Fr Julian and the Sacred Heart

In the love of the Sacred Heart I live and move and preach. Julian Tenison Woods to Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, Retreat Instructions 25 Father Julian Tenison Woods had a profound love for God and a mystic appreciation of all God’s creation. I believe this came from his own experience of being loved by God […]

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Jubilee 2025: Ecclesial Movements, Associations and New Communities

From 7-8 June, we are invited to celebrate Ecclesial Movement, Associations and New Communities in the Church. For this event, we feature the Josephite Companions. Who are the Josephite Companions? The Josephite Companions Movement (formerly Associates), stemmed from the teaching of the second Vatican Council, this Springtime of the Church, with its vision of Church […]

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Ordination Anniversary of Julian Tenison Woods

Twenty-four-year-old Julian Woods [1] was ordained a priest by Bishop Francis Murphy in Adelaide’s St Patrick’s Church on 4 January 1857. From his mid-teens, Julian’s one goal and longing had been ordination. Raised in London by his Irish parents with the general conviction of Christian faith, he had no clear denominational identity. His mother was […]

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Julian Tenison Woods – No Ordinary Man

Let us see God in everything. Tenison Woods Calendar, 29 October (ON323) The early years are widely recognised to be the most important years of a child’s life. From all accounts, real love between parents and children was shown in the Tenison Woods family. As Sr Isabel Hepburn recalls in No Ordinary Man, Julian Tenison […]

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Love of God, love of neighbour, love of common home

Joy and Suffering One of the greatest joys I have experienced through the Josephite charism is the beauty of relationship between Mary MacKillop and Father Julian Tenison Woods. Jan Williamson captured it wonderfully in her painting The Vision. But joy and suffering often go together. I remember suffering when I first learned of Mary and […]

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A Visit with Fr Julian

Father Julian Tenison Woods died on 7 October 1889 in Elizabeth Street, Sydney. Since May 1887, he had been cared for by a community of women who, under the leadership of Gertrude Abbott, would later found St Margaret’s Hospital. With their help, he was able to sort out his notes and dictate them into articles […]

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Julian Tenison Woods: A many-sided mind

Photo of Julian Tenison Woods taken in Perak, Malay Peninsula in 1883. Father Julian Tenison Woods died on 7 October 1889. He was in his fifty-seventh year and extremely unwell. Julian had returned to Sydney after extensive and exhausting field work in parts of Australasia and the Northern Territory. Many of the letters and reports […]

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