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The Parish of the Holy Name of Mary is a parish of the Archdiocese of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The locality of parish is within the Municipality of Hunters Hill. To the north, east and south, it is bounded by the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers; to the west by Wharf Rd, Batemans Rd, Mars St, Wallace Ave, and Blaxland St. Hunters Hill was originally part of the parish of Ryde, established in the early 1850s. In 1856 the parish of Ryde was entrusted to the care of the Marist Fathers, a French missionary congregation whose members had first come to Hunters Hill in 1847. In 1890 the parish was divided, with the Marists retaining the east, comprising Hunters Hill, Woolwich and Gladesville. |
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The church has 21 windows, two of which are pictorial stained glass. These are in the Sanctuary, directly behind the altar, and were supplied by G. Dufêtre of Lyon, France in 1893. One is of Christ and a holy woman (possibly St. Margaret Mary Alacoque 1647 - 1690) the other depicts the Annunciation. |
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