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12-October-2017
12-October-2017

Photographs supplied by John Huth

The church commemorates Saint Francis of Assisi.

Francis of Assisi (1182 – 1226), venerated as Saint Francis of Assisi, also known in his ministry as Francesco, was an Italian Catholic friar, deacon, mystic and preacher.  He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women's Order of Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in Christianity.

Location

Address:5 Brocklesby Road, St Francis` Church, Medowie, 2318
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -32.753051
Long: 151.870461
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Structure
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Religion

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Saturday 8th December, 1984
Front Inscription

Plaque :

To the glory of God and in honour of St Francis

This Church was dedicated by + Alfred 10th Bishop of Newcastle on 8th December 1984

The Revd. Canon Robert Winder,  Rector.

Source: MA
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