About Our Church

The parish was established on 23 October, 1940.

The first Parish Priest was Fr. J. J. Mulheren. In preparation for the formation of the parish, St. Therese Church had been built and opened in 1939.

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Immediately it had been used as a church-school, thus commenced St Therese Primary School. The first principal was Sr. Juliana Madigan sgs. and the school was staffed by sisters of the Good Samaritan Congregation.

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On November 30 1941 the presbytery was opened and the Parish priest was able to move from Wollongong to live on-site. 

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In 1951 the Wollongong Diocese was established and St Therese became a part of the Diocese in the care of Bishop _________.

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1962 brought with it the establishment of a Good Samaritan convent in the parish. Previously the sisters had resided at their Wollongong Convent. The sister's lived on-site while teaching at the school until 1987.

                           

From the 1960s the school became increasingly staffed by lay teachers. The first lay principal was appointed in 1978.

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Our Parish Priest is now Fr. Duane Fernandez and St. Therese Catholic Primary School principal is Mr. Steve Thorne.