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Fr Tenison Woods Research Paper

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Hello and welcome to the 230th year celebration of the Catholic Church in Australia. This is an extremely special day for all of us. I would like everyone to recognise the significance of one specific person who contributed greatly to the development of the church we are part of today.

"The presence of God does not consist in thinking of Him but in a sense of His presence in every occupation” Fr Tenison Woods lived by this quote throughout all of his occupations.

Born on the 15th of November 1832, Fr Tenison Woods contributed greatly to the development of the Australian Catholic church that we know today. Working beside Mary Mackillop, he helped to create and bring together the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart in Penola in 1866. …show more content…

At 16 he was confirmed by Bishop Wiseman when he joined the Roman Catholic Church. This was during 1848. After arriving in Tasmania due to deteriorating health in 1855, he worked as a chaplain for the convicts. He worked alongside Bishop R. W. Willson but after a disagreement 3 months later, he moved to Adelaide. Here he was ordained a priest on the 4th of January 1857. This helped begin his journey through Catholicism and developing the Australian Catholic Church.
This is where he met Mary Mackillop, founding the Sisters of St Joseph. A year later he accepted the position of director general of the Catholic schools. This was a very controversial position at this time. He also became the chaplain and secretary to Bishop Sheil. After moving to Brisbane, he founded the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration on the 15th of June in 1872.

Alongside his religious work, he was also a biologist, earning the Clarke Medal in 1888 for his distinguished contribution to Natural Science. He was also elected president of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. He also has the highest peak in the D’ Aguilar Range named after him.

Some religious achievements included the start of a magazine named ‘The Southern Cross’. He found this monthly magazine in 1867 and even though it only continued for 2 years, it was revived in 1870 under the name ‘The Chaplet and Advocate of the Children of

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