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The dream realised
Finished product: The design by architect Peter M Quinn which will transform St Mary’s Cathedral and complete its metamorphosis which has spanned three centuries. ■ By Peter Rosengren
It’s here. More than 140 years after the first stage was completed, the final vision for Perth’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception was unveiled at a private reception for patrons and key fundraisers last Thursday, November 9. The wider public will get to see the details in February next year with the launch of the public fundraising appeal. And a whopping 60 per cent of the $20 million needed for the completion of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Perth has already been secured, it was revealed last Thursday. The announcement that $12.4
million has now been secured came at the private reception for patrons and key fundraisers hosted by Archbishop Barry Hickey at the new archdiocesan Pastoral Centre in Mary Street, Highgate. The Perth archdiocese has set itself the goal of raising the remaining $7.6 million by approaching various sectors of the Church in Perth including the Catholic education community, religious orders, ethnic groups and the corporate sector. But uppermost in everyone’s minds was one simple question: what will it look like? It was an exciting moment. Some of Perth’s best-known public figures who have agreed to become patrons or to assist with the
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fundraising viewed a promotional DVD that includes computer-generated video footage of the completed St Mary’s. This is the dvd that will be used throughout WA to seek donations for the completion. High-tech renditions showed in stunning visual detail what Catholics, other Christians and members of the public will see if St
Mary’s is completed on schedule in 2008. The DVD will be presented to Perth Catholics and other donors when fundraising begins early next year. Apart from endorsements from figures such as Perth Lord Mayor Peter Nattrass, the footage shows a more circular interior surrounding an octagonal altar, with room for 1200 people.
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It can fit another 400, if necessary, using an outdoor piazza area. Massive glass windows will suffuse the cathedral with light, doing away with the much darker current interior that has been badly eroded by time and the elements. The current sanctuary of the altar where most worshippers are used to seeing the liturgy celebrated will become the Blessed Sacrament chapel, returning the Sacrament in the tabernacle to centre stage behind the new altar. Meanwhile, the new sanctuary will be relocated to the centre of the cathedral and surrounded on three sides by pews radiating out from it. One of the specifications for the new design was that visibility Continued on page 8
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