TESTIMONIES
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Father Hutson, priest from Maroubra, completed the arrangement begun by Monsignor Conaghan for the purchase of the Pagewood land in 1956. The erection of a school however, had to be postponed because no teaching congregation was in a position to provide a community of nuns or brothers. Because of the rapid increase in population, however, Father Huston decided to proceed with the building of a church which could also be adapted for use as parish hall. Eventually, he hopes the four-acre block of land will accommodate a boys' school and Brothers' monastery. Estimated to cost, when furnished, about £19,000, the Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation is constructed of red texture brick and has a 45 feet brick tower which will be a minor landmark in the district. It has an over all length of 90 feet and will seat 400. The flooring of the new building is of tallow wood, and a flight of terrazzo steps leads past a stonework feature at the main entrance to a seven-foot-wide tiled porch. An office and toilets for men and women lead off the porch. The interior is finished in rendering and painted in pastel shades. On either side of the sanctuary, which is backed by a moulded timber reredos with a built-in canopy, there is a priest's sacristy with a separate entrance-porch and a working sacristy. White ceilings are set off by black beams of steel encased in plaster and lighting is by fluorescent tubes set flush in the apex of the ceiling. Incandescent fittings have been set around the walls. The glazed porch, accessible from the main entrance passageway, will serve as a shelter area for those using the recreation space on the site. A hand carved crucifix is a feature of the sanctuary and hangs above the altar. A stainless steel cross surmounts the brick tower of the new building.
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All times This is what OLA means to me, pdf Annunciation Anniversary, pdf 25th Anniversary, pdf A parishioner reflects, pdf Pagewood memories, pdf