1969
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BROKEN BAY
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PARISH OF OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL SUCCOUR TOUKLEY |
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FOUNDED 1969 |
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DIOCESE BROKEN BAY |
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| PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY | |
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| TOUKLEY IS A BEACHSIDE SUBURB NESTLED BETWEEN THE OCEAN AND LAKE MUNMORAH. A SMALL VILLAGE RELYING ON HOLIDAY TRADE, IT HAS GROWN WITH THE POPULATION MOVEMENTS ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST AWAY FROM SYDNEY AND TODAY IS A BOOMING COMMUNITY. THE PARISH OF TOUKLEY IS THE NORTHERNMOST IN THE DIOCESE OF BROKEN BAY. FORMED IN 1962 FROM WYONG IT IS CENTRED ON THE SUBURB OF NORAVILLE WHERE THE PARISH CHURCH IS LOCATED AND INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY OF LAKE MUNMORAH. NEXT |
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| THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1969 IN AN OPEN BUSHLAND SETTING. BUILT AFTER THE CHANGES TO THE LITURGY, IT REFLECTS BOTH THE SPIRIT OF THE NOVUS ORDO AND THE AUSTRALIANISM THAT WAS IN VOGUE AT THE TIME. IT IS IN ESSENCE A LARGE HALL LIKE STRUCTURE WITHOUT CLEARLY DEFINED SPACES AND SHELTERED BY WIDE VERANDAHS ALONG BOTH SIDES IN IMITATION OF AUSTRALIAN COLONIAL BUILDINGS. IN KEEPING WITH MODERN TRENDS A COVERED DRIVEWAY MARKS THE ENTRANCE. NEXT |
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| THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH PROCLAIMS ITS PURPOSE BOLDLY WITH A LARGE GLASS PANNELLED WINDOW CROSS. THE NAVE NARROWS SLIGHTLY AT THE ENTRANCE TO FORM A NARTHEX. THE SIDES ARE FORMED OF GLASS DOORWAYS PROVIDING BOTH LIGHT AND AIR ESPECIALLY IN THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS AND AGAIN REFLECTING THE MODERNISED AUSTRALIAN COLONIAL STYLE OF THE BUILDING. WELL KEPT LAWNS PROVIDE AN ATTRACTIVE SETTING FOR THE CHURCH. NEXT |
 | THE INTERIOR IS LIGHT AND AIRY AS IS TO BE EXPECTED FROM THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING. THE SPACES ARE OPEN IN KEEPING WITH THE NEW LITURGICAL IDEAS WITH NO CLEARLY DEFINED BOUNDARIES. THE SANCTUARY IS ACCESSIBLE BOTH VISUALLY AND PHYSICALLY. TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT OF THE SANCTUARY ARE TWO LOVELY MODERN STAINED GLASS WINDOWS REPRESENTING THE SUN AND THE SEA WHICH ARE SO MUCH A PART OF THE LIFE OF THIS BEACHSIDE COMMUNITY. NEXT |
| THE SANCTUARY IS PLAINLY FURNISHED WITH A BEAUTIFUL CARVED WOODEN ALTAR AND MATCHING AMBO AND CELEBRANT'S CHAIR. A SIMPLE SANDSTONE REREDOS PROVIDES AN ATTRACTIVE SETTING FOR THE TABERNACLE AND THE CRUCIFIX. BLUE GLASS SIDE WINDOWS PROVIDE A SOFT LIGHTING TO THE BACK OF THE SANCTUARY SPACE WHILE THE STEPS ARE EXTENDED TO THE TWO SIDE WINDOWS PROVIDING ADEQUATE SPACE FOR THE SACRED LITURGY TO BE ENACTED. TOP STATION CHURCHES |  |
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| LAKE MUNMORAH |
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| CHURCH OF ST BRENDAN, LAKE MUNMORAH | |
 | THE COMMUNITY OF LAKE MUNMORAH GREW UP AROUND THE POWER STATION LOCATED THERE. AS THE CENTRAL COAST GREW IN POPULATION MORE PEOPLE MOVED INTO THE AREA, ESPECIALLY YOUNGER FAMILIES. AS A RESULT THE DECISION WAS MADE IN THE EARLY 90's TO OPEN A SCHOOL AND MASS STATION THERE TO PROVIDE FOR THE LOCAL INHABITANTS. THE SCHOOL OF ST BRENDAN WAS OPENED IN 1992 AND AT THE SAME TIME TWO DEMOUNTABLE ROOMS WERE SET UP ON THE SITE TO ACT AS A TEMPORARY MASS CENTRE. A NEW STATION CHURCH IS PLANNED FOR THE AREA IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. TOP STATION CHURCHES HISTORIC CHURCHES |
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| LAKE MUNMORAH ST BRENDAN'S SCHOOL |
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| PARISH SCHOOL OF ST BRENDAN, LAKE MUNMORAH |
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| THE PARISH PRIMARY SCHOOL OF ST BRENDAN WAS OPENED IN 1992 TO PROVIDE FOR THE GROWING NUMBER OF YOUNG FAMILIES IN THE LAKE MUNMORAH AREA. BUILT IN AN ATTRACTIVE BUSHLAND SETTING IN A MODERN STYLE IT IS TYPICAL OF THE CURRENT EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT IDEAS. TO THE RIGHT CAN BE SEEN THE TEMPORARY MASS CENTRE. TOP STATION CHURCHES HISTORIC CHURCHES OTHER BUILDINGS |
