The seemingly a-typical spring rains are making Sydney appeare so English. No more those monsoon-like downpours, but rather day-long drizzle falling out of lowering grey skies. I'm sure that the land and its farmers will be appreciating the rising water table. And, of course, the streets are so much nicer after a good washing. Even so, the sun, when it does come out, has real power; Sydney in the sun is a glorious sight.
A few weeks ago I managed to find, on a little reconoitering of Hunter's Hill, the tiny cemetery chapel which used to stand in the grounds of Campion College. It was in this chapel that the body of St Peter Chanel was briefly held in 1977 on its journey from the Island of Fortuna to Rome after his martyrdom in 1841. The chapel was dismantled a few decades ago and reassembled in the grounds of the Marist Fathers in Hunter's Hill.
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Dear Fr Richard
I have some old photos of "Toony" in the late 70s and some good shots of the tiny St Peter Chanel chapel in the grounds which I would love to send to you, also several other shots of the grounds as they were back then. I will put them on my website and you can save them to your hard drive.
http://www.operafolks.com/Cooke/teacherspeople.html
Regards
Martin
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