FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS THE HOME OF THE REDEMPTORIST ORDER IN NEWCASTLE WAS THE MOUNT ST ALPHONSUS MONASTERY IN MAYFIELD. WITH FEWER NUMBERS HOWEVER THE PROVINCE FELT IT HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO CLOSE THE MONASTERY IN 2003 LEAVING THE FEW REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE ORDER IN NEWCASTLE WITHOUT A PERMANENT HOME.
TOP |  | AS THE ORDER HAD NO WISH TO WITHDRAW COMPLETELY FROM THE SITE OF THEIR FIRST FOUNDATION IN AUSTRALIA THE COMMUNITY WAS OFFERED THE VACANT PRESBYTERY IN THE PARISH OF BROADMEADOW (LEFT) WHICH THEY THEN OCCUPIED FROM THE BEGINNING OF 2004 THUS ENABLING THE CONTINUED WORK OF THE ORDER IN THEIR FIRST HOME.
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