AUGUSTINIANS IN AUSTRALIA - HISTORY

From 1990 to the Present

Centre of Augustinian Spirituality, Greystanes (Sydney).

1990 Laurence Mooney osa elected Provincial.

1991 Pastoral Plan was adopted by the Province.

1993 Withdrawal from Innisfail parish, North Queensland

1994 Withdrawal from parishes of Rochester and Redland Bay and closure of Newcastle community.

1995 The Province assumed responsibility for the parishes of St Clair (Parramatta Diocese, NSW) and Goodna (Brisbane). With the Goodna parish went responsibility for the ecumenical ministry at the new housing estate at Springfield.

1997 Opening of the Centre for Augustinian Spirituality/Formation at Greystanes (Parramatta Diocese).

1998 Patrick Fahey osa elected Provincial. Establishment of Augustinian Friends an association of laity with an interest in Augustinian spirituality.

1999 For the first time a meeting of Asia - Pacific Augustinian Conference (APAC) takes place in Australia.

2001 1st National Augustinian Lay Congress - April, Echuca, Victoria.

(L to R): Patrick Fahey OSA, Cardinal Edward Clancy and Peter Jones OSA at St Augustine's College, Brookvale in 2005.

2002 50th anniversary celebration for the Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel at St James' Parish, Coorparoo, Qld.

2004 2nd National Augustinian Lay Congress - October, Brookvale, NSW.

2004 Withdrawal from the Parish of Goodna, Brisbane.

2005 Withdrawal from the Parish of Echuca in northern Victoria.

2006 Withdrawal from the Parish of Kyabram in northern Victoria.

2006 Amalgamation of the former adjacent parishes of Manly Vale and Balgowlah (Sydney) into the Parish of North Harbour.

2006 Anthony Banks osa elected Provincial.

Important resources for the history of the Augustinians in Australia are:

Out Where the Dead Men Lie (The Augustinians in Australia 1838 -1992) by Stan Arneil. (Augustinian Historical Commission Brookvale 1992).

This large-page format, 530 pages, is available for purchase ($30.00 including postage) from Augustinian Press Brookvale. Phone 02 9905 3049.

A History of the Roman Catholic Vicariate of Cooktown 1877 - 1941 by Michael Endicott osa (Order of Saint Augustine Sydney 1988). Available for purchase ($21.00 including postage) from the Provincial Office in a facsimile edition, 236 pages, octavo. Telephone 02 9905 3049.

Nineteenth Century | 1900-1948 | 1948-1978 | 1979-1989 | 1990 to Present