{"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
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Photo of exterior of original church.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Photo of exterior of original church.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Photo of interior of new church in earlier times.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Snapshots of St Joseph\u2019s \u2013 A short history<\/h3>\n\n\n\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
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Snapshots of St Joseph\u2019s \u2013 A short history 1875 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. 1876 First classrooms erected \u2013 Architect\/builder James McDonald. 1877 Upper storey added. 1880 Cottage provided for Sisters in Gordon Street. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":90,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjosephrozelle.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjosephrozelle.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjosephrozelle.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephrozelle.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephrozelle.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephrozelle.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":446,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephrozelle.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions\/446"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephrozelle.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjosephrozelle.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}