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BROKEN BAY
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PARISH OF BLESSED MARY MCKILLOP WARNERVALE |
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FOUNDED 2002 |
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DIOCESE BROKEN BAY |
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PARISH CHURCH OF THE BLESSED MARY MCKILLOP |
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| THE CENTRAL COAST HAS BECOME A MAJOR GROWTH AREA AS POPULATION MOVES OUT OF THE CITY AND UP THE COAST. THE SLEEPY VILLAGES OF THE PRE-WAR PERIOD ARE NOW BUSTLING DORMITORY TOWNS AND HOLIDAY RESORTS. INEVITABLY THIS POPULATION GROWTH HAS CREATED A DEMAND FOR NEW PARISHES. IN RESPONSE TO THIS DEMAND THE PARISH OF WARNERVALE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2002. ORIGINALLY THE AREA HAD NO CATHOLIC CHURCH BUT WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL SERVICES WERE HELD IN THE SCHOOL HALL UNTIL FINALLY IN 2003 THE NEW CHURCH WAS COMPLETE. NEXT | |
| CHURCH |  | THE CHURCH IS A VERY MODERN BUILDING, WITH ANGULAR LINES AND SWEEPING ROOF PLANES. A CROSS OVER THE EAST END PROCLAIMS THE CHURCH'S PURPOSE. SEVERAL FUNCTIONS ARE COMBINED IN THE BUILDING. SEEN FROM THE SOUTH, THERE ARE FIRST THE PARISH ROOMS IN REDBRICK. THEN THE MAIN CHURCH HALL ALONG THE SIDE OF THE CHURCH. THE MAIN BODY OF THE CHURCH LIES BEHIND THE HALL. NEXT |
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THE INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH REFLECTS ITS NEWNESS. BUILT-IN OVERHEAD PROJECTORS AND MINIMALIST DECORATION ARE ELEMENTS OF MODERNITY. THE SEATING IS ARRANGED NOVUS ORDO STYLE TO ENCOURAGE UNITY OF CONGREGATION AND CELEBRANT. NONETHELESS THERE IS A STRONG FOCUS ON THE SANCTUARY DOMINATED BY THE LARGE CRUCIFIX. THE EXTENSIVE ROOF LIGHTING IS CLEARLY EVIDENT. NEXT |
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<<< THE SANCTUARY WITH ITS DOMINATING CRUCIFIX. THE UNUSUAL ALTAR IS IN KEEPING WITH THE MODERN STYLE OF THE CHURCH. TOP HISTORIC CHURCHES | |
ONE OF THE AREAS OF THE CHURCH WHICH HAS BEEN ADORNED IS THE BAPTISTRY. HERE CAN BE SEEN THE LOVELY BAPTISMAL FONT WITH THE HOLY OILS REPOSITORY AND PASCHAL CANDLE BEHIND. >>> |
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