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Indigenous people
the religion that is celebrated is called the dreaming or the dream time, they believed in the many animals and Gods who shaped the earth and punish those who do wrong. -
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Fr Jeremiah O'Flynn
he was born on the 25 of December, 1788, Kerry in Ireland, in England he became a monk. he sailed on the ship named the Duke of Wellington. on the 9th of November 1817 he arrived in Sydney. he explained they he had permission granted in Bathurst to be a priest in the colony but since he had no proof he was ordered to be sent back on the same ship. he promised not to and was allowed to stay until he was heard from at London. yet he performed baptisms and was placed under arrest. -
Father John Joseph Therry
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Philip Connolly
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Bishop Polding
Poldings first name was Bede. he was born on the 18 of November 1894 in Liverpool, England, he was taught first by nuns, he was skilled at cricket. his father was a dutch decent and his mother was a Brewer family decent. at age 11 he was sent to st Gregorys Benedictine college -
Sisters of Charity
cork, Ireland in 1787, the Irish sisters of charity were asked by the bishop to go to Australia and help the women settling down in Australia, they hopped on the Francis spaight, they travelled for 4 months. January 1839 and onwards they worked at Paramatta and helped the women who worked for the government. -
Caroline Chisolm
she was born on 1807 and died in 1877, she lived for 70 years.
at age 22 she decided to marry captain Archibald Chisolm. she went about helping the welfare of female immigrant in Australia. she had 8 children. she lived some where near Northampton in England be for she moved to Australia. -
Christian Brothers
they were founded in 1802, as Edmund Rice was drawn to those who are poor on the streets of Waterford and created a school for boys to attend free of charge. men were intrigued by his work and decided to pitch in, they were soon known as brothers. -
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Sisters of the Good Samaritan
in 1857 the archbishop of Sydney, John Bede Polding.
they set up schools and orphanages.
they are women who committed themselves to helping God.
they believe to work for justice, it was founded in Pitt street.
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Mary Helen Mackillop
feast day is August the 8th
she was born in Fitzroy in Victoria. 1842 on the 15 of January
she was the oldest of 8 children.she was educated at private schools, on the 15 of august in 1850 when she was 8 she received the first holy communion. she got a job at age 14 and was a clerk, later she became a teacher at Portland, she made a school and her sisters helped her to stop the lack of catholic schools in Australia, She taught more than 50 kids, dedicating herself to God, only wearing black. -
Marist Brothers
the Marist Brothers were founded on the 2nd January 1817,Friday, they were a Group of men who knew how to teach. they opened more than 100 schools, the founder was a young French priest named Marcillin Champagnat, he believed God wanted him to follow in Mary's footsteps. -
Sisters of Saint Joseph
they are ordinary women who devote to educating and helping the poor, they are known to many as the brown joeys,
it was founded in Jalapeno south Australia in 1866 by a teacher, Mary Mackillop, an English priest and Julian Woods who thought much of those without education, they started up schools, they did seek those women who were religious and let them return home to teach for free.
