“RESUME” History – Peg Hanrahan Click on the link: CWL COROWA 1947-2008 ……….
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Above: Photos of CWSG Inaugural Executive March 10th 1947 CWSG – CWL 1953 – 2010 Cuttings FRAGMENTS OF HISTORY The items scanned here are, initially, of several handwritten documents and then a significant number of cuttings from local newspapers and magazines (Corowa Free Press, Horizon – the CWL magazine, and Together – the Diocesan Newspaper). There are […]
This page is sacred to the memory of WILLIAM HERBERT CRISFIELD, ANZAC, who died of “wounds received in action” during the first three days of the Gallipoli Campaign. William was born in Corowa in early May 1887, however, the battered edge of the page of the baptismal register that would reveal the precise date is missing. It appears to have been 6th of […]
Image (top) 40th Anniversary: Balldale Majellan Group with Fr Paul Hart at St Mary’s Corowa BALLDALE MAJELLAN GROUP 4Oth ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Speech by Mrs Joan Sandral: Welcome Fr Hart, Past members, Members and Guests. Thank you for coming and sharing in this our special day – our 40th Anniversary. The Balldale Majellan Group had their […]
[Click on photos to enlarge; click again for ultimate close-up.] In April – May 2013, Fr Paul Hart assumed the role of lead Chaplain for a group of 20 pilgrims on a very special tour to Egypt, Jordan and the Holy Land. Many photos were taken by the participants, but none more striking than those […]
INTRODUCTION The Balldale Majellan Group was founded in 1974 to respond to religious, social and emotional needs of young mothers in the Balldale District. The members are no longer ‘young mothers’ but grandmothers and they still enjoy meeting and supporting each other through the inevitable stresses and strains of the years. The 40th Anniversary celebrations were well planned and executed on […]
CONCLUDING PAGES [Click on text/photos to enlarge.] 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. [End] * * * * *
CHAPTER 5 – MEMORIES [Click on text/photos to enlarge] 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. [End of chapter 5]
[Click on text/image to enlarge.] 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. [End of chapter 3] CHAPTER 4 SISTERS & ACHIEVEMENTS OVER 100 YEARS 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. [End of chapter 4]
CHAPTER 1 Arrival of Sisters at Corowa On 17th January 1887, Mother Camillus and Sisters Angela, Evangelista and Celestine stepped from the train at Wahgunyah terminus on their way to take charge of St Mary’s School in Corowa. It will be recalled that the presbytery, built by Father Slattery in 1878, became the Convent when […]
St. Mary's Catholic Parish Corowa 