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St Mary’s celebrates golden jubilee

HAVING weathered earthquakes, droughts, and time itself, Swan Hill’s St Mary of the Assumption church yesterday celebrated its golden jubilee.On July 1, 1962, thousands of people gathered to witness the official opening of the catholic church.St Mary’s current priest Father Marcello Colasante said this was actually the church’s third birth.”The first church was opened in […]

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