Queensland Religious Places
(Cassowary Coast Regional Counicil Local Heritage Places Study, 289)
| Church of St John the Evangelist | |
| Harold Street, Silkwood 4856 | |
| Roman Catholic | |
| 1940 | |
| reinforced concrete | |
| Inter-war Gothic | |
| Open | |
| Johnstone River Advocate, 18 Dec 1940; Evening Advocate, 8 Aug 1941; Cassowary Coast Regional Counicil Local Heritage Places Study, 389 | |
| 14x9 m | |
| £690 | |
| Extensions in 1958 The church has a strong association with Sicilian (especially Catanesi) communities not only in and around Silkwood but throughout North Queensland, The church has a Shrine with statues of Three Saints. The celebration of the Festival of the Three Saints occurs on the first Sunday of May, and is noted for the intense involvement of Sicilians, notably from Catania, from 1950.(Cassowary Coast Regional Counicil Local Heritage Places Study, 389) |