{"id":12,"date":"2019-05-23T02:47:50","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T02:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themify.me\/demo\/themes\/ultra-church\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2026-02-27T12:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T12:06:08","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pinelandscatholicchurch.co.za\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"History:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Learn More About Us<\/h1> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t <\/div>\n\t \t<\/div>\n\t\t
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In the Beginning<\/h3>\n

when the Garden City of Pinelands was launched, from the Church’s point of view it was a “no man’s land.”<\/p>\n

The few Catholics in Pinelands were considered to be in the parish of Maitland. As the area developed and numbers increased, it was attached to Mowbray. In 1946, Pinelands became an independent parish.<\/p>\n

This independence had a “Gilbert and Sullivan” effect about it. The new parish had no church of its own.<\/p>\n

Baptisms, marriages and funerals took place in St Patrick’s, Mowbray. On Sundays, Holy Mass was celebrated in the Pinelands Civic Hall.<\/p>\n

In 1949, the foundation stone of the Church of Christ the King was solemnly laid.<\/p>\n

This was third site which was offered to the Diocese. The first being in Central Square on which the Dutch Reformed Church now stands. The second, in Kings Way, which for some reason was not used.<\/p>\n

When a third section of the Garden City was being developed, the present site was offered and accepted. Providentially ideal. It is down New Way and is easily seen from Forest Drive.<\/p>\n

When the Church was built, it stood in solitary grandeur at the top of New Way, an “island unto itself.” The parish priest continued as Chaplain to what at that time was known as St. Joseph’s Sanatorium.<\/p>\n

Some years later, the name was changed to St Vincent Pallotti Hospital when the founder of the Sisters’ Congregation was canonised.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t <\/div>\n\t \t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n\t \n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t

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Pastor is Appointed.<\/h2> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Hall and classroom enabled the parish to launch a school for children in Sub A, B and Standard 1. The Pallottine Sisters wished to take charge of the school but being nursing sisters, they arranged for one of their sisters to go from Germany and train in England. Sister Vera returned to take up the reigns of the school. The school served as a feeder school for Springfield. A school bus transported the children for years from Pinelands to Springfield. Later, the Dominican Sisters took over the running of the school until they were forced to close almost all their schools due to lack of resources.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The parish priest continued to live in the cottage in the grounds of the hospital. On Thursday, a “housewives” Mass was celebrated in the parish church. At the weekend the church was used in the normal way. On other days, the church was opened and closed by a parishioner on his way to and from work. Mr McCoy did this until the Presbytery was ready<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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In July 1999, Katherine Davey was commissioned to paint the front of the Choir Loft.<\/p>\n

The triptych is of the Last Supper with the left-hand painting being Jesus serving Man, (The washing of the feet) and the right-hand painting depicts Jesus serving God, (praying in the Garden of Gethsemane).\u00a0<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t <\/div>\n\t \t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n\t \n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t

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Priests who Served at the Parish<\/strong><\/h2> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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  1. Fr. Luke O\u2019Reilly (1928-1929) (Parish Priest of Maitland)<\/li>\n
  2. Msgr. John O\u2019Rourke (1929-1935) (Parish Priest of Mowbray)<\/li>\n
  3. Fr. Edward Graham (1936) (Parish Priest of Mowbray)<\/li>\n
  4. Fr. Owen McCann (1939-1940) (Assistant priest at Mowbray)<\/li>\n
  5. Fr. Edward (Ned) Kiernan (1944 \u2013 1953)<\/li>\n
  6. Fr. Frank McManus 1946 (July-December) (Supply Priest)<\/li>\n
  7. Fr. Michael Hulgraine (1950)<\/li>\n
  8. Fr. Brian Power (1954 \u2013 1960)<\/li>\n
  9. Fr. Anthony Seba (1960 \u2013 1988)<\/li>\n
  10. Fr. Paddy Thornton\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (1988 \u2013 1995)<\/li>\n
  11. Fr. Rory Murphy (1995 \u2013 1996)<\/li>\n
  12. Fr. Rodney Hall (1996 \u2013 1997)<\/li>\n
  13. Fr. Jurgens Bezuidenhout (1997 \u2013 1998)<\/li>\n
  14. Msgr. Clifford Stokes (1997 \u2013 1999)<\/li>\n
  15. Fr. Keith Lambert (1998 \u2013 2000)<\/li>\n
  16. Fr. Terry Gorman (1999)<\/li>\n
  17. Fr. Martin Daly SDB<\/li>\n
  18. Fr. Keith Brehob SJ (1999-2000)<\/li>\n
  19. Fr Douglas Wiseman (2000 \u2013 2014)<\/li>\n
  20. Msgr. Andrew Ivo Borello\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (2014 \u2013 2020)<\/li>\n
  21. Fr. Christu Amal Raj SAC (2019 -2022)<\/li>\n
  22. Fr. Charles Prince (2022-)<\/li>\n<\/ol> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t <\/div>\n\t \t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n\t \n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Learn More About Us In the Beginning when the Garden City of Pinelands was launched, from the Church’s point of view it was a “no man’s land.” The few Catholics in Pinelands were considered to be in the parish of Maitland. As the area developed and numbers increased, it was attached to Mowbray. In 1946, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"

    Learn More About Us<\/h1>\n

    In the Beginning<\/h3>

    when the Garden City of Pinelands was launched, from the Church's point of view it was a \"no man's land.\"<\/p>

    The few Catholics in Pinelands were considered to be in the parish of Maitland. As the area developed and numbers increased, it was attached to Mowbray. In 1946, Pinelands became an independent parish.<\/p>

    This independence had a \"Gilbert and Sullivan\" effect about it. The new parish had no church of its own.<\/p>

    Baptisms, marriages and funerals took place in St Patrick's, Mowbray. On Sundays, Holy Mass was celebrated in the Pinelands Civic Hall.<\/p>

    In 1949, the foundation stone of the Church of Christ the King was solemnly laid.<\/p>

    This was third site which was offered to the Diocese. The first being in Central Square on which the Dutch Reformed Church now stands. The second, in Kings Way, which for some reason was not used.<\/p>

    When a third section of the Garden City was being developed, the present site was offered and accepted. Providentially ideal. It is down New Way and is easily seen from Forest Drive.<\/p>

    When the Church was built, it stood in solitary grandeur at the top of New Way, an \"island unto itself.\" The parish priest continued as Chaplain to what at that time was known as St. Joseph's Sanatorium.<\/p>

    Some years later, the name was changed to St Vincent Pallotti Hospital when the founder of the Sisters' Congregation was canonised.<\/p>\n

    Pastor is Appointed.<\/h2>\n

    The Hall and classroom enabled the parish to launch a school for children in Sub A, B and Standard 1. The Pallottine Sisters wished to take charge of the school but being nursing sisters, they arranged for one of their sisters to go from Germany and train in England. Sister Vera returned to take up the reigns of the school. The school served as a feeder school for Springfield. A school bus transported the children for years from Pinelands to Springfield. Later, the Dominican Sisters took over the running of the school until they were forced to close almost all their schools due to lack of resources.<\/p>\n Explore more <\/a>\n\"pinelands-5\"\n\"pinelands-7\"\n

    A School is Born<\/h2>\n

    The parish priest continued to live in the cottage in the grounds of the hospital. On Thursday, a \"housewives\" Mass was celebrated in the parish church. At the weekend the church was used in the normal way. On other days, the church was opened and closed by a parishioner on his way to and from work. Mr McCoy did this until the Presbytery was ready<\/p>\n Explore more <\/a>\n

    Mural <\/strong><\/h2>\n\"pinelands-8\"\n

    In July 1999, Katherine Davey was commissioned to paint the front of the Choir Loft.<\/p>

    The triptych is of the Last Supper with the left-hand painting being Jesus serving Man, (The washing of the feet) and the right-hand painting depicts Jesus serving God, (praying in the Garden of Gethsemane).\u00a0<\/p>\n

    Priests who Served at the Parish<\/strong><\/h2>\n\"pinelands-5\"\n
    1. Fr. Luke O\u2019Reilly (1928-1929) (Parish Priest of Maitland)<\/li>
    2. Msgr. John O\u2019Rourke (1929-1935) (Parish Priest of Mowbray)<\/li>
    3. Fr. Edward Graham (1936) (Parish Priest of Mowbray)<\/li>
    4. Fr. Owen McCann (1939-1940) (Assistant priest at Mowbray)<\/li>
    5. Fr. Edward (Ned) Kiernan (1944 \u2013 1953)<\/li>
    6. Fr. Frank McManus 1946 (July-December) (Supply Priest)<\/li>
    7. Fr. Michael Hulgraine (1950)<\/li>
    8. Fr. Brian Power (1954 \u2013 1960)<\/li>
    9. Fr. Anthony Seba (1960 \u2013 1988)<\/li>
    10. Fr. Paddy Thornton\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (1988 \u2013 1995)<\/li>
    11. Fr. Rory Murphy (1995 \u2013 1996)<\/li>
    12. Fr. Rodney Hall (1996 \u2013 1997)<\/li>
    13. Fr. Jurgens Bezuidenhout (1997 \u2013 1998)<\/li>
    14. Msgr. Clifford Stokes (1997 \u2013 1999)<\/li>
    15. Fr. Keith Lambert (1998 \u2013 2000)<\/li>
    16. Fr. Terry Gorman (1999)<\/li>
    17. Fr. Martin Daly SDB<\/li>
    18. Fr. Keith Brehob SJ (1999-2000)<\/li>
    19. Fr Douglas Wiseman (2000 \u2013 2014)<\/li>
    20. Msgr. Andrew Ivo Borello\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (2014 \u2013 2020)<\/li>
    21. Fr. Christu Amal Raj SAC (2019 -2022)<\/li>
    22. Fr. Charles Prince (2022-)<\/li> <\/ol>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinelandscatholicchurch.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinelandscatholicchurch.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinelandscatholicchurch.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinelandscatholicchurch.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinelandscatholicchurch.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":78,"href":"https:\/\/pinelandscatholicchurch.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1974,"href":"https:\/\/pinelandscatholicchurch.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/1974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinelandscatholicchurch.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}