Australian Catholic Historical Society Inc. Program for 2020
This information is correct as at 20 January 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) | Professor James Franklin. UNSW. ACHS Vice President and Journal Editor. |
| 15 March *1:30 pm start | *1:30pm Annual General Meeting 2:00pm Presentation: Les Murray’s sacramental poetics. | Dr Stephen McInerney Poet and Executive Officer The Ramsay Centre |
| 19 April | “Answering the call”: Sydney’s Irish Catholic doctors in the Great War | 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 | 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 | Fr John Crothers Formerly PP Penhurst 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”. | Dr Paul Collins. Author and broadcaster, formerly: ABC Radio National Emeritus Professor Edmund Campion. Author, formerly: Catholic Institute of Sydney Emeritus Professor Robert Gascoigne. Theologian, formerly: Australian Catholic University |
| 16 August | David Coffey: Theologian of Spirit | 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 | 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 | 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 | Writing Australian Catholic history: A case study — Riverview | Mr Gerard Windsor. Novelist, reviewer and essayist (Author of The Tempest-tossed Church). |
| 12 December | Annual Mass and Christmas Lunch | Details to be advised |
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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