Mossel Bay Photos

Delfino's Restaurant at the Point. Good food and a great view.

The days are getting warmer and summer vacation is creeping closer.

A cloudy day at the Point.

View towards Mossel Bay from Island View with the hotel and apartment buildings at Diaz Beach and the Point in the background.

The view of the Outeniqua Mountains from Island View.

By Morne van der Berg (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 )], via Wikimedia Commons The annual Remembrance Day Parade takes place at the Point Cenotaph War Memorial. I will not be able to attend but hope to go there soon to take a few photos.

Close up of one of the wood carved art pieces on the wall of St Thomas Catholic Church.

On the walls inside St Thomas Catholic Church are  beautiful wood carved art pieces showing the story of Jesus on the cross.

This is the entrance to the Confessional. The French Missionary Fathers of Lyon took charge of the church in the 1870's.  A little school was built in 1885.  It was only one classroom and is now the confessional of the church.

This beautiful stained-glass window in St Thomas Catholic Church was installed in1924.  It was a gift from Father Mayer to the church.

This is the inside of St Thomas Catholic Church

  The beautiful wood roof trusses of the St Thomas Catholic Church was made by Father Haushahn. As a German Father Haushahn had to live a secluded life during the First World War. He used his time for carving and carpentry.

The first wing of this building was built in 1907 (right on photo) and the second wing was added in 1911 (left on photo). The Convent school was started after three Sisters of the Holy Cross came to Mossel Bay in 1904. While this building was built the Convent House was used as school.  The school grew quickly and to make more room the Sisters slept in the garret of the Convent House. The school was closed in 1968.

The building at 31 Marsh Street was built about 1877 and was used as presbytery for St Thomas Catholic Church from 1905 after the Convent House was turned into a school. The building was sold and is now “The Fynbos Shoppe and Coffee Shop”. The white part of the building is the Victorian Tea Room and was added in 2005.

Convent House was the first building erected for St Thomas Catholic Church. It was built in 1868 and was used as a chapel and presbytery. A lot of changes were made over the years. The building is now used by Magic Kids. The enterance gate with a cross was built in 1887 when Marsh Street was constructed.

On Saturday 20 October 2012 we went on an outing with the Mossel Bay Heritage Society. We visited the Masonic Lodge and St Thomas Catholic Church. I have previously posted pictures of the outside of the church. In the next few posts I am going to show you more of the Church and tell you a bit about its history