Under the leadership of our Pastoral Associate, a vibrant team of Catechists bring the word of God’s love to the Catholic children in our local government primary schools:
- Keiraville Primary School
- Gwynneville Primary School
- Pleasant Heights Primary School
- Balgownie Primary School
- Fairy Meadow Demonstration School
- Towradgi Primary School
- Coniston Primary School
- Mt St Thomas Primary School
- Wollongong Primary School
- Para Meadows Special School, North Wollongong
How do we ensure that the Word and the Sacraments will continue to be brought to the children in these schools?
Each of our three parishes has an active Saint Vincent De Paul Society. Meeting the needs of the neediest of our local communities is foremost in the outreach of SVdP members. Our conferences are always looking for new members to help them continue the work of Frederick Ozanam.
The Archives of Lumen Christi, Catholic Parish
The Archives Office is responsible firstly for the collection, preservation and management of memorabilia, parish registers, books and documents relating to the history of Lumen Christi, Catholic Parish Wollongong and secondly, is responsible for the education of parishioners and students in this collection.
Research
Archive material (from parish registers, books, documents and histories) may be requested by bona fide researchers, within the restraints of privacy, using the attached application form. If approved, the requests will be researched by the Archivist at a cost of $60.00 per hour or $35 per half hour or part thereof.
Amateur researchers of family history seeking information from parish registers should direct their request to the Archivist for consideration. The research is conducted by the Archivist at a cost of $35 per enquiry of an individual.
History
Currently the Archivist is writing the history of the Catholic Church in Lumen Christi Catholic Parishes, Wollongong from the first European settlement in the Illawarra to 1935. To date this history is recorded in two publications:
By the Light of Christ: How Catholicism came to the Illawarra (2013) and
The Illawarra Flame: The Catholic Church in the Wollongong District, 1838 to 1889 (2015)
A third book, The Light of the World: The Catholic Church and the Parish of St Francis Xavier, 1890 to 1935, should be published in late 2016. Copies of these publications may be purchased from Parish Office, 36 Harbour Street, Wollongong.
The Archivist writes occasional articles for the Parish Bulletin to commemorate significant events or anniversaries in the history of the parish.
Contact: Neil Dwyer & Michael Dwyer
36 Harbour Street, Wollongong NSW 2500
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Application for Access to the Archives of Lumen Christi Catholic Parish Wollongong
Articles from the Archivist
- pdf [Download] Of New Things Pope Leo XIII and ‘the spirit of revolutionary change’(189 KB)
- pdf [Download] Anzac Day 2025(387 KB)
- pdf [Download] Father Thomas Joseph Malachy Murray(270 KB)
- pdf [Download] The Catholic Miners killed in the Mount Kembla Mining Disaster of 1902(449 KB)
- pdf [Download] ANZAC Day 2024: Remembering Fabian Patrick Gregory Dwyer(479 KB)
- pdf [Download] 135th Anniversary of William Bernard Ullathorne(318 KB)
- pdf [Download] Mc Cabe Anniversary(509 KB)
- pdf [Download] The 185th Anniversary of the Arrival of the Reverend John Rigney in the Illawarra(1.72 MB)
- pdf [Download] Anzac Day 2023(353 KB)
- pdf [Download] 120 Years of the Mt Kembla Mining Disaster, 31 July 1902(497 KB)
- pdf [Download] Anzac Day 2022 To those who went away(425 KB)
- pdf [Download] 70 years of the Diocese(971 KB)
- pdf [Download] The Centenary of the Death of Fr John Dunne Part I(309 KB)
- pdf [Download] The Centenary of the Death of Fr John Dunne Part II(501 KB)
