{"id":2600,"date":"2019-05-03T13:31:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T03:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/holyfamilymosman.org.au\/?page_id=2600"},"modified":"2019-05-22T13:22:48","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T03:22:48","slug":"st-therese-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/holyfamilymosman.org.au\/history\/st-therese-history\/","title":{"rendered":"St Th\u00e9r\u00e9se History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
History of the Church of St Th\u00e9r\u00e8se of the Child Jesus, Beauty Point<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Parish was established in October 1955 with Masses celebrated in the presbytery for ten years until the church was erected in 1965.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The church was designed by Donald Maclurcan, a well-known architect and member of the parish. The foundation stone was laid and blessed on May 10th 1964 by Cardinal Gilroy, Archbishop of Sydney, who also officially opened it on January 10th 1965.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Patron saint of the Parish is St Th\u00e9r\u00e8se, the Little Flower. She is the Patron Saint of Missions. Her feast day is celebrated on October 1st<\/p>\n\n\n\n