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Sacred Heart Catholic Church

Yea, VIC 3717

Church Information

Church Name:	Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Church Previous Name:	-
Denomination:	Catholic Church in Australia
Street Address:	5 The Parade, Yea VIC 3717, Australia
Suburb:	Yea
State:	VIC
Postcode:	3717
Foundation Stone Laid:	unknown
Foundation Stone Notes:	No Foundation Stone details are known. Information/photographs are invited. A plaque records: Sacred Heart Church, Yea - 1890 ~ 1980 - was built by Rev Patrick O'Reilly PP (1899~1910) - was blessed and opened by - The Second Archbishop of Melbourne - Most Rev T J Carr DD - on 26th October 1902. Was consecrated by - His Eminance James Cardinal Knox DD DCL - on 22nd August 1968. - To commemorate the 90th year - Holy Mass was celebrated by - The Former Bishop of Sandhurst - The Most Rev Bernard Stewart DD LL B - on 26th October 1980.
Date Opened:	26-10-1902
Date Closed:	unknown
Email:	admin@churchesaustralia.org

Comments

The Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Yea is part of the Parish of Yea and the Diocese of Melbourne. The earliest worship in the first years of the settlement, would have been private family affairs. Otherwise settlers had to rely on occasional visits from travelling priests to lead formal worship, with the first Mass believed to have been celebrated in the home of Thomas McAsey¹ in the late 1850s. The current church building was opened on 26/10/1902 by Archbishop Carr, from Melbourne, and replaced the original wooden church building erected in the 1880s. It then became the church hall, and was later used as a school building from about 1923 till 1957. More historical information/photographs of the church/congregation are invited. Photographs uploaded 17/11/2017.

Note 1: For more of the church story see - The Story of Yea - A 150 Year History of the Shire /by Harvey Blanks, Melbourne, The Hawthorne Press, 1973. page 170.

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