The Church of the Holy Nativity
Cnr Miva St & Tewantin Rd, Cooroy

Times of worship:

Every Sunday, 9.30 am
Holy Communion. This is followed by morning tea.

Note: Our next parish combined Holy Communion service will be for Good Shepherd Sunday, 18th April at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Rectory Street, Pomona.

The Church of the Holy Nativity was originally built in 1913-14 and dedicated on 21st March, 1914. The church survived almost 50 years before it was demolished in a cyclone on the night of Friday, 19th February, 1954.

The Gympie Times of February 23rd described the scene after the cyclone:

 “...only uprooted trees and wrecked churches were left to tell the tale. ... Early on Sunday morning the Catholic Church collapsed like a pack of cards and the Church of England was blown off its stumps. Only a cemented tank at the rear stopped it from sliding down into a steep gully.”

Fundraising, insurance and a £1500 loan from the diocese funded the new church. The fundraising was organised by Mrs Mary Bennett and her husband, John Leslie Bennett, was the builder.

The newly completed church was dedicated on 6th November, 1954 at a 2.30pm.

The Patronal Festival for Holy Nativity is the Feast of Epiphany and will be celebrated with a Combined Parish Eucharist and Lunch on the Sunday closest to the 6th January each year.

The stained glass windows in the Baptistry, dedicated to the memory of the Punchard family, were moved from St George’s, Windsor after its closure.

A visiting choir performs at Cooroy church

The original Church of the Holy Nativity, Cooroy at its opening in 1913

The original Cooroy church was badly damaged in the cylone of 1954