St Peter Julian's Church, Sydney
St Peter Julian's Church is a Roman Catholic church and shrine of eucharistic adoration in Sydney in the care of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament.
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 The exterior of St Peter Julian's Church, in Haymarket | |
  St Peter Julian’s Church Location of St Peter Julian's Church in the Sydney central business district | |
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| Location | 641 George Street, Haymarket, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Country | Australia |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Religious order | Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament |
| Website | stpeterjuliansydney |
| History | |
| Status | Active |
| Dedication | St Peter Julian Eymard |
| Dedicated | 1964 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Church |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Sydney |
| Deanery | City |
| Parish | St Mary's Cathedral |
The church is located at 641 George Street, Haymarket, in the heart of Chinatown. Designed by Terence Daly,[1] it was completed in early 1964, it is named after the congregation's founder, St Peter Julian Eymard, who was canonised in 1962.
A religious community of priests and brothers (currently under the leadership of Fr Joe Fernando SSS]) live in the monastery attached to St Peter Julian's Church.[2]
History
The Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament arrived in Australia in 1929 to assume pastoral care of St Francis' Church, Melbourne, creating a eucharistic shrine there.[1] Seeking to establish a similar shrine in Sydney, they acquired land in 1952 and built a monastery and city chapel, originally named the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, opened by Cardinal Gilroy on 30 August 1953.[1] The community grew rapidly, necessitating the construction of a new monastery in 1963 and a new church in 1964. Both underwent a major refurbishment and modernisation in 2008–09.
References
- History of Our Church, St. Peter Julian's Church
- "St Peter Julian's Church". 8 November 2017.
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