Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society articles

Recent articles from Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society

In this edition.
January 1, 2008... I received much of the text for this Journal during July as Sydney hosted the pilgrims for World Youth Day 2008. It was remarkable to see the welcome of hundreds of thousands to Pope Benedict XVI and the climactic Mass at Randwick, likewise with 400,000 participants. In contrast, the...

Completed 2007 programme.(Australian Catholic Historical Society)(Calendar)
January 1, 2008... 11 February Annual General Meeting (at St Mary's Cathedral) The retiring President, John Luttrell fms, gave his Report in which he reviewed the developments and programme of 2007 and thanked the members and Council for their support and interest over the year. Elections were then...

The death of Archbishop Roger Bede Vaughan.(Biography)
January 1, 2008... The name of Roger Bede Vaughan is not as well known among Sydney Catholics as that of his English Benedictine predecessor, John Bede Polding, or his illustrious Irish successor, Patrick Francis Cardinal Moran. Indeed, at first sight Patrick O'Farrell's sad assessment of Vaughan's episcopate...

Open hearts: the Catholic church and the stolen generation in the Kimberley.(Kimberley, Australia )(Essay)
January 1, 2008... I make this contribution today in the hope that those who have suffered at the hands of unjust government policies, policies in which the Church has assisted at times, will come to know that their deep sorrow finds a listening heart in the Church. To those who have suffered personal...

The beginning of the Diocese of Parramatta: reflections.(Speech)
January 1, 2008... Thank you for the invitation to speak to your Society about the beginning of the Diocese of Parramatta. Although I was named first Bishop of Parramatta I am not really a leading witness to this subject--more like an actor with a minor role. The initiative for the creation of new dioceses in...