St. Patricks Church Hill
About
It was the place where the Blessed Sacrament was left for the faithful of the Sydney colony when the priest Father Jeremiah O’Flynn was deported in 1818. Father O’Flynn was determined not to leave the faithful abandoned with no priest, and deliberately left the Blessed Sacrament in the care of a prominent Catholic for several years, William Davis. Davis opened his house for those who wished to pray before the Blessed Sacrament, which was housed in a little tabernacle of cedar. His house stood at the site of what later became St Patrick’s Church Hill.
The first parish priest of St. Patrick's, Archdeacon John McEncroe, became friendly with the early Marists who had established a house at Hunters Hill and on his deathbed requested that the Parish of St. Patrick's, Church Hill be entrusted to the Marists. That was in 1868. The Archbishop agreed and the parish has been cared for by the Marists ever since. Father Joseph Monnier was the first Marist parish priest.
St. Patrick’s Church Hill is also the site of the first Catholic school in Australia, St Patrick’s Marist College. Now relocated to Dundas.
Location
141 Harrington Street, Sydney.
How to get there
St. Patrick’s Church hill is a short walk from Wynard station in the heart of Sydney’s CBD.
URL
http://www.stpatschurchhill.org
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