The Australian Catholic Historical Society (ACHS) will be hosting a talk featuring our Congregational co-founder Father Julian Tenison Woods titled Still Relevant? Fr Julian Tenison Woods in the Twenty-First Century on 21 June.
Annually, the ACHS hosts talks as part of a program that features a variety of topics related to the Catholic Church, delivered by a diverse range of speakers.
The speaker for the upcoming talk on Fr Julian is Fr Roderick O’Brien FRAS – a diocesan priest of the Archdiocese of Adelaide. Since 1989, Fr Roderick has been researching the life of Fr Julian, especially his Asian journeys.
Fr Roderick has recently written a book titled, Julian Tenison Woods – A Pioneering Journey in Science and Faith published by ATF Press, Adelaide in 2025.
Event details:
- When: Sunday 21 June 2026
- Time: 2:00pm
- Where: St Patrick’s Church, 20 Grosvenor St, The Rocks NSW 2000 in the Crypt
- Attendance: Members and non-members are welcome to join. Attendance is free but a gold coin donation for afternoon tea is welcome.
- Enquiries and website: https://australiancatholichistoricalsociety.com.au/program-2
The ACHS has published many articles and a book review on Fr Julian featured in their Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society including:
- Roderick O’Brien, Julian Tenison Woods: A Pioneering Journey in Science and Faith reviewed by Brian Lucas – Vol. 46, 2025, pp. 155-157
- Saints in the Making of Julian Tenison Woods by Janice (Jan) Tranter rsj – Vol. 45, 2024, pp. 40-50
- Julian Tenison Woods: 130 years on by Jan Tranter rsj – Vol. 40, 2019, pp, 16-22