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This information is correct as at 1 August 2015, but changes can occur.
*There have been some changes to the previously advertised program.
Sydney Meetings
| DATE | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|
| March 15 2:00 pm start for this meeting. | 2:00pm Annual General Meeting 2:30pm Presentation: The Aboriginal Catholic Ministry: the urban apostolate. | Presentation: Dr Eugene Stockton. Philosopher, theologian, priest, archaeologist and author. |
| *April 19 (An RSVP is not required for the book launch). | 2:00 pm.Book Launch: The Real Archbishop Mannix: From the Sources. J Franklin, G.O Nolan & M. Gilchrist. 2:30pm Presentation: Canon Law on child sexual abuse through the ages. | Book Launch: Prof James Franklin, co-author. Presentation: Mr Kieran Tapsell. Lawyer and author of Potiphar’s Wife, a recent study of Canon Law and clerical abuse. |
| May 17 | The Australian Bishops and National Media: conflicts and missed opportunities. | Fr Brian Lucas. General Secretary: Australian Bishops’ Conference, Canberra. |
| *June 21 | The many faces of religious persecution in Asia. | Fr Michael Kelly SJ. Executive Director: Union of Catholic Asian News, Bangkok |
| July 19 | How an Irish Catholic became an army officer at Waterloo and in the Australian Colonies before Catholic Emancipation. | Dr Christopher Cunneen. Formerly Deputy General Editor Australian Dictionary of Biography. |
| August 16 | William Booth and Henry Edward Manning: true Political Economy. | Mr John Cleary. Presenter and Producer Religion Department ABC Radio, Sydney. |
| September 20 | Nostra Aetate and fifty years of interfaith dialogue – changes and challenges. | Dr Patricia Madigan OP. Executive Director: Dominican Centre for Interfaith Ministry, Education and Research, Strathfield. |
| October 18 | In Good Faith: Providing religious education for Catholic children not attending Catholic schools in NSW – 1880-2000. | Dr Ann Maree Whenman. Lecturer in Religious Education Australian Catholic University, Strathfield. |
| *November 15 | 10:30am ACHS 75th Anniversary Mass. St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney. 2:30 pm Presentation: Political machinations and sectarian intrigue in the making of Sydney University. (Crypt St Patrick’s Church Hill). | Celebrant: Archbishop Fisher. Presentation by: Assoc. Professor Julia Horne. University Historian University of Sydney. |
| *December 5 (Saturday) Booking required | Annual Mass and Christmas Lunch at Mary MacKillop Centre Mount Street North Sydney. Cost and booking details to be advised. Mass: 12:00pm. Lunch: 12:30pm | Speaker: Professor Greg Craven. Vice-Chancellor Australian Catholic University. |
ACHS Sydney meetings are held on Sunday afternoons, at 2.30pm, in the Crypt Hall of St Patrick’s at Church Hill [Grosvenor Street], The Rocks. Admission to our meetings is free and does not require membership of ACHS, but a donation is welcome. Enquiries to: Dr John Carmody, President ACHS
Melbourne Meetings
| DATE | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|
| March 2 | Father Con Reis and the Movement’s attempted take-over of the Catholic Immigration Office, Melbourne, 1950-53. | Dr. Val Noone |
| June 1 | “Fragments of Reformation Spirituality in the writings of Peter Stuyvesant”. | Dr. Donna Denning (Merwick) |
| *September 7 | The Australian Bishops at Vatican Council One | Dr. P. Price |
| November 2 | The impact of WWI on the Catholic Church in Australia | To be advised |
The Melbourne Chapter of the Australian Catholic Historical Society meetings are held at 2:00 pm in the Seminar Room, Dorish Maru College, Yarra Theological Union, 100 Albion Road, Box Hill, Victoria. Enquiries: Dr Larry Nemer phone: (03)8892 2603 or email:
