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St Barnabas - a loss for all
Bishop McKenna offers sympathy to Anglican community
Our hearts and prayers go out to the congregation of St Barnabas’ Church, and all our Anglican friends, who have lost a place of worship that has gathered them for over one hundred and thirty years.
The destruction of this important and historic building is also a loss for all of us in the City of Bathurst.
May God strengthen the pastors and faithful who are the living stones that make the Church of Jesus Christ.
+ Michael McKenna