St Michael's Sesquicentenary - Nowra, NSW, Australia - Community Commemoration on Waymarking.com

	SAINT MICHAEL'S PARISH
	NOWRA (SHOALHAVEN)
YEAR OF FAITH		NOWRA BRIDGE
	1863 Sesquicentenary Anniversary 2013
		'The Year of Faith'

"We believe that this old and venerable structure of the parish has an 
indispensable mission of great contemporary importance…"
(Pope Paul VI)

To revere the memory of the Parishioners who have gone before us.
'Inspired by their faith and perseverance, may each generation be blessed 
with the faith and zeal to "put out into the deep for a catch. 'Dui inaltuim' 
(Luke 5:4). These words ring out for us today, and they invite us to remember 
the past with gratitude, to live the present with enthusiasm and to look forward to the 
future with confidence. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever."
	(Bessed Pope John Paul II 11 Jan. 2001)

Blessed by Bishop Peter Ingham, DD., Bishop of Wollongong on Sept. 29th 2013

The Church's website, has the following excerpt about the current St Michael's Church building:
"St Michael's, Nowra is a Gothic Revival church opened on 30 September 1877. The church is built of squared rubble stonework in courses and originally had a shingle roof. The stonework is generally in good condition and despite several additions over the years, the southern and western elevations still indicate the original character of the building.

"The style of the church is known as Early English Gothic (1189 - 1307) also known as Lancet which is most marked by the simplicity of its ornament. Early English Gothic elements can be seen in the stained glass window to the western wall, the tall narrow window openings, projecting buttresses, articulated quoins and steep pitched root. The stonework to the western stained glass window when viewed from the outside is a Transitional* style with architectural origins dating back to 1170. (*from Norman to Gothic).

"In 1921 additional accommodation was constructed on the eastern end. (The original church extended to the present choir loft.) The addition was sympathetic to the original church, however the shingle roof was re­placed with tiles. Additional stained glass windows were added at this time."
St Michael's, Nowra

Visited: 0950 Monday, 2 October, 2017

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