Timeline

View our history, from cabbage patch to Catholic community.

03 February 1970

Father David Scott appointed Parish Priest
15 March 1970

1st Baptism in the Parish

Rachel Kennedy MacCulloch- Baptised in the Carmelite Chapel
22 September 1970

1st Marriage

Joseph Amphlett & Lelia Sibbald
02 December 1970

Church Foundation Stone Blessed

By His Holiness Pope Paul VI
07 March 1971

Church and Presbytery Foundation Stone Laid

By Sir Norman Cardinal Gilroy
24 March 1971

1st Burial

Luke Danvers Heeney (4 days old)
05 September 1971

Church Opened and Blessed

By Cardinal James Freeman
12 September 1971

1st Baptism in the New Church

Matthew Peter Barnacle is baptised
07 November 1971

1st First Communion Mass

5 boys and 8 girls
09 July 1972

1st Confirmation

26 boys and 34 girls Conferred by Bishop Edward Kelly M.S.C, (now deceased) Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, later Bishop of Toowoomba
Primary School Opened

Third Term 1973, Head Mistress Carolyn Buckley
01 July 1975

1st Parish 'Bulletin' Printed
17 August 1975

Convent Opened and Blessed

By Bishop Edward Clancey
29 February 1976

2nd Stage of School Opened & Blessed

By Bishop Edward Clancy
25 July 1976

1st Commentators at Mass
01 October 1978

3rd Stage of School Opened & Blessed

By Bishop Edward Clancy
17 December 1978

1st Acolytes
28 September 1979

1st Assistant Priest

Father Greg Hogan, appointed by Cardinal Freeman
15 December 1985

New Church Opened and Blessed
15 October 1995

School Library Opened and Blessed
01 May 2010

Second Parish Priest Appointed - Father Ranillo Creta