1973
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BROKEN BAY
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PARISH OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY WYOMING |
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FOUNDED 1973 |
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DIOCESE BROKEN BAY |
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| WYOMING WAS PART OF THE GROWTH OF GOSFORD DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE 20th CENTURY. INITIALLY JUST A LOCALITY ON THE HIGHWAY TO NEWCASTLE, IT RAPIDLY BECOME A SUBURB OF GOSFORD AND EXPERIENCED CONSIDERABLE POPULATION INCREASE IN ITS OWN RIGHT. TODAY IT SERVES AS THE COMMERCIAL CENTRE FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF GOSFORD CITY. ORIGINALLY PART OF GOSFORD PARISH, IT WAS SEPARATED AS A PARISH IN ITS OWN RIGHT IN 1973. NEXT |
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| THE PARISH CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY WAS BUILT AS A STATION CHURCH OF GOSFORD IN 1966, BECOMING THE PARISH CHURCH IN 1973. CONSTRUCTED ON THE CUSP OF THE LITURGICAL CHANGES THAT SWEPT THE CHURCH IN THE LATE 60's AND EARLY 70's IT REFLECTS BOTH THE OLDER AND THE NEWER RITES OF THE CHURCH. ITS BASIC SHAPE IS THAT OF A TRADITIONAL HALL CHURCH BUT WITH MODERN MATERIALS AND DESIGN. LONG NARROW WINDOWS AND SKYLIGHTS PROVIDE THE BULK OF THE LIGHTING AND A COVERED DRIVE-THROUGH PORCH IS TYPICAL OF POST 60's CHURCH ARCHITECTURE. NEXT |
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 | THE INTERIOR IS LIGHT AND AIRY AS IS TO BE EXPECTED FROM THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING. THE CONGREGATIONAL SEATING FACES FORWARD TOWARDS THE ALTAR RATHER THAN FOLLOWING THE "IN THE ROUND" STYLE THAT WOULD LATER BECOME PROMINENT. IN THIS IT REFLECTS THE OLDER LITURGY WITH ITS FOCUS ON THE SANCTUARY AND THE SACRIFICE OF THE ALTAR AND THE CONGREGATION AS AUDIENCE. ON THE OTHER HAND THE SPACES ARE OPEN IN KEEPING WITH THE NEW LITURGICAL IDEAS AND THE SANCTUARY IS ACCESSIBLE BOTH VISUALLY AND PHYSICALLY. NEXT |
| THE SANCTUARY IS PLAINLY FURNISHED WITH A SIMPLE WOODEN ALTAR AND MATCHING AMBO. TRADITIONAL STATUES OF THE SACRED HEART AND OUR LADY ARE MOUNTED TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT OF THE SANCTUARY. A LOVELY WOODEN REREDOS PROVIDES AN ATTRACTIVE SETTING FOR THE TABERNACLE AND THE CRUCIFIX. PLAIN GLASS WINDOWS PROVIDE LIGHTING TO THE SACRED SPACE WHICH IS DOMINATED BY THE LIFELIKE CRUCIFIX. TOP HISTORIC CHURCHES |  |
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