 | ONE AREA IN WHICH THE SPIRITANS HAVE PROVED OF PARTICULAR USE TO THE AUSTRALIAN CHURCH HAS BEEN IN THE PROVISION OF PRIESTS TO PROVIDE PASTORS FOR PARISHES DURING A TIME WHEN A DECLINE IN PRIESTLY VOCATIONS HAS HAD A SERIOUS IMPACT ON PARISH LIFE. THUS IT WAS IN THIS SPIRIT OF HELP TO THE CHURCH THAT THE SPIRITANS AGREED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PARISHES OF NARRABEEN AND COLLAROY PLATEAU NOW, THE LAKES CATHOLIC PARISH. AS OF THIS DATE THERE ARE TWO MEMBERS OF THE SPIRITAN ORDER PROVIDING PASTORAL CARE FOR THE PARISH. THEIR HOME IS THE PRESBYTERY BUILT IN 1952 BY FATHER SOBB, THE FIRST PARISH PRIEST. |
