATIONAL SEATING. THE WOODEN PANNELLING BEHIND THE ALTAR FORMS AN ARROW POINT POINTING TO THE LIGHT FLOWING THROUGH THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS IN THE STEEPLE. NEXT |
| THE ALTAR IS CARVED FROM A SINGLE BLOCK OF SANDSTONE AND IS MATCHED BY A SANDSTONE LECTERN TO THE RIGHT. ON THE WALL BEHIND THE ALTAR IS THE CRUCIFIED CHRIST, THE PASCHAL VICTIM WHOSE SACRIFICE IS RECALLED EACH TIME MASS IS CELEBRATED. THE EAST PANELS OF THE STAINED GLASS SKYLIGHT CAN BE SEEN AS THE STEEPLE RISES TO ITS POINT. TOP HISTORIC CHURCHES |
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