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Our Lady's Assumption Catholic Church
Brunswick, WA 6224
Church Information
| Church Name: | Our Lady's Assumption Catholic Church |
| Church Previous Name: | - |
| Denomination: | Catholic Church in Australia |
| Street Address: | 50 Ommaney Rd, Brunswick WA 6224, Australia |
| Suburb: | Brunswick |
| State: | WA |
| Postcode: | 6224 |
| Foundation Stone Laid: | 12-02-1922 |
| Foundation Stone Notes: | A foundation stone records: Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam - This stone - was Blessed and Laid - by - His Grace, the Most Rev. P J Clune DD C SS R - Archbishop of Perth - on - Sunday February 12th 1922 |
| Date Opened: | 00-00-1922 |
| Date Closed: | unknown |
| Email: | admin@churchesaustralia.org |
Comments
The Our Lady's Assumption Catholic Church, Brunswick is part of the Brunswick Parish and the Diocese of Bunbury.
'The history of the Church in the district dates back to 1896 with the arrival at Roelands of a few Catholic families, which saw the eventual building in 1901 of a small timber and iron church at Roelands. A priest travelled from Bunbury only once every four months.
When some of the Catholic families moved to Brunswick, it was decided to move the Church from Roelands to Brunswick. Mr Frank Devlin collected money to buy the land. The first mass was offered towards the end of September 1909. In 1914, fundraising began for a new church - Our Lady's Assumption Church - the one still standing today, which was finally blessed and officially opened in 1922 by His Grace Archbishop Clune.
In the mid 1930's a number of Italian migrants arrived in the area and over the next decade there was quite a large populatoin of Italian people in the parish and 1956 saw the intorduction of 'Fiesta' to celebrate Our Lady's Assumption. It is still celebrated today1.
More historical information/photographs of the church/congregation are invited. Photographs uploaded 11/5/2024.
Note 1: Sourced from: Brunswick Catholic Parish | Brunswick WA
