Holy Spirit Parish is a vibrant, welcoming, diverse, multicultural, Catholic community. We seek to live, teach and share the joy of the Gospel; to grow as disciples of Jesus through prayer, witness, and action and to respond to the needs of the community in City Beach region and beyond.
The Past 48 Years: A Potted History
- 1960: The Archbishop of Perth gives Fr Phelan a charter to establish a parish in City Beach. Only gravel road links this “remote” area to the city.
- 1964: Five classrooms of our school are constructed. For 10 years the school serves the Parish as both a school and a Church.
- 1974: After years of hard work and sacrifice, the architecturally award winning Church of the Holy Spirit is officially opened.
- 1980: To meet growing Parish need, the Parish Centre is built.
- 1983: The school expands with the opening of the pre-primary.
- 1985: The school administrative block and library area is completed.
- 1995: The school embarks on a major development program with a new covered assembly area, administration centre and additional enlarged classrooms.
- 1998: Fr Phelan celebrates his Golden Jubilee. Most of his 50 years as a Priest were spend providing spiritual guidance to our Parish.
- 2000: We celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Parish and the kindy and pre-primary/library extensions are opened.
- 2002: The school opens the new computer laboratory and adventure playground.
- 2005: The school’s library is extended and a veranda added outside classrooms.
- 2007: Fr Phelan passes away and is succeeded by Fr Don Kettle.
- 2007: Fr Don Kettle appointed Parish Priest in March.
- 2007: The new Parish Centre is opened by Bishop Sproxton.
- 2008: Outer-School Care is open.