MISSIONARIES OF THE SACRED HEART
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BOWRAVILLE




1905BOWRAVILLE1907
THE SACRED HEART MISSIONARIES ARRIVED IN BOWRAVILLE IN 1905 IN RESPONSE TO A PLEA FOR MORE PRIESTS BY BISHOP DOYLE. FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS THE COMMUNITY OF THREE PRIESTS SERVED BOTH BOWRAVILLE AND BELLINGEN DIVIDING THEIR TIME EVENLY BETWEEN THE NAMBUCCA AND BELLINGER VALLEYS. THEIR RESIDENCE WAS THE OLD BOWRAVILLE PRESBYTERY. DESPITE THEIR SHORT STAY THE FATHERS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR AT LEAST ONE ONE LONG-TERM INFLUENCE ON THE AREA THROUGH THEIR INVITATION TO THE DAUGHTERS OF THE SACRED HEART TO OPEN A CONVENT SCHOOL IN BOWRAVILLE. DESPITE DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE PARISH PROBLEMS SOON AROSE AS BISHOP DOYLE WANTED ENGLISH-SPEAKING PRIESTS AT A TIME WHEN THE SACRED HEART FATHERS WERE ALMOST ALL FRENCH-SPEAKING. IN 1907 THEREFORE THE ORDER DECIDED IT WOULD BE BEST TO WITHDRAW FROM THE PARISHES.

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