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St Patrick’s Church, Sydney (6) Anniversary Year 2018 – Charles O’Neill
From: www.vinnies.org.au with additional notes by Michael Whelan SM Charles Gordon O’Neill was born in Glasgow in 1828. He was an engineer who led the St Vincent de Paul Society in the Western Districts of Scotland between 1859 and 1863. He moved to New Zealand in 1863 and became then one of the foremost civil […]
St Patrick’s Church, Sydney (3)
Anniversary Year 2018 Archdeacon John McEncroe The first Parish Priest In those earliest days, St Patrick’s and St Brigid’s were Mass centres, served by priests based at St Mary’s Cathedral. St Brigid’s is in fact the oldest place of Catholic worship in Australia. Governor Richard Bourke approved the site and building plan in 1833: “for […]
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