HISTORIC AUSTRALIAN CHURCHES 1
A MISSION TO EVANGELISE
The Heidelberg Mission and St John the Evangelist
Kevin Andrews
Foreword by Most Rev Peter A Comensoli
Paperback, 124 pages, $24.95
ISBN: 9781923224490
The first census in 1836 of the region we now know as Victoria,
revealed fourteen Catholics in the small village on the Yarra, who were
meeting to say the Rosary in a cottage. Within three years a temporary
Catholic Church had been built, being replaced by the original St
Francis church in 1841. As Melbourne expanded, the Church established
‘Missions’ in the outlying rural areas of the new settlement, first at
Coburg and then at Heidelberg in 1848.
This book continues this remarkable story and picks up the particular
history of the Heidelberg Mission and its first Parish, St John the
Evangelist. From this humble beginning sprang the network of Catholic
Churches and parishes throughout what is now the eastern half of
metropolitan Melbourne.
The Heidelberg Mission and the parish of St John the Evangelist is a
fitting subject for the first monograph in a series about historic
Australian churches. -- From the Foreword by Most Rev Peter A. Comensoli, Archbishop of Melbourne
Kevin Andrews is a former Australian parliamentarian and cabinet
minister, serving the electorate of Menzies in the House of
Representatives for 31 years. He and his wife, Margaret have been
parishioners at St John the Evangelist, Heidelberg for four decades.
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