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| HISTORY | FOUNDATIONS |
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| HISTORY |
| LOCHINVAR WAS THE THIRD "NEW" FOUNDATION MADE FROM THE ORIGINAL INSTITUTE AT PERTHVILLE FOLLOWING WANGANUI, NZ AND GOULBURN, NSW. IN 1883, BISHOP MURRAY OF MAITLAND, IMPRESSED BY THE WORK THE SISTERS WERE DOING IN NEIGHBOURING BATHURST AND AWARE OF A SIMILAR SITUATION IN HIS LARGE RURAL DIOCESE REQUESTED A FEW SISTERS TO ESTABLISH A DIOCESAN INSTITUTE IN MAITLAND. AS WITH PERTHVILLE, THE LOCATION CHOSEN FOR THE NEW INSTITUTE WAS A SMALL VILLAGE ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF MAITLAND PROPER NAMED LOCHINVAR AND ON 3 SEPTEMBER SISTER AMBROSE DIRKIN AND THREE COMPANIONS WERE INSTALLED HERE AS THE FIRST SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH, LOCHINVAR CONGREGATION. AS IN BATHURST THE WORK OF THE SISTERS FLOURISHED AND BRANCH CONVENTS AND SCHOOLS WERE SOON ESTABLISHED IN THE FAR-FLUNG OUTPOSTS OF THE DIOCESE. LATER THEY WERE ALSO CALLED TO SERVE IN THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS OF NEWCASTLE. LIKE THEIR PERTHVILLE SISTERS, THE BLACK JOSEPHITES OF LOCHINVAR PROVIDED FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE MISSED OUT ON AN EDUCATION AS WELL AS BRINGING THE CHURCH'S PRESENCE TO MANY WHO LACKED A REGULAR PRIEST. TODAY THEIR IMPRESSIVE MOTHERHOUSE STANDS BESIDE THE HIGHWAY AT LOCHINVAR AS A REMINDER OF THEIR INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE RELIGIOUS LIFE AND GROWTH OF THE DIOCESE. |
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AS A DIOCESAN INSTITUTE THE MAJORITY OF FOUNDATIONS OF THE LOCHINVAR JOSEPHITES WERE LOCATED WITHIN THE DIOCESE OF MAITLAND. AS A RESULT OF AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER BISHOPS HOWEVER TWO CONVENTS WERE LOCATED IN LISMORE DIOCESE (KENDALL WAS A LATER TRANSFER FROM MAITLAND), FIVE IN SYDNEY (BELMONT AND SWANSEA WERE LATER TRANSFERRED TO MAITLAND) AND ONE IN QUEENSLAND. THE CONVENT AT QUIRINDI WAS FOUNDED WHEN THAT TOWN WAS PART OF MAITLAND DIOCESE AND CLOSED WHEN IT WAS TRANSFERRED TO ARMIDALE. THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE FOUNDATIONS MADE OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA WITH OTHER JOSEPHITES. | |||||||||
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ABERDEEN |
ABERMAIN |
ADAMSTOWN |
BELLBIRD |
BELMONT |
BROOKFIELD |
BULAHDELAH |
CARDIFF |
CARRINGTON |
CESSNOCK |
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CHARLESTOWN |
CLIFTON GARDENS |
CUNDLETOWN |
DENMAN |
DUNGOG |
EDGEWORTH |
FORSTER |
GATESHEAD |
GLENDONBROOK |
GLOUCESTER |
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GRESFORD |
KRAMBACH |
KURRI KURRI |
LARGS |
LOCHINVAR |
MAYFIELD |
MEREWETHER |
MEREWETHER BEACH |
MERRIWA | |
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MORISSET |
MUSWELLBROOK |
NEWCASTLE |
NULKABA |
PARKSIDE |
QUIRINDI |
RYDE |
SHORTLAND |
SUMMER HILL | |
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SWANSEA |
TAREE |
TORONTO |
WANGI WANGI |
WEST WALLSEND |
WINDALE |
WINGEN |
WINGHAM |
WYBONG | |
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