LOCAL GALLERY: CEILING CURZON HALL
While not exactly classed as a work of art, this plaster ceiling has many memories for the confreres in the Australian Province of the Congregation of the Mission. In the days when Curzon Hall at Marsfield, Sydney, was the house of formation for Vincentians in Australia (with some confreres from Fiji, the Philippines, Spain and Indonesia also spending part of their formation time there), the building and property were known as St Joseph's Seminary, Eastwood. The ceiling of the Seminary Chapel was decorated with plaster Miraculous Medals, as well as Crosses with entwined passion flowers.
When the Seminary closed, the property
was leased, and later sold, to a firm of caterers.
The
building has reverted to its original name of Curzon Hall.
Though the old Chapel is now a Conference/Dining Room, the ceiling
retains its decorative features, and is a talking point for all who visit Curzon Hall.
The 2002 Provincial Assembly of the CMs of the Australian Province was held at Curzon Hall.
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