 | IN 1999 THE SALVATORIANS HAD EXTENDED THEIR APOSTOLATE, UNTIL THEN CONFINED TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA, INTO THE EASTERN DIOCESE OF BROKEN BAY IN RESPONSE TO THE DECLINE IN PRIESTLY NUMBERS WITHIN THAT DIOCESE. PITTWATER PARISH, WHICH HAD BEEN FORMED IN JULY 2007 BY THE AMALGAMATION OF THE PARISHES OF AVALON AND MONA VALE, WAS THE THIRD BROKEN BAY PARISH TO BE COMMITTED TO THE PASTORAL OVERSIGHT OF THE SALVATORIANS. IN LATE OCTOBER 2008 THE FIRST SALVATORIAN PARISH PRIEST TOOK UP RESIDENCE IN THE MONA VALE PRESBYTERY THUS INAUGURATING A NEW ERA FOR THE PARISH AND YET A NEW FIELD OF ENDEAVOUR FOR THE SOCIETY. |
