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n 15 August, 1991, the Parish of Mary
Immaculate, Eagle Vale ‘came of age’. A
joyous celebration was held to formally acclaim
our independence. Eagle Vale became a parish
in its own right, independent of St John’s. Bishop
WilliamMurray, Bishop of Wollongong, and Fr
John Sherman OMI, Provincial of the Missionary
Oblates of Mary Immaculate, led the community
of Mary Immaculate in the celebration. Fr Donal
was our first Parish Priest, assisted by Fr Aldo.
Fr Aldo left in early 1993 and was succeeded
by Frs Henry McFall, Tony Colbert and Brian
Harris. In 1996, Fr Vincent returned as the Parish
Priest parish, with Fr Brian as his assistant. Fr
Brian was transferred in August 1988 and after
his ordination in July 1999, Fr Mario Azrak was
appointed as the new assistant.
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B E G I N S
Parish
O U R PA R I S H
T
he new parish designed its own emblem,
to symbolise all aspects of the parish
spirituality. This was unveiled inMay 1992 –
there had been a competition to come up with
some ideas. Fr Aldo came up with the final
design.
The
SUN
reflects the love of God pervading the
whole people of God;
The
GOLD
colour represents the response of the
people in the Parish to that love of God by their
faith in Jesus Christ shown in the
BIBLE
and the
CROSS
;
We are an Oblate Parish so we highlight
MARY
as Immaculate Virgin, Mother of Christ and the
Church –
BLUE
colour;
All together we, the people of God, join with
Mary in glorifying, praising and thanking God
through Christ as revealed in the Scriptures
(BIBLE)
, through his death on the
CROSS
and
resurrection.
The emblemwas changed to incorporate both
Parish and school emblems when the school
name was changed to Mary Immaculate Catholic
Parish Primary School on 29 June 2005.
Emblem