The Aquinas College Chapel, formally known as the Chapel of St Thomas Aquinas, is a heritage-listed building located on the
Aquinas College property in
Salter Point, Western Australia
Salter Point is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located in the City of South Perth local government area.
Around 1880, Samuel August Salter (after whom Salter Point was named) worked as a sawyer and timber contractor on the peninsula. At ...
. The building is owned by the
Christian Brothers as part of the Aquinas College property.
History
The chapel was officially opened on 12 August 1966, which was described in the college
annual
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as "the greatest day in the long history of the college".
In 1961 an appeal had been launched to raise funds for extensions to the college. Br. Hall's request to the Christian Brothers for support of the project included costings for a chapel at
AU£25,000. When Br. Woodruff totalled up the payments to take the chapel to furnished completion, figures came out at AU£83,370.
The chapel was heritage listed by the
Heritage Council of Western Australia
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Prior to its creation, considerable variance in policy and ...
on 1 May 1989.
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Services
Regular chapel services are held on Thursday mornings for all students, and special services for boarders are held on Sunday evenings. The chapel also plays host to baptisms, holy communions, confirmation, weddings and funerals.
[Aquinas College Brochure. Published by Aquinas College. c1990s]
See also
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Albert Edwin Lynch
Albert Edwin Lynch (10 December 1900 – 23 August 1976) was a musician and Catholic priest.
Lynch was born in Collie, Western Australia to Ernest Lynch and Elizabeth Lynch (née Stewart). He was raised an Anglican and educated at state schools. H ...
– Served as priest from 1938 to 1942
References
Further reading
* Florey, Cecil (2000), Canning Bridge to Clontarf: An Historical Journey Along Manning Road
* Massam, Katharine (1998). ''On High Ground: Images of One Hundred Years at Aquinas College, Western Australia''
University of Western Australia
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