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Sunday Church
Governor Philip ordered all convicts to attend Sunday church and if anyone refused they would get flogged -
First Fleet
Out of all of the convicts,one tenth of them were Catholics -
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Faith
Catholics had to keep up their faith by reciting prayers in private -
Catholic Churches
5 convicts asked for a catholic priest, the early governors said no to requests for a Catholic Church -
Father Dixon
Father Dixon was transported to Australia, governer King allowed him to conduct a school he was also given special permission to present mass for Catholics -
Catholic mass
The first Catholic mass was celebrated -
Privileges
Fr Dixon’s privileges were withdrawn he soon after returned to Ireland -
Father Jeremiah Flynn
Fr Jeremiah Flynn arrives to minister the Catholic convicts -
Priests
Fr John Therry and Fr Philip Connolly Australia’s first priests arrive in Sydney -
Father Connolly
Father Connolly leaves for Hobart and Father Therry is left as the only priest on the mainland -
Catholic schools
There were about 10 Catholic schools in Australia -
John Bede Polding
John Bede Polding became the first Catholic bishop in Australia -
Religious order
The first religious order of priests were the Jesuits