St James` Centenary Garden Print Page 
The garden commemorates the centenary of the parish and Dean Jeremiah O'Leary, the Augustinians and the founding parishioners of the church.
The man chosen as parish priest of the Parish of Coorparoo and Ipswich Road was Rev Jeremiah O'Leary. For twelve months previously he had administered the Parish of St Patrick in Fortitude Valley. Father O'Leary (later Dean O'Leary) was to serve out his ministry in this parish and was the parish's only parish priest before the arrival of the Augustinians in 1952.
Father O'Leary took up the position as parish priest on 17 March 1913. A fundraising meeting had been chaired by the Archbishop on 16 March; a committee was formed and decided to build a Catholic school that would also be used as a church; the foundation stone was then laid by Archbishop Duhig on 6 April; the new building was blessed and opened as a church by him on 10 August 1913.
Location
| Address: | Old Cleveland Road , St James` Catholic Church, Coorparoo, 4151 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -27.498833 Long: 153.051925 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Garden |
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| Monument Theme: | Culture |
| Sub-Theme: | Religion |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 17th March, 2013 |
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Plaque :
We honour the memory of Dean Jeremiah O'Leary, the Augustinians and our founding parishioners who have shaped our Parish over its first 100 years.
Their faith in action inspires and challenges us.
This Centenary Garden was blessed and opened on Sunday, 17 March 2013, by Most Rev Mark Coleridge, Archbishop of Brisbane.
