Sydney Churches

When I was in Sydney, I visited this really awesome church on George Street. I took some photos from my Blackberry - really modern church. I loved it! Read a bit of the info on their website.


Their's is the Blessed Sacrament Community, so I see this photo as fitting as the Blessed Sacrament is upon the altar. Those who don't know, in Catholicism we believe in a little thing called "transubstantiation" which means that after the priest has blessed the bread, it actually becomes the flesh of Jesus, the wine becomes the Blood of Christ. 

I also went to St. Mary's Cathedral, with the help of my Blackberry and Google Maps - easy as! Kyle didn't mind either, he found it interesting. I snapped a few of a statue of Pope John-Paul II, but couldn't take any inside the Cathedral. Strange I thought as we could take photos there during World Youth Day in 2008. Perhaps they made an exception during that week? Most likely.

I also bought a book at the Cathedral, about the Cathedral. Since I couldn't take any photos, I figure I would buy this instead. It has photos even of the crypt where five Archbishops are buried, beneath the Cathedral, also photos of old, historic stained-glass-windows. One of them I liked particularly, which shows the history of Catholicism in Australia, where a convict-priest is celebrating an "illegal mass" in a home. It was illegal of course because Catholic's weren't much liked back then, the Church of England was the ruling force in the English country's.

There's this one last church I snapped just before we were going into Central Station to catch the train to Casino. It just sticks out of nowhere and looks strange. Gives you an idea of how Sydney started I guess. Back in the old times, no building could be taller than the church - imagine if that were still the case! Cities would have expanded out instead of up!