St. Pauls Parish Woodridge

In September 1973, the Montfort Fathers arrived to become the first priests in Woodridge. Fr. Irvine Leclerc was Parish Priest, and Fr. Cyril Madden was an Assistant Priest. Fr. Cyril remained in the parish until the Order withdrew in 1989. Fr. Louis Catterall came to be Parish Priest in 1978. He saw the need in the parish for a church. By organising the sale of the land in Railway Parade, the parish was able to finance the building of our beautiful church which was opened in 1981. It is interesting to note that both the land on which the church and school now stand and the blocks of land in Railway Parade were obtained from donations of land made to the parish.