Catholic Church in Australia

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The first Catholics to arrive in Australia were Irish convictsfrom the first fleet.

One-tenth of the convicts that arrived in Australia werecatholic, and half of these were born in Ireland.

By 1803, 2086 Irish convicts were catholic.


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Other people that arrived on the First Fleet were English,Scottish and Protestant.

There have been protestants since the First Fleet in 1788Because many people in Australia that arrived on the first fleet

were Catholics. Protestant people and ideas were prominently inthe early years of Australias history.


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This is an image of the first fleet arriving to Australia caring convicts who would soonbecome Australias first Catholics.


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N ame? James DixonWho is he? James Dixon was the first priest in Australia,

who came from Ireland.What was his significance? James Dixon made a significant

contribution for the Catholics by saying mass on Sundays. Hestarted in1803 and masses on Sundays stopped in march1804. Governor King withdrew James permission and he wassent back to Ireland. This was because of the Castle Hill

rebellion. Mass was not legally celebrated until 1820.


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N ame? John Bede Polding.Who is he? Australias first catholic Bishop and archbishop

of Sydney.

What was his significance? John was made a bishop onthe 5 th of April 1842 and Archbishop on the 22 nd of April1842. John established a firm administration with assistance,he also consecrated St Marys as his cathedral and noticedthe need for more church buildings. He did this in theCampbelltown Area, Parramatta, Windsor, Maitland And

Wollongong


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Got involved in the control of schoolsBy 1836 he had 13 primary schools.7 for boys and 6 for girls.


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With the little time he had he spoke mass for all theconvicts

Dixon is considered to be the "founding father of AustralianCatholicism".


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There were 2 schools that had been established in the 19 thcentury, but sadly they didnt survive very long.

Development then started to take place in 1820 and by 1833 10schools across Australia has been established.

During this time schools were receiving assistance from thegovernment. This lasted until the 1860s


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In the1850s the schools started a campaign for all schoolsto be free, secular and compulsory.

After this they realised they couldnt rely on government for much longer, so the bishops reached out to other orders andcountries to help out and soon enough they did


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Today, N ew N orcia still stands as a visible expression of the Catholic faith in WesternAustralia, despite the closure of the school.


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It is more than probable that if the Catholic religion was onceallowed to be celebrated by authority, that the colony wouldbe lost to the British empire in less that a year.Samuel Marsden 1812

This quote is linked to Oppositions towards catholics becausethe British were worried that their empire would be lost to thecatholics.


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This quote is referring to the fact that the British Empire wasopposed to the matter of letting Catholics celebrate mass

The British were always against catholics and giving them theright to celebrate mass.

They then let catholics celebrate mass every Sunday soCatholics would fight back and take over the British empire inanger.


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Name: Caritas AustraliaHistory : Caritas Australia began in June 1964 as the Catholic

Overseas Relief Committee.Wh a t th e y d o : Project Compassion is Caritas Australias annual

awareness and fundraising campaign. Its the main way CaritasAustralia raises money. Every Catholic school and every Catholicparish around Australia is invited to be part of the ProjectCompassion Appeal.


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Because of the variety of cultures coming out to Australiathere were many different rituals that people would usecelebrate mass.

They then combined the different ways and came up withthe Australian catholic church way,

So instead of having different cultures of people celebratingmass, they all came together and showed their devotions toGod as one, which attracted many more numbers


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There are 2 main issues the church is facing today1. Loss of Believers: Most people today don't go to church

every Sunday. They think church is boring and a wasteof time because it has nothing to do with their currentlives today.

2. N ot enough Funds: Churches are having difficulty raisingenough money to be able to give to charity and pay for basic bills around the church


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