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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who was the first Catholic Bishop in Australia?
Richard Johnson
John Joseph Therry
Bede Polding
James Dixon
- 2. Multiple Choice
Who Founded the Josephite Sisters in Australia?
Bede Polding
Carolyn Chisholm
Mary MacKillop
Eileen O'Connor.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which congregation of sisters did Bishop Polding establish in Australia?
Sisters of the Good Samaritan
Sisters of St Joseph
Sisters of Mercy
Benedictine Sisters
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which Irish priest was involved in the founding of St Mary's Cathedral?
Bede Polding
James Dixon
Norman Gilroy
John Joseph Therry
- 5. Multiple Choice
Who was the layman who safeguarded the Eucharist during the absence of any Catholic priest in the colony?
William Davis
William Davies
James Dixon
John Joseph Therry
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which congregation of sisters did Mary MacKillop establish
Sisters of the Good Samaritan
Sisters of Charity
Sisters of Mercy
Sisters of St Joseph
- 7. Multiple Choice
What was the original religion of Australia?
Anglicanism
Catholicism
The Dreamtime
All of the above
- 8. Multiple Choice
What the official religion of the new colony of Australia
Anglicanism
Catholic
Orthodox
Jewish
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWho was the first Catholic Priest given permission to celebrate Mass and the Sacraments in Australia?Fr Jeremiah O’FlynnGovernor MacquarieFr James DixonMary MacKillop
- 10. Multiple ChoiceHow long was Fr Jeremiah O’Flynn allowed to minister in NSW before he was deported?9 months18 months3 YearsHe was never deported
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe first Priests officially appointed to minister to Australian Catholics were Fr Philip Conolly and ...Fr John TherryJohn Bede PoldingFr Julian Tenison WoodsMary MacKillop
- 12. Multiple Choice
Who kept Catholicism alive in the early colony?
The Priests
The Bishops
Laity
The Government
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich Christian denomination felt disadvantaged in Australian society in the 1800s ?Church of England (Anglican)CatholicMethodistPresbyterian
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the main reason for the Catholic education system being able to survive?The tireless work of the men and women of religious orders (brothers, priests, nuns)An anonymous donations of a large sum of moneyUnited with other denominations to make ends meetReduced the number of students they taught
- 15. Multiple Choicewhen someone moves to live permanently in another countryImmigrationConscriptionSecularismSettlement
- 16. Multiple ChoiceChurches that have their origins in the reformation period during the sixteenth century; having broken away from the Catholic ChurchMigrantImmigrationProtestantSettlement
- 17. Multiple Choicethe study of data that demonstrates changes which have occurred in large groups of people over periods of time.CulturalSecularDemographicDiversity
- 18. Multiple Choicethe differences that exist within a group such as country of origin, religious beliefs, gender and/or age..CulturalSecularDemographicDiversity
- 19. Multiple Choice
The 1804 event which led to the cancellation of public Masses
Castle Hill Rebellion
Arrival of First Fleet
Death of Fr. Dixon
Deportation of Fr. Jeremiah Flynn
- 20. Multiple Choice
The year that Fr. Therry and Fr. Connolly arrived as the first OFFICIAL priests
1803
1788
1820
1817
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