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05-May-2017
05-May-2017

Photographs supplied by John Huth

The church was erected to commemorate those who have died in service or were killed in action in the various conflicts in which Australia has been involved.

 

Location

Address:13 Simpson Street, Deepwater, 2371
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -29.444674
Long: 151.847994
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Structure
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:Multiple

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Sunday 15th November, 1953
Front Inscription

St Michaels Church
Deepwater

Plaque :

This stone was solemnly blessed and laid by His Lordship Most Rev. E. L. Doody DD Bishop of Armidale

15th Nov. 1953

Plaque in Foyer :

Michael

Archangel Michael,

Leader of the Angels of God, revealed to us in the Scriptures in the Book of Daniel, in the Letter of Apostle Jude, and in  Apostle John`s apocalypse.

Guardian Angel of Israel, and of the New Israel, the Church of Jesus Christ.

Defender of the weak, and the helpless on this earth, to Your honour we dedicate this church.

This Church is a War Memorial.

Please remember our war dead, especially those from this District in your prayers.

"Divine Providence urgently demands of us that we free ourselves from the age old slavery of War." From the Second Vatican Councils Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World N8I

 

Source: MA
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