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St John the Baptist Church is an Australian Anglican church in the Canberra suburb of Reid in the Australian Capital Territory. -
The Sisters of Mercy engage in a wide range of apostolic works, including education, the care of the sick in their homes and in hospitals, the care of the aged and of orphans, and other forms of social service. -
The Church Act of 1836 provided Government subsidies for clerical salaries and for new church construction. Church communities that raised a minimum of £300 pounds were subsidised on a 'pound for pound' basis up to a maximum of £1000. -
PEEL PARAGRAPH Caroline Chisholm arrived in Sydney in 1838. She was shocked at the poor conditions of the ships and decided to do something about them. In 1841 she founded the Female Emigrant’s Home in Sydney which gave shelter to women and also helped unemployed women look for jobs. She also founded the Family Colonisation Loan Society, to help out families new to Australia and in need.
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The Mission of the Sisters of Charity Foundation is to provide support for and financial assistance to community initiatives that will benefit poor and marginalised people. -
In 1848, St Francis' became the cathedral church of the first Catholic Bishop of Melbourne, James Goold, and continued as a cathedral until 1868, when the diocesan seat was moved to the still unfinished St Patrick's Cathedral. -
For more than ten years prior to their arrival the missionary priests in Australia had been making overtures to the Founder of the Christian Brothers, Br Edmund Ignatius Rice, to send brothers to educate the sons of poor Catholic people in Sydney, most of whom were Irish convicts or ex-convicts. -
Saint John the Baptist's Church, opened in 1846 and enlarged in 1862, became the cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Maitland in November 1866. -
PEEL PARAGRAPH Old St Stephan’s Church was built in 1849 and designed by Augustus Pugin. Opening for masses in 1850 Old St Stephan’s Church held its first offical mass on May 12 1850. In 1859 Brisbane became a diocese making the church into a cathedral. -
The miners fought soldiers and police officers to protect their rights. This was called the Eureka Stockade. Many people died, but afterwards the miners didn't have to pay for their licences anymore. The gold rush finished at the end of the 1850s, but gold was still found throughout Australia up until the 1890s. -
The St Vincent de Paul Society's members and volunteers reach out to the most vulnerable in our community through our Conferences, Special Works and Vinnies shops. Members and volunteers assist people in need and do not discriminate against cultural, religious or political beliefs. -
Julian was a gifted missionary priest, scientist, writer, musician and popular lecturer. As a lifelong student of geology, palaeontology and zoology, Julian shared Mary's commitment to education for the poor. London-born Julian arrived in Tasmania in 1855, aged 23. -
They are involved in social work, nursing, respite and residential care, education, parish work, centres of spirituality and administration. Good Samaritan Sisters are women who have committed themselves to work for justice in the world. -
The Presentation Sisters were founded in 1775 by Sister Nano Nagle to meet the needs of the poor in penal Ireland. They came to “the ends of the earth” in Australia in 1866, in Victoria in 1873 and in Dandenong in 1912. -
PEEL PARAGRAPH The Sisters of Saint Joseph was founded in 1866 by Sisters Teresa McDonald, Joseph Dwyer, Hyacinth Quinlan and Miss Ada Braham. The Sisters of Saint Joseph provided education to children in small and regional places while helping people in need. They also ran children’s homes, helped run ministry camps at state schools and trained catholic teachers. -
PEEL PARAGRAPH Sectarian Violence is a form of dispute or conflict expressed through violence, due to opposing ethnicities or religions. Catholic Church’s and Protestant Church’s were so opposed to each other due to differences in the way they looked at faith and what is needed for it. Both sides have a different take on faith, causing a riot over who’s idea is right. -
In 1848, the Augustinian friar James Goold was appointed the first bishop of Melbourne and became the fourth bishop in Australia, after Sydney, Hobart and Adelaide. Negotiations with the colonial government for the grant of five acres of land for a church in the Eastern Hill area began in 1848. On 1 April 1851, only 16 years after the foundation of Melbourne, the Colonial Secretary of Victoria finally granted the site to the Roman Catholic Church. -
Mary Reibey is one of the most famous early convict women in the colony of New South Wales. A convicted horsethief, Mary went on to run an extensive importing and mercantile business and there are numerous references to her business dealings, liquor licences, land grants and purchases throughout the State archives.
