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Catholic Church in Australia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first Catholic Bishop in Australia?

a)

Richard Johnson

b)

John Joseph Therry

c)

Bede Polding

d)

James Dixon

2.

Who Founded the Josephite Sisters in Australia?

a)

Bede Polding

b)

Carolyn Chisholm

c)

Mary MacKillop

d)

Eileen O'Connor.

3.

Which congregation of sisters did Bishop Polding establish in Australia?

a)

Sisters of the Good Samaritan

b)

Sisters of St Joseph

c)

Sisters of Mercy

d)

Benedictine Sisters

4.

Which Irish priest was involved in the founding of St Mary's Cathedral?

a)

Bede Polding

b)

James Dixon

c)

Norman Gilroy

d)

John Joseph Therry

5.

Who was the layman who safeguarded the Eucharist during the absence of any Catholic priest in the colony?

a)

William Davis

b)

William Davies

c)

James Dixon

d)

John Joseph Therry

6.

Which congregation of sisters did Mary MacKillop establish

a)

Sisters of the Good Samaritan

b)

Sisters of Charity

c)

Sisters of Mercy

d)

Sisters of St Joseph

7.

What was the original religion of Australia?

a)

Anglicanism

b)

Catholicism

c)

The Dreamtime

d)

All of the above

8.

What the official religion of the new colony of Australia

a)

Anglicanism

b)

Catholic

c)

Orthodox

d)

Jewish

9.
Who was the first Catholic Priest given permission to celebrate Mass and the Sacraments in Australia?
a)
Fr Jeremiah O’Flynn
b)
Governor Macquarie
c)
Fr James Dixon
d)
Mary MacKillop
10.
 How long was Fr Jeremiah O’Flynn allowed to minister in NSW before he was deported?
a)
9 months
b)
18 months
c)
3 Years
d)
He was never deported
11.
 The first Priests officially appointed to minister to Australian Catholics were Fr Philip Conolly and ...
a)
Fr John Therry
b)
John Bede Polding
c)
Fr Julian Tenison Woods
d)
Mary MacKillop
12.

Who kept Catholicism alive in the early colony?

a)

The Priests

b)

The Bishops

c)

Laity

d)

The Government

13.
Which Christian denomination felt disadvantaged in Australian society in the 1800s ?
a)
Church of England (Anglican)
b)
Catholic
c)
Methodist
d)
Presbyterian
14.
What was the main reason for the Catholic education system being able to survive?
a)
The tireless work of the men and women of religious orders (brothers, priests, nuns)
b)
An anonymous donations of a large sum of money
c)
United with other denominations to make ends meet
d)
Reduced the number of students they taught
15.
when someone moves to live permanently in another country
a)
Immigration
b)
Conscription
c)
Secularism 
d)
Settlement 
16.
Churches that have their origins in the reformation period during the sixteenth century; having broken away from the Catholic Church
a)
Migrant
b)
Immigration 
c)
Protestant
d)
Settlement 
17.
the study of data that demonstrates changes which have occurred in large groups of people over periods of time.
a)
Cultural
b)
Secular
c)
Demographic 
d)
Diversity
18.
the differences that exist within a group such as country of origin, religious beliefs, gender and/or age..
a)
Cultural
b)
Secular
c)
Demographic 
d)
Diversity
19.

The 1804 event which led to the cancellation of public Masses

a)

Castle Hill Rebellion

b)

Arrival of First Fleet

c)

Death of Fr. Dixon

d)

Deportation of Fr. Jeremiah Flynn

20.

The year that Fr. Therry and Fr. Connolly arrived as the first OFFICIAL priests

a)

1803

b)

1788

c)

1820

d)

1817

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