1889
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BROKEN BAY
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PARISH OF THE SACRED HEART PYMBLE |
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FOUNDED 1889 |
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DIOCESE BROKEN BAY |
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PARISH CHURCH OF SACRED HEART |
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| PARISH | HISTORY | CHURCH |
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| PYMBLE IS THE THIRD OLDEST PARISH IN THE DIOCESE OF BROKEN BAY, BEING BEATEN ONLY BY MANLY AND GOSFORD. FOR MANY YEARS IT WAS THE ONLY PARISH ON THE UPPER NORTH SHORE. FOUNDED IN 1889 FROM THE VAST ST LEONARD'S PARISH, IT WAS ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS LANE COVE AND STRETCHED ALL THE WAY FROM MOWBRAY RD TO THE HAWKESBURY. CLEARLY PYMBLE WAS A CENTRAL LOCATION, AND SO IT WAS THAT IT BECAME THE PREFERRED LOCATION FOR THE PARISH PRIEST. IN 1922 LANE COVE BECAME A PARISH IN ITS OWN RIGHT AND THE PARISH RENAMED PYMBLE. IN 2001 IT WAS COMMITTED TO THE SALVATORIANS AND TWINNED WITH WEST PYMBLE. | |
| CHURCH OF STS PETER AND PAUL, PYMBLE | |
| THE FIRST CHURCH TO BE BUILT WAS A WOODEN STATION CHURCH/SCHOOL DEDICATED TO STS PETER AND PAUL AND ERECTED ON WRIGHT'S HILL BY THE PARISH PRIEST OF ST LEONARD'S. NO TRACE OF THIS CHURCH REMAINS. NEXT |
| FIRST CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART, PYMBLE |  |
| IN 1883 A NEW STONE CHURCH WAS BUILT ON THE SAME SITE AND DEDICATED TO THE SACRED HEART, A DEDICATION THAT WAS TO PERSIST DOWN TO THE PRESENT DAY. THIS CHURCH, IN SEMI-GOTHIC STYLE, COMPRISED A NAVE, SIDE PORCH, AND SACRISTY. THE CHURCH HOWEVER PROVED TOO SMALL FOR THE GROWING CONGREGATION AND WAS REPLACED IN 1934. NEXT |
 | SECOND CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART, PYMBLE |
| IN 1934 THE LOVELY SPANISH MISSION STYLE CHURCH WHICH WAS TO SERVE AS THE PARISH CHURCH FOR NEARLY 60 YEARS WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THE SAME SITE AS THE TWO FORMER CHURCHES. REFLECTING THE PRE-VATICAN II LITURGY THE CHURCH CONSISTS OF A LARGE NAVE WITH SIDE CHAPELS, BAPTISTRY, CONFESSIONALS AND SACRISTIES, ALL DOMINATED BY THE IMPRESSIVE SOUTHWEST TOWER. THE CHURCH STANDS TO THIS DAY ON THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY AND IS USED BY KURINGAI COUNCIL AS A COUNCIL CHAMBERS. NEXT |
| THIRD CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART, PYMBLE |
| DUE TO THE DIFFICULTY OF OPERATING FROM SEVERAL SITES, AS WELL AS THE INCREASING TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY, IT WAS DECIDED TO BUILD A NEW PARISH COMPLEX COMPRISING CHURCH, SCHOOL AND PARISH OFFICES ON A NEW SITE ON BOBBIN HEAD RD. IN 1991 THE NEW CHURCH WAS BLESSED AND DEDICATED IN ITS PRESENT POSITION.THE ENTRANCE AREA OF THE CHURCH IS DOMINATED BY THE TALL COLUMN SURMOUNTED BY THE ORIGINAL CROSS FROM THE OLD SACRED HEART CHURCH. EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPING HELPS TO SOFTEN THE WHITE STONE OF THE BUILDING. TO THE LEFT ARE PARISH OFFICES AND MEETING ROOMS. THE ENTRANCE TO THE CHURCH IS BEHIND THE COLUMN. BUILT IN THE STYLE OF THE LATE 20TH CENTURY AND INCORPORATING THE CHANGES TO THE LITURGY SINCE VATICAN II, THE CHURCH IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE INTEGRATION OF SEVERAL FUNCTIONS INTO A SINGLE COMPLEX. NEXT |
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LOOKING FROM THE LITURGICAL EAST END TOWARDS THE CROSS. THE RAISED ROOF OF THE SANCTUARY CAN BE SEEN. AS IS COMMON IN MODERN CHURCHES, SKYLIGHTS ARE PLACED IN THE FRONT OF THIS SO AS TO HIGHLIGHT THE SANCTUARY INSIDE. THE ATTRACTIVE LANDSCAPING CAN BE SEEN TO ADVANTAGE HERE. TOP HISTORIC CHURCHES |
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| CATHOLIC CHURCH, SOUTH TURRAMURRA |
| IN 1961 LAND WAS PURCHASED AT VERNON ST IN SOUTH TURRAMURRA AND A CHAPEL WHICH HAD BEEN PURCHASED FROM THE MARIST SISTERS AT WOOLWICH WAS TRANSPORTED THERE AND USED AS A MASS STATION UNTIL 1985 WHEN IT WAS DONATED TO THE NEW PARISH OF BONNYRIGG-EDENSOR PARK AS THEIR FIRST CHURCH. TOP HISTORIC CHURCHES |
