{"id":105,"date":"2020-12-16T12:05:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T01:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staugbalmain.cathcomm.org.au\/?page_id=105"},"modified":"2021-03-01T15:52:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T04:52:00","slug":"parish-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stjosephrozelle.org.au\/history-and-buildings\/parish-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Parish History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
1875<\/td> | Two Good Samaritan sisters (Sisters Egan and Graves) commenced daily visits to Balmain West (now Rozelle), but the location of the first lessons is not known.<\/td><\/tr> |
1876<\/td> | First classrooms erected \u2013 Architect\/builder James McDonald.<\/td><\/tr> |
1877<\/td> | Upper storey added.<\/td><\/tr> |
1880<\/td> | Cottage provided for Sisters in Gordon Street.<\/td><\/tr> |
1881<\/td> | First church and first convent erected \u2013 architect\/builder James McDonald.<\/td><\/tr> |
1882<\/td> | Father Thomas O\u2019Reilly appointed first parish priest and occupied a cottage on Weston Road (now Victoria Road).<\/td><\/tr> |
1889<\/td> | Father (later Monsignor) John Moynagh appointed parish priest.<\/td><\/tr> |
1892<\/td> | Opening of the first Christian brothers school (Brothers travelled daily from Balmain east until 1925 when Monastry purchased in Hornsey Street.<\/td><\/tr> |
1905<\/td> | New girls school and hall erected \u2013 architect\/builder Austen McKay.<\/td><\/tr> |
1911<\/td> | Original church destroyed by fire.<\/td><\/tr> |
1912<\/td> | New church erected \u2013 architect\/builder Austen McKay. Cost $12045.00<\/td><\/tr> |
1915<\/td> | Extension to girls and infants schools.<\/td><\/tr> |
1921<\/td> | Extension to Christian brothers school.<\/td><\/tr> |
1925<\/td> | Purchase of Monastry for Christian brothers.<\/td><\/tr> |
1932<\/td> | Golden jubilee of Monsignor Moynagh.<\/td><\/tr> |
1934<\/td> | Death of Monsignor Moynagh, and appointment of Father (later Monsignor) Gerald Bartlett.<\/td><\/tr> |
1936<\/td> | New infants school erected, and major extensions to girls\u2019s school.<\/td><\/tr> |
1937<\/td> | New block to Christian brothers school \u2013 corner Gordon and Princes Streets.<\/td><\/tr> |
1946<\/td> | Monsignor Bartlett transferred to Forest Lodge and Father Sylvester O\u2019Sullivan appointed as parish priest.<\/td><\/tr> |
1955<\/td> | New convent erected.<\/td><\/tr> |
1960<\/td> | Major renovation to boys secondary school.<\/td><\/tr> |
1961<\/td> | Major renovation to boys primary school.<\/td><\/tr> |
1965<\/td> | Closure of Christian brothers school.<\/td><\/tr> |
1966<\/td> | Girls school reclassified as a regional high school.<\/td><\/tr> |
1974<\/td> | Golden jubilee of Father O\u2019Sullivan.<\/td><\/tr> |
1975<\/td> | Death of Father O\u2019Sullivan and appointment of Father Gaffney as parish priest.<\/td><\/tr> |
1976<\/td> | Closure of girls secondary school. Transfer of Father Gaffney and appointment of Father Leslie Bagot as parish priest.<\/td><\/tr> |
1981<\/td> | Centenary of Rozelle parish.<\/td><\/tr> |
1981<\/td> | Departure of Good Samaritan sisters from the parish.<\/td><\/tr> |
1986<\/td> | Retirement of Father Bagot and appointment of Father Michael Caruana as parish priest.<\/td><\/tr> |
1987<\/td> | Transfer of Father Caruana and appointment of Father Alfred Cachia as parish priest.<\/td><\/tr> |
1994<\/td> | Closure of primary and infants schools \u2013 amalgamated with Father John Therry school, Balmain.<\/td><\/tr> |
1998<\/td> | Retirement of Father Alfred Cachia and appointment of Father Benedict Sant as parish priest.<\/td><\/tr> |
2001<\/td> | Retirement of Father Benedict Sant and appointment of Monsignor Vinve Redden as Moderator.<\/td><\/tr> |
2012<\/td> | 130 year Parish anniversary.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n |