Australian Catholic Historical Society Inc. Program for 2020
This information is correct as at 20 September 2020, but changes can 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: Dr John Carmody, President ACHS:
| DATE | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|
| 16 February | Catholic rural virtue: ideal and reality … (text … podcast) | Professor James Franklin. UNSW. ACHS Vice President and Journal Editor. |
| 15 March *1:30 pm start | *1:30pm Annual General Meeting CANCELLED 2:00pm Presentation: Les Murray’s sacramental poetics. CANCELLED | Dr Stephen McInerney Poet and Executive Officer The Ramsay Centre |
| 19 April | “Answering the call”: Sydney’s Irish Catholic doctors in the Great War CANCELLED | Honorary Assoc. Professor Paul Lancaster Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney |
| 17 May | The Quiet Man: a new film about Fr John Neill. Movie available by this link | Fr John Neill OP OAM Formerly: Councillor, University of Notre Dame Mr Tim Perkins Director The Quiet Man |
| 21 June | The Catholic clergy – prisoners of history CANCELLED | Fr John Crothers Formerly PP Penshurst and Peakhurst and author of The Clergy Club. |
| 19 July | Pastor aeternus: 150 years since the promulgation of “On the infallible teaching authority of the Roman Pontiff” -the binding dogma of “Papal Infallibility” … PODCAST | Dr Paul Collins. Author and broadcaster, formerly: ABC Radio National Emeritus Professor Robert Gascoigne. Theologian, formerly: Australian Catholic University |
| 16 August | David Coffey: Theologian of Spirit (PODCAST) | Emeritus Professor Paul Crittenden. Formerly: Professor of Philosophy and Dean of Arts, University of Sydney |
| 20 September | The “Spanish Flu” and its impacts on Catholic Church activities (PODCAST) | Dr Janice Garaty. ACHS Councillor and historian. (Author of Providence Provides: Brigidine Sisters in the New South Wales Province) |
| 18 October | Under the skin? The contested history of the Bible in Australia (PODCAST) | Dr Meredith Lake. ABC Radio National (Religion Department). Winner: NSW Premier’s Australian History Prize (2019) for The Bible in Australia: a cultural history |
| 15 November | A quiet revolution in Australia: bringing home a practical response to “Vatican II”. Celebrating the life and achievement of the Institute of Counselling in Sydney BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL (limit 30; please wear a mask). Book at | Ronald Perry, Founding Director (ICS) and Psychologist; Dr Alison Turner, Second Director (ICS) andCounselling Psychologist; Bryan Gray, Consultant Psychologist and long-term lecturer (ICS) |
| 12 December | Annual Mass and Christmas Lunch | CANCELLED |
Melbourne Program
Melbourne Meetings 2020 Date: Monday 2 March. Time 2:00pm Speaker: Janette Elliott. Topic True knowing vs. unknowing of love in Julian of Norwich’s interpretation of our ‘marvelous medley both of weal and woe‘
Other Dates and time 2:00pm: Monday 1 June, Monday 7 September, Monday 9 November. Speakers and topics TBA
Location: Yarra Theological Union Study Centre, Classroom 1. 29 Albion Street Box Hill. Contact: Matthew Beckmann, OFM. Email:
See also the program of the Brisbane Catholic Historical Society.
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