Marist Places in Hunters Hill and Woolwich
Saint Peter Chanel’s
Church in Woolwich is
dedicated to the Marist
missionary and first martyr of
Oceania, who was murdered on
the island of Futuna in 1841.
The foundation stone was
blessed by Archbishop Moran
in 1890. Two years later parishioners
gathered in what is
today the sacristy for Mass and
that was all that stood for seven
years. In 1901 the trancepts
were added. In 1970, 1988 and
2003 more work was carried
out The church, as it stands
today, remains unfinished.
The Woolwich parish has one
primary school, 'Villa Maria'.
Within the boundaries there is
the Marist Sisters College, a
systemic secondary school for
girls which began in 1908. 
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