Saturday 12 February 2011

Hunters Hill, St Peters Chanel Catholic Church

St Peters Chanel Catholic Church is located along Futuna Street, in the north west suburb of Hunters Hill. This sandstone Gothic style church was built in 1892 is listed on the Register of the National Estate. St. Peter Chanel was a French missionary to the island of Futuna, east of New Caledonia, between Samoa and Fiji. He became the first Marist martyr after the chief ordered his death in 1841 for giving advice which contradicted island culture. His body was brought back to Hunters Hill in Australia but eventually was returned to France for burial. He was canonised in 1954 and then in 1977, his body was taken back to Futuna and permanently buried there.
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16 comments:

  1. Churches....So yesterday, so now. This one is very inviting. Love the color!

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  2. A beautiful church especially with such a nice blue background !

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  3. Jim, thanks to you I can appreciate many beautiful buildings I would never know they were there. I like this traditional building style with the steep roof. The decorations are held at a minimum, so the sandstone comes into full appreciation.

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  4. I like old churches. They are an expression of the faith of the community of believers that built them.

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  5. Beautiful skies above this church also! Excellent composition and I love the light and shadows.

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  6. Hi, J... I'd like to invite you to participate at the first time of Weekend Portrait meme. All about portrait. It has started on Friday 11 Feb 2011, and will end on Monday 14 Feb 2011.

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    Happy Weekend!

    Anyway, great shot! great lighting!

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  7. You really do get out and about, don't you? And the sky seems to be blue a lot more often in Sydney than in Melbourne! Great blog Jim.

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  8. It looks untouched since inception. GREAT.

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  9. The gracious buildings make Hunters Hill a very pleasant spot to visit.

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  10. Lovely looking church. The blue sky helps, but I still think it would look just fine in poor weather too.

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  11. Wonderful church and history. Thanks for sharing Tom The Backroads Traveller

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  12. i enjoy the lights and shadows. hope you are well Jim!! take care. ( :

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  13. The church look neat and the whole composition of it. I wonder how it looked inside.

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