Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society articles from January 1 2004

Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society archives from January 1 2004

In this edition.
January 1, 2004... The Australian Bishops in 1987 established the Bishops' Committee for Justice, Development and Peace, to promote and oversee Church involvement in these broad areas. They appointed Michael Costigan as Executive Secretary for the Committee. From...

Completed 2003 programme.(Calendar)
January 1, 2004... COMPLETED 2003 PROGRAMME 9 February The President, John Luttrell, gave his Report in which he reviewed the 2002 programme and thanked Annual General the members and Council for their support and Meeting ...

Serving the Australian Bishops in their promotion of social justice and human rights: 1987-2004.
January 1, 2004... The above title was given to this paper because I was invited by the Australian Catholic Historical Society to speak about my work over the past seventeen years as the first Executive Secretary to the Bishops' Committee for Justice, Development...

Bishop Torreggiani and the early Capuchins in the Diocese of Armidale.
January 1, 2004... Between 1879 and 1904 Elzear Torreggiani, a Capuchin friar, ministered to the Diocese of Armidale, New South Wales, as its bishop. His story and that of a band of Capuchin friars that he attracted to the diocese is a fascinating chapter in the...

Catherine Heydon, 1858 to 1868: from Subiaco to Carcoar.
January 1, 2004... Catherine Heydon was my great-grandmother. Although she would become Catherine Connolly in marriage, in the ten years under consideration in this article she was still Catherine Heydon. They were the years of her journey from Subiaco to...

George Cardinal Pell: creation of the seventh Cardinal of the Australian Church.
January 1, 2004... This article is intended to record the creation of Australia's most recent Cardinal and to place him in the context of the earlier Cardinals of the Australian Church. It is not intended to be a detailed history of the cardinalate or the Church...

The enigmatic Santamaria: the task alter Ross Fitzgerald's The Pope's Battalions *.
January 1, 2004... Despite his public prominence, B. A. Santamaria remains an elusive and enigmatic figure in Australian history. He attracted both intense loyalty and fierce opposition, yet much of his activity still remains obscure or veiled in secrecy. A...

David H. Plowman. Enduring Struggle: St. Mary's Tardun Farm School.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... DAVID H. PLOWMAN. Enduring Struggle: St. Mary's Tardun Farm School. Scholastica Press, Perth, 2003; ISBN 0-9579414-1-2; ppb; 394 pages. From the title of this book l was led to expect yet another hagiographic house history. Instead, we...

Vivienne Keely. Dixon of Botany Bay: the Convict Priest from Wexford.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... VIVIENNE KEELY. Dixon of Botany Bay: the Convict Priest from Wexford. St Pauls Publications, Sydney, 2003; ISBN 1 876295 63 5; 96 pages. This is a worthy example of the new scholarship on the early colonial history of New South Wales. It...

Anthony Paganoni. Valiant Struggles and Benign Neglect: Italians, Church and Religious Societies in Diaspora. The Australian Experience from 1950 to 2000.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... ANTHONY PAGANONI. Valiant Struggles and Benign Neglect: Italians, Church and Religious Societies in Diaspora. The Australian Experience from 1950 to 2000. The Center for Migration Studies, New York, 2003; ISBN 1-57703-031-1, PBK; xx + 393...

Father Peter Murphy. Outback Priests: 25 Stories from the Toowoomba Diocese.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... FATHER PETER MURPHY. Outback Priests: 25 Stories from the Toowoomba Diocese. Diocese of Toowoomba, Toowoomba, 2004. ISBN 0-949122-52-3; ppb; 151 pages. In a way, the photo on the cover says it all--the clear sky, the bush setting, the open...

John T McGreevy. Catholicism and American Freedom: a History.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... JOHN T MCGREEVY. Catholicism and American Freedom: a History. New York, W. W. Norton, 2003, ISBN 0393047601, 295 pages, plus 133 pages of notes, bibliography, and index. This is a scholarly but very readable and thought provoking book that...

Vivienne Keely. Lot One, St Patrick's Parramatta.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... VIVIENNE KEELY. Lot One, St Patrick 's Parramatta, Trustees of the Diocese of Parramatta, Parramatta, 2003; ISBN 174072 006 7; 28 pages. Vivienne Keely, a research officer for the Diocese of Parramatta, has written a short history of the site...

Our Story: Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... Our Story: Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn. Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, Canberra 2003; ISBN 2-7468-1247-9; 104 pages, hard cover. An attractive A4 publication released in time for the Diocesan Synod in 2004. Author, Fr Brian...

An tathair Michael. Sydney 1798 Memorial: Tomb of a Man who fought an Empire.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... AN tATHAIR MICHAEL. Sydney 1798 Memorial: Tomb of a Man who fought an Empire. Published by Micheal O Suilleabhain, 6/55 Gladstone Street, Kogarah NSW 2217, no date [2003]; ISBN 0 646 42616 8; 84 pages. This revised edition of Father...

Lawrence McCane fms, Melanesian Stories: Marist Brothers in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea 1845-2003.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... LAWRENCE McCANE FMS, Melanesian Stories: Marist Brothers in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea 1845-2003, Marist Brothers, Madang PNG, 2003; ISBN 9980-850421-9; 405 pages. A detailed and well researched account of the involvement of Marist...

President's report.(Editorial)
January 1, 2004... With this issue Elizabeth Johnston concludes her service as editor of the Newsletter. Beginning in 1993 she has produced forty issues--all on time and of high standard of content, interest and accuracy. From 1996 to 2000 she had the additional...

The Matthew Talbot Hostel.(August, September and October Meetings)
January 1, 2004... On Sunday 8 August there was a good attendance of members to hear Pat O'Flynn, from the St Vincent de Paul Society, give the Gavin Cashman Memorial Lecture on the history of the Matthew Talbot Hostel. Today the Hostel is a well-known...

The reception of Vatican II in Australia since 1965.
January 1, 2004... On Sunday 12 September Fr Richard Lennan gave a fascinating address to a packed meeting of members and friends. Richard began by defining reception as the process through which an ecclesial community incorporates into its own life a...

Excursion to Wollombi.
January 1, 2004... Sunday 10 October was a sunny spring day--perfect for the Society's members and friends who set off in a large tourist coach on the annual excursion. Heading north along the Newcastle Freeway, the coach took the Peats Ridge exit to reach the...

Dates to remember.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
January 1, 2004... Sunday 14 November 2.30 pm Australia's Fenian Scare: the Attempted Assassination of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, at Clontarf in Sydney in 1868 Dr Keith Amos at St Mary's Cathedral Sunday 12 December Christmas Function: Mass at 12 noon...

New members.(Moya Cavanagh, Maria Richards)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Moya Cavanagh, Lindfield; Maria Richards, Roseville.

Suggestion box.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... It has been decided to have a suggestion box at our regular meetings, on the table near the entrance door of the Cathedral College hall foyer. Members might like to make suggestions about speakers, Society activities, content of the Newsletter...

From the editor.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... It is with very mixed feelings that I have finished my last ACHS Newsletter. Back in 1993 when I first agreed to take it over from its founder, James Maher, I never dreamt that, with the exception of two years in which Chantal Celjan edited it...

Australian Catholic history conference.(Advance Notice)(Australian Catholic Historical Society)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... * Convened by the Australian Catholic Historical Society in association with the Broken Bay Institute * Saturday 3 September 2005, from 9.30 am to 4.30 pm at Mount St Benedict Centre, Pennant Hills NSW. * Conference theme: The Catholic...

New books.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Robert Lehane Forever Carnival, a story of priests, professors, & politics in 19th century Sydney. Ginindeera Press PO Box 53 Charnwood ACT 2615. This is the story of the early St John's College at the University of Sydney and its founding...

A little beady snippet from the past.
January 1, 2004... On 13 August 1952 the Minister for Trade and Customs referred to the Commonwealth Tariff Board a reference to examine whether articles used in the practice of religion should be admitted duty free or at some determined rate. Australia used to...

Hibernian society members in 1932.(Hibernian Catholic Group)
January 1, 2004... NSW Stale Records at Kingswood holds a list of all members of the 'Australian Hibernian Catholic Group' as at 30 June 1932. The records are part of the valuation returns of the Registry of Friendly Societies, and their call number is X792. ...

150 years since an invitation, on 1-2 October 1854, with enduring consequences for the church in Australia and New Zealand.
January 1, 2004... 1-2 October 1854 marked the turning point in a young man's life. This turning point came in the invitation to Australia as a convict prison chaplain and to be ordained there. This invitation and its acceptance had far-reaching consequences. ...

2005 programme.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
January 1, 2004... Sunday 13 February 2.30 pm Annual General Meeting followed by The History of the Genesians Grant Fraser at St Mary's Cathedral Sunday 13 March 2.30 pm The Australian Mission to Japan Fr John McSweeney at St Mary's Cathedral Sunday 10...