The church was competed in 1934. From nothing more than a wooden hut, which served as the initial parish church, Father Boyle began the momentous task of fund raising. Letters were dispatched all over the world pleading for donations and such was the response that by 1919 he was able to purchase the land on which the church now stands. With even more generous donations Father Healy saw the grounds prepared by the summer of 1923, the first grass removed by Bishop Barratt in 1927, the foundation stone laid on September 12th, 1928 and watched with eager anticipation as the building grew. (So eager was he for the project to end that he took a personal hand in its completion, often, much to the shock of the labourers and architects, seen mounting the scaffolding to guide the craftsmen as they built.) By 1933 the church was complete and officially opened by Archbishop Williams leading the ceremonies on June 6th, 1934.
Our Lady of Lourdes Church is an amazingly ambitious and imposing building. It stands on sure foundations and, according to the builders, was constructed in such a manner that its walls will never crack!
Its style is 13th century, with more French than English overtones. It is a large cruciform building of concrete, rendered to look like stone, with an entrance portico on the north side and a bell tower incorporated in the west transept. Internally the nave has narrow aisles with a series of side chapels beyond. In the hillside to the north of the church is a reproduction of the grotto at Lourdes. This contains an altar, and is approached via a wide paved forecourt in which open-air Masses are held.
The church was competed in 1934. From nothing more than a wooden hut, which served as the initial parish church, Father Boyle began the momentous task of fund raising. Letters were dispatched all over the world pleading for donations and such was the response that by 1919 he was able to purchase the land on which the church now stands. With even more generous donations Father Healy saw the grounds prepared by the summer of 1923, the first grass removed by Bishop Barratt in 1927, the foundation stone laid on September 12th, 1928 and watched with eager anticipation as the building grew. (So eager was he for the project to end that he took a personal hand in its completion, often, much to the shock of the labourers and architects, seen mounting the scaffolding to guide the craftsmen as they built.) By 1933 the church was complete and officially opened by Archbishop Williams leading the ceremonies on June 6th, 1934. 
