Julian Tenison Woods: A Life – Chapters 9th to 11th
Chapters 9th, 10th and 11th After the death of the Bishop [Murphy], the diocese was administered by the Vicar General, Father Ryan… [He] was well acquainted with the staunch old Catholics most of them Scotch – in the Penola district. [1]
Julian Tenison Woods: A Life – Chapters 5th to 8th
Chapters 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th On 4 January 1857, Mr Woods was ordained priest by Bishop Murphy in St Patrick’s Church, West Terrace, Adelaide, S.A. Before the month was ended, the Bishop decided to give the young priest a very important duty – the establishment of a permanent Catholic Mission in the South Eastern […]
Julian Tenison Woods: A Life – Chapter 4th
Chapter 4th Soon after his arrival in Hobart, Mr Woods found circumstances quite different to his expectations… Though he remained only a few months in Hobart, his amiable conduct and fervent piety made a lasting impression on many persons…Mary MacKillop …Julian – after staying a short while in Victoria – went to Adelaide to join […]
Julian Tenison Woods: A Life – Chapters 2nd & 3rd
Chapters 2nd & 3rd After the death of Mrs Woods the family returned to England, and within a short time, Julian was taken into the establishment of the Times. He did not remain there long. Though gifted with great literary power, as his writings in later life prove, his tastes and tendencies took another direction…Mary […]
Father Julian Tenison Woods Biography Video
Julian Tenison Woods: A Life – Chapter 1st
Chapter 1st It would seem fitting that a wiser head and a more practised hand should undertake to write the life of Father Tenison Woods. Perhaps a noble work on the subject may yet be produced: meantime, it is a ‘Labor of love’ to draw this unpretending sketch, which will have one great advantage – […]
Fr Julian: Man of Words – Letter Eleven
Tasmanian Forests: Their Botany and Economic Value [i] was the title that Father Julian Tenison Woods gave the paper he read at the meeting of the Royal Society of NSW on 5 June 1878. In the paper Father Julian presented his observations of the forests he found in Tasmania from 1874-1876. He described various types […]
Coasters Fr Julian Tenison Woods Quotes
Set of 4 wooden coasters with cork base featuring Australian flora and Fr J Tenison Woods quotes. Each coaster measures 10cm x10cm approximately.
A Daily Cuppa with Mary and Julian
A book designed for those little pauses in the day, perhaps over a cuppa, that allow our souls to catch up with the rest of our lives. A great Christmas gift idea.
A Daily Cuppa with Mary and Julian Book
Sue and Leo Kane Announce the Release of A Daily Cuppa with Mary and Julian Mary MacKillop Place Café and St Paul’s Publications are proud to offer the latest work from Sue and Leo Kane: A Daily Cuppa with Mary and Julian, which hit bookshelves on Friday 15 November 2019. Inspired by the lives and […]
Birth of Fr Julian Edmund Tenison Woods 1832
A child is born! Autumn with its myriad colours of gold and red, could be seen in the countryside. And as the Woods family prepared for the cold of winter, another child was born into their family. Little did they realise that this child would leave England’s shores at the age of twenty-three, go to […]
Fr Julian: Man of Words – Letter Ten
This month we look at the plan for Catholic Education in South Australia that Father Julian Tenison Woods had the task of implementing when he became the first Director General of Catholic Education in Australia. In 1867 Bishop Laurence Sheil appointed Father Julian Tenison Woods as his Secretary and asked him to leave Penola and […]