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| DURING 1973 FR DAVID SCOTT, PARISH PRIEST OF WINSTON HILLS, HAD BEEN INTRODUCED TO THE SISTERS WHO HAD JUST TAKEN OVER THE NEW SCHOOL IN NORTH ROCKS. FR SCOTT THEN INVITED THE SISTERS TO ALSO TAKE ON THE LEADERSHIP OF THE RECENTLY OPENED SCHOOL OF ST PAUL THE APOSTLE IN HIS PARISH. SR KATHLEEN RYAN BECAME THE FIRST PRINCIPLE OF THE SCHOOL IN JANUARY 1974. INITIALLY THE SISTERS LIVED IN RENTED ACCOMODATION IN BAULKHAM HILLS ROAD UNTIL A CONVENT CONVENIENT TO THE CHURCH WAS PURCHASED IN 1975. ALTHOUGH THE SISTERS HAVE NOW WITHDRAWN FROM THE SCHOOL THEY REMAIN ACTIVE IN THE PARISH COMMUNITY. HOLY FAITH CONVENT | ||
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| WHEN THE SISTERS FIRST ARRIVED IN WINSTON HILLS THAY WERE ACCOMODATED IN A HOUSE ON BAULKHAM HILLS ROAD RENTED FRO THEM BY THE PARISH. THIS WAS TO BE THEIR HOME FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF. IN EARLY 1975 HOWEVER A HOME ON BUCKLEYS ROAD CONVENIENT TOTHE CHURCH AND SCHOOL BECAME AVAILABLE AND WAS PURCHASED FOR USE AS THE PERMANENT CONVENT (LEFT). THE SISTERS WERE ABLE TO MOVE INTO THEIR NEW HOME IN AUGUST 1975. THE CONVENT IS AN UNPRETENTIOUS RED-BRICK SUBURBAN BUNGALOW BUILT ORIGINALLY AS A FAMILY HOME. IT IS CLEARLY MARKED WITH THE CROSS AS A RELIGIOUS HOUSE SOMETHING OF A RARITY IN THESE TIMES. IT HAS NOW SERVED THE SISTERS AS HOME FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS. ST PAUL THE APOSTLE SCHOOL |
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| THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL OF ST PAUL THE APOSTLE WAS OPENED IN 1973 WITH AN INFANTS CLASS RUN BY MRS CAROLINE BUCKLEY. THE SCHOOL CONSISTED AT THAT STAGE OF JUST THE ONE LEVEL OF THE MAIN BUILDING. IN 1974 THE SECOND STAGE CONSISTING OF THE SECOND LEVEL OF THE MAIN BUILDING WAS OPENED (BELOW) AND PRIMARY CLASSES UNDER THE CARE OF THE SISTERS WERE BEGUN. NEXT |
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| THE SCHOOL GREW RAPIDLY AND AN ADDITIONAL BUILDING WAS REQUIRED IN 1978. IN 1995 THE FOURTH STAGE OF THE SCHOOL WAS COMPLETED WITH THE BUILDING OF THE LIBRARY AND ADMINISTRATION BLOCK (BELOW). THE SISTERS WERE REPLACED IN THE LATE 1990's BY LAY LEADERSHIP BUT THE SPIRIT THEY BROUGHT TO THE SCHOOL CONTINUES TO BE THE INSPIRATION OF THE SCHOOL COMMNUITY. NEXT |
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