Redevelopment Plan for South Dunedin

THE MON T HLY MAGAZINE FOR T HE CA T HOLI C S OF T HE DUNE D IN DIO C ESE HE ABLE T JuneT 2009 T Issue No 144 Redevelopment plan for South Dunedin By GILLIAN VINE THIS week, Bishop Colin Campbell announced a concept for redeveloping St Patrick’s Basilica, building a new parish centre and presbytery. In launching the project in the South Dunedin Pastoral Area, Bishop Campbell expressed his desire for those concerned to embrace the concept, discuss it and determine if they would support it and bring it – or a version of it – to a realistic Above: St Patrick’s Basilica, South Dunedin� completion. Right: The redevelopment concept includes The plan, which the bishop emphasises moving St Patrick’s high altar and the associated is, at this stage, a point from which painting forward and creating a small chapel� discussion can commence, involves the earthquake strengthening that is former St Patrick’s School on the same extending the transepts – the side required under Dunedin City Council site into a presbytery containing at least wings in the crucifix-shaped church rules has been incorporated into the two apartment-style accommodation – and moving the existing high altar plan, as has provision for a new floor units. and Rozzo Bravo painting forward. and damp-proofing. New Zealand Historic Places Trust This would enable a small chapel to be St Patrick’s Basilica, designed by southern area manager for Otago- created behind the repositioned altar. prominent Catholic architect F.W. Petre, Southland, Owen Graham said he had The revamp would see existing entry was opened in October 1894. It has met with diocesan representatives and doors removed and a new entrance never been completed, lacking such had given “early advice on best practice created to connect the church and features as the dome and semi-circular approaches to manage the heritage planned new parish centre. It is colonnade outside, and the gilded values of the site”. envisioned that the parish centre would ceiling envisaged by the architect. Bishop Campbell and his staff will seat at least 100 people. New parish The redevelopment plan would work closely with the pastoral area in offices, kitchen facilities and toilets include demolishing the presbytery, developing the redevelopment plans would also be built within this complex. although its original street facade, which further should this be the wish of the Because the proposal is purely dates from 1896, would be retained. Dunedin South Pastoral Area, which conceptual at this stage, no detailed Investigation is also being undertaken covers the parishes of South Dunedin, costings have been prepared. However, as to the viability of converting the Forbury, Tainui and Waverley. Remember Peter’s Pence on June 28 In this issue… JUNE 28 is Peter’s Pence Sunday, linked to the Bishop of Rome that the day Catholics make offerings they decided to send a regular South Dunedin concept plan ��2 to financially support the Holy annual contribution to the Holy Top marks for cooking classes ��3 See and the Pope’s philanthropy. Father. It later spread throughout Kristy is worthy ambassador ��4 It gives the Pontiff the means to Europe and in 1871 Pope Pius Hostel home away from home ��6 provide emergency support to IX gave it his approval in the A decade of mission in Chile ��8 those in need because of war, encyclical letter Saepe Venerabilis. Mission giving �� 10 oppression, disease and natural The collection is traditionally tak- Bishop Len Boyle in Holy Land �� 11 disasters. en each year on the Sunday clos- Obituaries ��12, 13 By the end of the eighth century est to June 29, the Solemnity of St Out and About �� 16 the Anglo-Saxons felt so closely Peter and St Paul. The Tablet June 2009 Plans for St Patrick’s Basilica are unveiled Exit / Entry Exit N Working Sacristy switch board Open Arch Canopy x4 x5 R03 x5 Over Priest Sacristy x5 x5 R02 x5 Exit / Entry 14 Seats 30 Seats x5 x5 R01 x5 Lobby Day Chapel - dotted Lecturn arc of vision glass wall new wall glass wall 1,245 Exit Exit Shrine painting over Shrine Canopy Over arc of High Altar dotted 900 900 vision - - dotted vision arc of ENTRY FROM 725 x4 CARPARK Lecturn x5 COURTYARD x7 West Transept Altar East Transept 83 Seats 83 Seats x8 x5 900 arc x3 of dotted Transept vision 900 - x4 - vision dotted R1 725 1,200 of x4 arc 1,267 R2 x6 NEW GARDEN x9 / OUTDOOR Casket 1,200 R3 x9 COURTYARD [ 77 ] [ 77 ] 1,200 x5 R1 x5 x8 x6 350 x6 950 R2 x6 dotted R4 x5 1 R3 vision - of x6 x6 R5 R6 R7 R8 900 arc EXISTING 1,200 900 4,000 1,201 CARPARK R4 Aisle x5 Nave x5 Aisle 36 Seats R5 44 Seats 4,000 MEETING ROOM [ overflow ] x5 154 Seats x5 [ overflow ] R6 roof above x6 x6 R7 x6 x6 R8 x5 x5 KITCHEN R9 x5 x5 R10 x6 x6 R1 R11 x6 x6 R12 x5 x5 R13 MALE x5 x5 R14 x6 x6 WC Hall LOBBY SEATING COUNT 578 578 338 PERMANENT storage FEMALE 80 OVERFLOW swb NOTE: Seat module Reconciliation Corridor Font is 510mm wide 7,000 STORE Ramp Clean 3,300 ENTRY ACCESSIBLE OFFICE OFFICE CARPARK roof above roof above OFFICE roof above Pick Up & Drop Off An impression by McCoy & Wixon architects of theVEHICLE planned CROSSING redevelopment at St Patrick’sPEDESTRIAN Basilica, SouthVEHICLE CROSSING Dunedin� PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ACCESS ACCESS Sheet: ST PATRICK'S PARISH - Parish Centre Alterations Site Plan - Proposed 1:200 2 Rev: Job BishopNo. CN5002 Moran’s vision of ‘beautiful plan’ for Printed:church Wednesday, June 10, 2009 @ 9:39 AM ON March 20, 1892, Bishop Patrick 25, 1892: “It [St Patrick’s Basilica] will had worked so hard and contributed so Moran laid the foundation stone for be, when finished, a very handsome generously. a new church in South Dunedin, the building, in the classic style of the The church was unfinished on opening congregation having outgrown the Roman basilica affording seating for day. “The nave, choir, sanctuary, aisles, nearby school-chapel. 1200 people,” transepts and vestries have been Even in August 1878, when the school- Because the exterior walls have since erected – leaving for erection the dome chapel was dedicated, the bishop had an been plastered, the location of the stone and the front, which will consist of a eye to the future, with a “beautiful plan” is uncertain. semi-circular colonnade …” New Zealand by F.W. Petre already in his hands. A rapid The total cost of the building was Tablet reported. increase in the number of Catholics in estimated at £5000 and when the Two years later, in 1896, Bishop Dunedin saw the project under way less foundation stone was laid £1500 had Michael Verdon signed a contract for a than 14 years later. already been raised, with collection on new brick presbytery in South Dunedin, New Zealand Tablet said on March the day bringing £400. A labourer then the building to cost more than £600. At earned about £2 10s a week, so the the same time, he announced that the The deadline for the July issue of amount raised from the largely working- Sisters of Mercy would take over the The Tablet is Wednesday, July 1� class community was remarkable. running of St Patrick’s School, which the All contributions should be sent to Bishop Moran, the “guiding spirit” of the Dominican Sisters had run for 18 years. the editor, Gillian Vine, 26 Franklin project was ill – he died seven months Now it is proposed to bring together St, Dalmore, Dunedin 9010; phone later – and unable to attend the opening the various elements of St Patrick’s to (021) 705-708; fax 03-474-5758; email tablet@cdd�org�nz� on October 5, 1894. However, he sent a create a facility that means the needs of message expressing gratitude to all who the parish in the 21st century. 2 June 2009 The Tablet Top marks for Verdon cooking classes By GILLIAN VINE COMMUNITY cooking classes at Verdon College “have been a tremendous success”, college principal Paul Olsen says. A joint venture with Catholic Social Services (CSS), the classes, whose focus was on healthy meals at a low cost, were run by Verdon’s canteen manager Bernice Debono. Two years ago, she ran a similar programme, with Ministry of Education support, at St Patrick’s School. “The idea of these classes came from standing in a queue at the supermarket and watching a woman with a food voucher having to put back groceries after overspending,” Mrs Debono said. “I was horrified, as she kept all the junk PHOTO: IAN DONNELLY food and put back flour, sugar, bread Fun with food … Tutor Bernice Debono (far left) and transport and crèche and vegetables. I thought to myself she supervisor Yvonne McRae (second from left) with some of the Verdon-Catholic needed educating in how to use the Social Services cooking course participants� food she put back.” “Lynley could see the opportunity to CSS director Ian Donnelly said: “As “We wanted to make it really acces- link Verdon College’s resources with CSS a Catholic agency, [this is] part of the sible … and we wanted to give them administration and funding support. Church’s work as we look for diocesan something to take away, including a “The result was an effective community initiatives in which we can be involved.” booklet of recipes”. response at a very modest cost,” he The idea of the Verdon College classes The first 10-week class ran from 3pm said.

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