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Mayfield Jubilee 1950 |
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50 Years of Progress: Mayfield Jubilee Celebrations 1900-1950 Souvenir Booklet Excerpts from this booklet:
Mayfield was made a separate parish in 1924 under the care of Rev. P. C. McCormack. In 1937 he was transferred to Singleton. Associated with him were Ref. Fathers R. O'Moore (1930-31) and J. T. McNamara (1932-33). The history of the progress of the Catholic
Church is what is now known as Mayfield is
interesting and extensive, dating back to 1838.
In those far off days, Father Christopher
Dowling and Father Rene Cusse and their successors,
six or seven of whom are on record,
administered to the scattered Catholics in this
area until 1857 when the Redemptorist
Monastery in Woodstock Street was opened and
blessed by His Eminence, Cardinal Moran. This
was on August 2, 1887. The first Superior of the On April 15, 1917, the Dominican Sisters took
up residence in a house bought from Mr. Julian
Windeyer at the corner of Kerr and Bull Streets,
and opened a school on the following day with
50 children. In 1919 they moved to the present
site of San Clemente on the corner of Crebert and Havelock Streets. Adjacent properties were During his 12 years as parish priest, Father McCormacli acquired land and provided buildings for church, schools and presbytery and thus laid the foundations of the present progressive parish of Mayfield. In 1937, Rev. J. R. McNamara became parish priest. Associated with, him have been Revs. M. O'Dwyer (1937), J. Jensen (1939-40), J. Walsh (1941-45), J. Delany (1946-49) and D. Heffernan (1949). The school church in Hanbury Street was erected in 1937. Two years later the foundation stone of St. Columban's new church, fronting Church Street, was laid. The church has a seating accommodation for 1000 worshippers and is unique in its beauty and design of structure - a building of which all citizens of Mayfield can justly be proud. The Catholic population of St. Columban's Parish Mayfield, is estimated at 4000. Upwards of 700 children of Mayfield are attending Catholic schools, including 200 at High School up to the Leaving standard.
St. Clement's Convent, corner of Crebert and Havelock Streets.
An index to the size and importance of any
civilised community is the extent to which Mayfield East School, at the corner of Ingall
and Crebert Streets, dates, from the early days
of the suburb. Many prominent citizens of today
learned their first lessons at the old
More modern, Mayfield West School provides the complete primary educational needs of the children in the far west corner of the suburb. Mr. S. Delves is headmaster. San Clemente Convent and the Roman Catholic School in Hanbury Street takes care, most efficiently, of the spiritual and educational welfare of the children of that faith. 50 Years of Progress: Mayfield Jubilee Celebrations 1900-1950 Souvenir Booklet. <http://www.newcastle.edu.au/service/archives/mayfield/pdf/mayfieldjubilee.pdf> (21/5/07) If you have any comments on the History pages, please forward them to the web editor
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