A Heritage Centre dedicated to the legacy and charism of the Sisters of Charity—Australia’s first order of religious women—has been opened at Potts Point.

[13] Sydney Morning Herald, 1 July, 1918, 7. During the war years, many anti-war and anti-conscription groups were not permitted to hire halls for their meetings. Some meetings were permitted but were closely spied on by undercover police who took notes and watched out for any words or sentences...

History: Irish Catholics out in parade for St Patrick’s Day in 1932.< [/caption] TIME travel may not be possible, but the Australian Catholic Historical Society is using the Internet to launch Catholics back to the moment Catholicism first arrived Down Under. With the global health crisis impacting the ACHS’s decades tradition of recounting Australian Catholi

The founding fathers of the Catholic faith in Australia will be honoured by the Sydney Archdiocese via live-stream Mass on Sunday 3 May at 10:30am from Saint Mary’s Cathedral.

IT was the first attempt to evangelise the Aboriginal people of Queensland, and it failed. Archbishop John Bede Polding, the first Bishop of Australia, approached the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ, better known as the Passionists, to preach the Gospel to the Aboriginal people of Queensland. Archbishop Polding believed the Catholic Church ha

Advocate for women and prophet of the laity. Caroline Chisholm’s work unfolded in Australia and England in the middle decades of the 19th century.

The long-serving archbishop of Melbourne successfully fought conscription in Australia and was arrested at sea on Lloyd George’s orders to stop him from returning to Ireland

Through personal stories, this exhibition looked at life on the home front during the First World War, exploring Australians’ choices, opportunities and challenges in a time of heightened emotions.