Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society articles from January 1 2005

Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society archives from January 1 2005

In this edition.
January 1, 2005... Vatican II was seen by Karl Rahner and others as heralding the 'world Church' after 1500 years of a 'European Church'. For John Paul II the Council was 'this great patrimony' of the 20th century to the Church. Forty years have now passed since...

Completed 2004 programme.
January 1, 2005... 8 February Annual General Meeting (at St Mary's Cathedral) The President, John Luttrell, gave his Report in which he reviewed the programme of the previous year and thanked the members and Council for their support and interest over...

Receiving Vatican II: the Australian experience.
January 1, 2005... I Reception is a deceptively simple concept. Susceptible of a clear definition--'the process through which an ecclesial community incorporates into its own life a particular custom, decision, liturgical practice, or teaching'--reception is...

A critical alliance: ABC religious broadcasting and the Christian churches.
January 1, 2005... This paper gives an account of the relationship of the ABC and its religious broadcasters to the Christian churches, from 1932 (when the ABC began) to 1977 (marking the end of several years of public controversy about religious broadcasting in...

That other state aid question: assistance to charitable homes for children.
January 1, 2005... Much has been written about the struggle for state aid to denominational schools, less about aid for children's homes. The subsidisation of these homes in New South Wales was affected by episodes of pragmatism, as well as the fear that...

An overview of the historiography of women religious in Australia *.
January 1, 2005... In the past twenty years there has emerged in Australia a burgeoning body of literature of scholarly interest in the history of Catholic women religious. This evolution has been stimulated and influenced by the historiography emerging from...

Earthquake, wind and fire: the writing of parish history.
January 1, 2005... Parish history, particularly in its Catholic context, probably has suffered more than most other forms of historical science from unprofessional treatment. The reasons are not hard to determine. In the first place, a parish, as a very small...

James Franklin. Corrupting the Youth: A History of Philosophy in Australia.
January 1, 2005... JAMES FRANKLIN. Corrupting the Youth: A History of Philosophy in Australia. Macleay Press, Sydney, 2003; iv + 465 pages. This book has two strands. In the first Franklin recounts stories about life around philosophy and philosophers,...

Jill Blee. From the Murray to the Sea: The History of Catholic Education in the Ballarat Diocese.
January 1, 2005... JILL BLEE. From the Murray to the Sea: The History of Catholic Education in the Ballarat Diocese. Catholic Education Office, Ballarat and Indra Publishing, Ballarat, 2004; ISBN 1 920787 09 7; 181 pages. The telling of the Christian story...

John Hosie. Eileen: The Life of Eileen O'Connor, Foundress of Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor.
January 1, 2005... JOHN HOSIE. Eileen: The Life of Eileen O'Connor, Foundress of Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor. St Paul, Sydney, 2004; ISBN: 1-87629-580-5; 348 pages. This is an inspiring life of Eileen O'Connor (1892-1921), an Australian woman likely one...

Margaret Press RSJ, 'Saints and Scholars': The Catholic Theological Faculty in Sydney 1954-2004.
January 1, 2005... MARGARET PRESS RSJ, 'Saints and Scholars': The Catholic Theological Faculty in Sydney 1954-2004, Catholic Institute of Sydney, Sydney, 2004; ISBN: 0-908224-22-2. This small book tells the story of a quite remarkable, and happy, survival....

Patrick Colbourne. Bishop Elzear Torreggiani: An Instrument of Peace: The Life and Times of a Capuchin Friar, the Second Bishop of Armidale.
January 1, 2005... PATRICK COLBOURNE. Bishop Elzear Torreggiani: An Instrument of Peace: The Life and Times of a Capuchin Friar, the Second Bishop of Armidale. Nelen Yubu Missiological Unit, Sydney, NSW, 2004; 368 pages. This book is a remarkable story of the...

Book notices.
January 1, 2005... W. T. SOUTHERWOOD. Youngest and Oldest: A life of Tasmania's First Archbishop, Daniel Murphy, Hobart, 2004; 87 pages. Fr Terrance Southerwood has made another notable contribution to the history of the Catholic Church in Tasmania, in addition...