M.G. Gregor was staying at the Sunbury Presbytery when she wrote a message on the flip side of this postcard to her niece on 23rd June 1912. She may have been employed there as a housekeeper.The Catholic Presbytery was built at a cost of 1315 pounds and opened on 25th February 1912. Father Gallivan was the first priest to reside in the new Presbytery. The Presbytery is adjacent to Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Macedon Street.A post card of a non-digital sepia photograph of an Edwardian style brick house with a tiled roof and a return verandah. The house has a picket front fence. A handwritten message dated June 23rd 1923 is written on the flip side of the card.catholic presbytery, catholic church, our lady of mount carmel catholic church, father gallivan

Delegates at the Mass of Thanksgiving for the arrival of the Blessed Sacrament Congregation in Australia. From left to right, front row: Very Rev J. Sullivan SJ, Right Rev. Monsignor Collins PP, Archbishop Daniel Mannix, the Apostolic Delegate Most Rev. Dr Cattaneo, Fr Henri Lachance SSS, Right Rev. Monsignor Lynch PP, Right Rev. Monsignor King OBE PP Stanmore (NSW). Back row: Fr Alfred Vey SSS, Rev. Fr Fennessy, Fr Joseph Thibault SSS, Rev. Fr Dew, Rev. Fr Joseph Chalifoux SSS, Rev J. Manly PP, Rev. N.A. Clack PP, Rev. M. Beovich D.D., Rev. F. Brennan C.SS.R., Very Rev. R. Hayes, Rev. J.J. Gallivan PP, Fr Daniel Sullivan SSS, Rev W. M. Collins PP. Delegates are seated outside the Old Presbytery.st francis’ church, melbourne, church buildings, historic buildings, rites and ceremonies