WorksheetsASC 10 Religion - History of the Australian Catholic Church
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The first Catholics to come to Australia were
Mostly English convicts
Mostly Irish convicts
Mostly English settlers
Mostly Irish settlers
The three phases in the history of the Australian Catholic Church are:
Beginnings, developing structure, planning for the future
Beginnings, populating the continent, responding to Vatican II
Survival, creating churches, building schools
Survival, creating and maintaining structures, responding to change
The first official Catholic mass was celebrated by
Father William Ullathorne
Father James Dixon
Father John Therry
Father Philip Conolly
Which priest opened the first Catholic School and lobbied for the first Catholic Church to be built?
Father John Therry
Mother Mary Mackillop
Bishop John Bede Polding
Father James Dixon
Mother Mary Mackillop founded which order?
Sisters of Perpetual Help
Sisters of St Joseph
Sisters of St Dominic
Sisters of St Catherine of Sienna
The first Catholic Australian Prime Minister was elected in 1929. What was his name?
Robert Menzies
Ben Chifley
James Scullin
Edmund Barton
The Education Act 1872 changed funding for schools in Australia by doing what?
Stopping funding to larger and city based Catholic Schools
Increasing funding to Catholic Schools in line with student numbers
Stopping funding to all non Government schools including Catholic Schools
Increasing funding to all schools including Catholic schools
The earliest religious orders in The Diocese of Maitland were
Jesuits, Marist Brothers, Benedictines
De La Salle Brothers, Patrician Brothers, Marist Brothers
Sisters of St Joseph, Sisters of Charity, Ursulines
Dominican Sisters, Sisters of Mercy, Sisters of St Joseph
Pope John XXIII announced an Ecumenical Council in 1959. The council was to become known as Vatican II. Why was the council called?
To comply with rules - Church documents demand a council be called every 100 years
To help people cope after World War II
To ensure that people did not leave the church
To overhaul the church and bring it into the modern era
How many documents were released by the Second Vatican Council?
6
16
10
100
Which figure in Australian Catholic history was particularly involved in supporting new immigrants to Australia, particularly women?
Catherine McCawley
Mary MacKillop
Caroline Chishom
Eileen O'Connor
The first Bishop in Australia and then first Arch Bishop of Syney, this person worked hard to sway opinions as he was born in England
John Bede Polding
John Therry
Daniel Mannix
William Ullathorne
What event significantly changed the way Catholic Schools were funded?
The Sydney Schools Collective Strike
The Goulburn Gaol Walk Off
The Goulburn Toilet Strike
The Sydney Schools Water Shutdown
What were some of the significant cultural organisations for Australian Catholics in the early 20th century?
Religious Orders
Trade Unionism
Societies and Sodalities
Political movements
What is a distinguishing feature of the beginnings of the Catholic school system in Australia?
t was founded on the work on Mary MacKillop
Catholic men and women built the schools
It was supported by government funding
It was a Catholic Parish School system
