Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society articles from January 1 2008

Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society archives from January 1 2008

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Diocese of Broken Bay: foundation years.(Essay)
January 1, 2008... A new community within the Catholic Church was born on 28 May 1986 when Bishop Patrick Murphy was installed as first Bishop of the new Diocese of Broken Bay. This meant that 144,000 Catholics had separated from the northern part of the...

Stephen Utick, Captain Charles, Engineer of Charity: The Remarkable Life of Charles Gordon O'Neill.(Book review)
January 1, 2008... STEPHEN UTICK, Captain Charles, Engineer of Charity: The Remarkable Life of Charles Gordon O'Neill, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2008; ISBN 978 1 74175 387 3; xii + 276 pages. The St Vincent de Paul Society is arguably the best known Catholic...

Philip Ayres, Prince of the Church, Patrick Francis Moran, 1830-1911.(Book review)
January 1, 2008... PHILIP AYRES, Prince of the Church, Patrick Francis Moran, 1830-1911, The Miegunyah Press, Carlton, Victoria, 2007. ISBN 9780522853735; 367 pages As a Prince of the Church, Patrick Francis Moran's biography has long been anticipated....

Robert Lehane, William Bede Dalley: Silver-tongued Pride of Old Sydney.(Book review)
January 1, 2008... ROBERT LEHANE, William Bede Dalley: Silver-tongued Pride of Old Sydney, Ginninderra Press, Charnwood ACT 2007; ISBN 978 1 74027 437 1; pp. 423. Bibliography, notes, illustrations and index. 'Those historians neglect, memory forgets.' So...

Rodney Stinson, Unfeigned Love: Historical Accounts of Caroline Chisholm and her Work.(Book review)
January 1, 2008... RODNEY STINSON, Unfeigned Love: Historical Accounts of Caroline Chisholm and her Work, Yorkcross Pty Ltd, Sydney, 2008; ISBN 978-0-9756018-4-6 (pbk); 192 pages. This small book introduces and reproduces a number of primary sources...

Jeff Kildea, Anzacs and Ireland.(Book review)
January 1, 2008... JEFF KILDEA, Anzacs and Ireland. University of New South Wales Press Ltd, Sydney, 2007. ISBN 978 0 86840 877 4; 295 pages. Jeff Kildea's Anzacs and Ireland is welcome on many counts, but chiefly because on publication it became the first...

Book notices.(Book review)
January 1, 2008... ROBERT TILLEY, Benedict XVI and the Search for Truth, St Paul's Publications, Sydney, 2007; ISBN 978 1 921032264; ppb; 287 pages. An exposition and defence of the foundations of the teachings of Pope Benedict XVI by an Australian philosopher...