Address & Contact
1149-1277 Christmas Creek Rd
Christmas Creek QLD 4285
Phone: +617 5541 1068
Email: stmarys@bne.catholic.net.au
Web: https://www.stmarysbeaudesert.com/our-churches/sacred-heart-christmas-creek
Originally named St. Joseph’s, definitive details of the early history of the church at Christmas Creek are hard to come by. Mr. Michael Cahill of “Kildare” donated the three Acre block on which the church stands in 1901 and this block was originally owned by Mr.
John Cahill in 1884. It is uncertain as to the date the Church was built; however, it is thought to have been constructed in the early 1900’s, with voluntary labour from local parishioners and timber supplied by the Cahill Brothers.
The first burial in the
cemetery was that of Mr. Martin Sullivan in 1904, though there is no record if this was before or after the Church was built.