The construction of the Church of St. Nikola Tavelić began as a dream and an idea in the early 1970’s.  Unfortunately it took many years for this idea to become a reality. My contribution to this miraculous work began somewhere in 1983. As 25 years have passed since then, it is difficult to remember it all. There are probably video tapes about the construction and some private material that individuals have stored away such as photos of various stages of the construction work, etc. I am not sure what material could be located, but it would be well worth looking into this. 

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Croatian Sisters, Adorers of the Blood of Christ, who followed their compatriots to the land under the Southern Cross over twenty years ago, and who worked fruitfully in Sydney for seven years, sold their house in the city’s suburb Casula and, while the church was still being built, erected their monastery of the Sacred Heart which is located across the road from the entrance to the church parking lot.

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“In the neighbourhood of the church” – writes Fr. Gracijan – “a retirement home or a home for the elderly was built. The initiative for the construction of the Village came from the committee members who headed the church construction, that is, those who had fifteen years earlier also built “Kralj Tomislav”, the Croatian Social Club”. This was at the end of 1985, therefore at the time when only very few ever contemplated returning to the homeland. Immediately there were a good number of individuals who were very excited about spending their retirement years in a Home with the Croatian atmosphere and in the immediate vicinity of a Croatian church. The government of NSW also worked in their favour by selling them the land next to the Church of St. Nikola Tavelić and by contributing considerable funding towards the construction of the Home.

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