Stone takes the cake

The
Catholic Weekly
Online

Sydney
26 October 2003

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Stone takes the cake

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Stone takes the cake

Students and staff mark the 100th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone.

A week of celebrations is planned to mark the centenary of Murwillumbah’s Mt St Patrick Primary School on St Patrick’s Day next year (March 17).

But parishioners of Sacred Heart Church, Murwillumbah, have had a foretaste of the anniversary by celebrating the centenary of the laying of the foundation stone of the convent that became Mt St Patrick school.

The present Bishop of Lismore, Bishop Geoffrey Jarrett, celebrated a Mass to commemorate the centenary of the laying of the stone and later joined parishioners, friends, students and staff of the school on the steps of the convent for the cutting of a cake.

A parish picnic was later held in the primary school basement.

The first Bishop of Lismore, Bishop Jeremiah Doyle, officiated at the laying of the foundation stone of the Presentation Convent on September 14, 1903, at the start of a building program to provide facilities for a Catholic school.

He had asked for the assistance of a teaching order, the Presentation Sisters from Lismore, to establish the school.

The sisters are no longer teaching in the school, but their dedication and commitment to the community are remembered in the renaming of the convent in 1998 as Presentation House. Today it makes a commanding entrance for Mt St Patrick College.

Organisers of the centenary want to hear from past students and friends of the school as they prepare for the week of celebrations (March 15-21, 2004).

They especially would like old photos, other memorabilia and recollections of past students for the centenary book and historical display.

A reunion dinner will be held at Murwillumbah Golf Club on Sunday, March 21.

For further information, call the school on 66721821 or Joanne Spiller on 6679 5495.