The Early Church By jelly5098 May 13, 1787 The First Fleet May 15, 1803 First Mass Celebrated by Fr Dixon Aug 3, 1804 Irish uprising led to banning of Catholic worship Day and month is unknown Nov 3, 1817 Fr O' Flynn conducted illegal worship Day unknown May 3, 1820 Fr Therry & Fr Conolly in the colony with govt approval Day unknown Aug 3, 1830 First Catholic Schools Day and month unknown Sep 13, 1835 John Bede Polding as 1st catholic bishop Aug 3, 1838 1st religous order sisters of charity Day and month unknown Aug 3, 1846 Caroline Chisholm Day and month unknown Aug 3, 1866 Mary Mackillop with Fr Tennison Woods founded the Sr of St Joseph Day and month unknown