Background
Jeremiah O'Flynn was born on 25 December 1788 in County Kerry, Ireland, Jeremiah O'Flynn was also a monk of the La Trappe reform, and was ordained deacon in 1813
The establishment of the Catholic Church in Australia
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Early Settlement
John Bede Polding was born on 18 November 1794 at Liverpool, England. John bede polding became the first Roman Catholic bishop in 1835. 8 years later, he became the first archbishop of sydney
john bede polding
Jeremiah O'Flynn arrived at Australia in Sydney in 1817 as a non-convict priest with the intent to minister the catholic community
During Jeremiah's time in Sydney he performed many different Marriages and baptisms, as well as celebrating mass in different private homes
Jeremiah O'Flynn
Fr John Therry Born: 1790, cork ireland, died: 25 May 1864, sydney.
1815 was ordained as a priest.
Therry sailed from Cork under a senior priest, Father Philip conolly in the Janus, which carried more than a hundred prisoners. They arrived in Sydney in May 1820.
Fr. Philip Connolly:
Philip Connolly (1786-1839), was born in County Monaghan, Ireland. He arrived in Hobart in 1821 and was the first permanently appointed chaplain. his hardest role was to prepare convicted felons for death on the gallows. During his 18-year ministry, he was involved in many community organisations. in 1836 his priestly duties were withdrawn. Further troubles meant his health failed, and he died aged 53. The whole town went to his funeral.
First Public Mass
Dixon held the first public mass in Australia on the 15th of May 1803, this action mad it easier for catholics setting into Australia to be able to feel at peace and welcomed into Australia.
Father James Dixon
Birth: 1758 Castlebridge, Wexford, Ireland
Death: 1840 4th of January Ireland
Became a catholic priest 1819,
Was seen as a convict during 1789 as was accused in taking part of an Irish rebellion.
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Father James Dixon
The Formative Years
Mary Mackillop
Mary Mackillop was born in Melbourne in 1842. Her parents were Flora and Alexander Mackillop. She was the eldest of eight children. At the age of 16 (1858) Mackillop began to work to support her younger siblings. In 1866, Mary Mackillop and Father Julian Tenison Woods opened the first free Catholic school. A year later, they formed a new religious order of nuns called the Sisters of St Joseph. Together they devoted to teaching the poor. Mary became the order's first sister and its leader. She was just 25 years old. Four years into starting Sisters of st Joseph, (1870) there was over 130 Sisters of st Joseph Mary MacKillop longed to help “the poorest of the poor” and to “never see a need without trying to do something about it”
Mary Mackillop