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Australian Catholic Historical Society Inc. Program for 2025

The program is correct as of 8 Dec 2024 but changes may occur

Sydney Program

Location, time and contact: Sunday afternoons at 2.00pm (unless otherwise stated) in the Crypt of St Patrick’s at Church Hill [Grosvenor Street], The Rocks. Members and non-members are welcome to join us in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Attendance is free but a gold coin donation for afternoon tea is welcome.

Enquiries to: Secretary,

DATE	TOPIC	SPEAKER
16 February	Tragedy and farce: The Sister Liguori story	Jeff Kildea, historian of Irish Australia
16 March	The 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam war – a personal reflection	Bishop Vincent Long, Bishop of Parramatta
27 April	The Eighteenth Century: Low point of the Church	James Franklin, ACHS Vice-President
18 May	Promoter of Kevin Lawlor biography of Archbishop Francis Carroll	Phil Billington
15 June	On the Eileen O’Connor canonization cause	Jocelyn Hedley, chair of Eileen O’Connor Historical Commission
20 July	The history and background to the Aboriginal Mass	Sr Carmel Pilcher and Fr David Orr
17 August	On the 60th anniversary of Vatican II document of Relations with Non-Christian Religions Nostra Aetate	Teresa Pirola
21 September	The Divided Heart of Catherine Mackerras	Patrick Mullins, historian
19 October	Fragments of a Forbidden Faith: The Forgotten Fathers of the Council of Nicaea – 1700 years later.	Bernard Doherty, CSU theologian
16 November	60th anniversary of Vatican II document Christus Dominus on Pastoral Office of Bishops	Archbishop Anthony Fisher, Archbishop of Sydney