St. Anthony's ChurchSt. Anthony's Church
Edwardstown
St. Anthony's Church is
located on the Corner of South Road and Castle Street, Edwardstown. There is a
car park at the rear of the church hall in Castle Street.
Saturday 6.00p.m. (Vigil Mass)
Sunday 9:30a.m.
Tuesday 9.15a.m.
Wednesday 9.15a.m.
Thursday 9.15a.m.
Friday 9.15a.m.
Reconciliation:
Saturdays10.15am—10.45am.
The Priest is present 1 hour before Weekend Masses and the
Sacrament
is available 15mins before Week day Masses
Please note the times offered before
Mass and particularly each Saturday morning.
Links with information about St. Anthony can be found below:
St. Anthony's Hall and Meeting Rooms can be accessed from Castle St. Parking is available in the grounds adjacent St. Anthony's Parish School.
On occasions, rooms in the Presbytery are used for meetings. These rooms are accessible via the Parish office at the rear of the Presbytery behind the church. A doorbell is located beside the office door.
A Brief History of St. Anthony's
Extracts taken from "An Informal History" booklet produced for 60th Anniversary 1997
Extracts From "Southern Cross" Newspaper
New School-Church for Edwardstown - July 26, 1929
The Catholics of Edwardstown which belongs to the new parish of Brighton, in charge of Rev E Robertson, have for some time been looking forward to having their own School-Church The work of erecting it on a site in the South Road, near the Institute and the Railway Station, has now been started, and it is expected that the foundation stone will be laid by His Grace, the Archbishop in three or four weeks time.
The contract has been let to Messrs Holland and Giles, who have built several of the School/Churches in the suburbs with great satisfaction, and it is expected the work will be completed by the end of the year.
The School will be opened by the Dominican Nuns of Cabra early next year.
The parishioners are naturally pleased at the prospect of having the Church/School opened so soon and will rally round their pastor; but as they are not numerous, they will be grateful for support and assistance from friends in other parishes in meeting the debt which will be incurred
New School Church, Edwardstown - August 9, 1929
The Foundation Stone of the new School Church which is being erected at the corner of the South Road and Castle Street, Edwardstown, will be blessed and laid at 3pm on Sunday, August 18, by His Grace, the Archbishop.
The Rev E Robertson and his Committee hope to see a good attendance of friends, as the parishioners of the district are not numerous and have hitherto had to be content with Masses at intervals in the Institute Hall They will also be grateful for all possible assistance from outside the parish. The Edwardstown buses pass the site of the new School Church, which is near the Institute.
Church Fete at Edwardstown - December 6, 1929
A Fete in aid of St Anthony's School Church, Edwardstown now nearing completion, will be opened on Friday evening next, December 13 in the new School Church, just off the South Road and will be continued on Saturday afternoon and evening.
The various stalls include fancy goods, groceries, cakes, sweets, cool drinks, ice cream, novelties and afternoon tea.
St Anthony's School-Church, Edwardstown - Blessed and Officially Opened by the Archbishop.., January 17, 1930 The new School Church of St Anthony, Edwardstown, which had been in use for Mass since December 8, was blessed and officially opened on Sunday afternoon last by His Grace, the Archbishop, in the presence of a good attendance of parishioners. His Grace was received by Rev E Robertson, PP and blessed the building inside.
The school church was then thrown open to the public, and the official opening took place. Seated on the platform with His Grace were Rev Fathers Robertson,
T J Gatzemeyer (Lower North Adelaide) and M L Dunne (Glenelg).
Fr Robertson, in welcoming the Archbishop, said that only a few months ago they had had a similar pleasure when His Grace laid the foundation-stone. The architect (Mr C W Hodgson) and the contractors (Messrs Holland and Giles) had completed the work in a most satisfactory manner, as they would note. They had handed him the key on the very day fixed for completion, November 29. There had not been the slightest hitch in the work: and there were no extras. The contract price for the building totalled one thousand, six hundred and eighty pounds and a piano, shelter shed, and chairs increased the amount to one thousand, nine hundred and seventy one pounds. They had borrowed seven hundred pounds from the Catholic Church Endowment Society and might have to ask for a further one hundred pounds. They hoped to realise a fair amount from the appeal that day and a queen competition to close next month. He congratulated His Grace on celebrating his 70th birthday and asked him to address the gathering. (Applause).
The Archbishop expressed his pleasure at being present. It was a matter of necessity that the people of Edwards town should have a building of their own in which Mass could be celebrated, instead of using the Institute. But even more important was the establishment of a school, which should really come first in every Catholic parish. If there were no schools, Catholics might be asking, like others, Why don't people go to church? In the Catholic schools the children were taught their obligations to God and their fellow citizens, and the principles of religion were instilled into them. Naturally those thus taught looked after the provision of churches, as they wanted Mass and the Sacraments.
Rev Fr Gatzemeyer then made an appeal for funds. The new building was both a school and a Church; but as His Grace had said, the school came first. His memories of the district went back 30 years, when it was a drag on people to go to the nearest Church for Mass. Now they were witnessing the realisation of their hopes of many years.
A subscription list was then opened. It was headed by the Archbishop with ten guineas, the total received being sixty two pounds. Fr Robertson, in thanking the donors, said there were not many Catholics in Edwardstown, and half of them were out of employment at present. The amount was not small in view of the circumstances.*******************************************************
Building St. Anthony's Church (as it now stands)
The Edwardstown Parish as a whole developed very rapidly in the late 1950's and the church which was situated in St Anthony's Hall was not large enough for our needs.
Fr. Skehan formed a group of men he called the Church Finance Committee, and he discussed with them means whereby we could raise finance to build a church. It was agreed we commence a planned giving programme. The scheme was a great success financially, but at the expense of the social life of the parish as all fund raising social events were discontinued.Finally St. Anthony's church was built, based on a design Fr. Skehan had seen in Sydney.
More to Come
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