The Church’s Mission Continues in Western Australia

Vocabulary flashcards covering the mission of the Church, its historical spread globally, and the development of Dioceses across Western Australia.

Mission of the Church

To spread the Good News of Jesus.

Paraclete

A title for the Spirit of truth promised by Jesus to be with his followers forever, guiding and supporting them in their mission.

Edict of Milan

An authorization issued by Emperor Constantine in 313 AD that granted official tolerance to Christianity.

Edict of Thessalonica

A 380 AD decree under which Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.

St Patrick

The individual who brought the Church to Ireland between 390-460 AD.

St Augustine

The person who served as the first Archbishop of Canterbury in England in 596 AD.

Saints Cyril and Methodius

Saints who brought the Church to Slavic countries in 862 AD.

St Francis Xavier

A missionary who brought the Church to India in 1542 and Japan in 1549 AD.

Matteo Ricci and Michele Ruggieri

Jesuit priests who brought the Church to China in 1583 AD.

Alexander de Rhodes

A French Jesuit priest who, along with other clergy and laity, brought the Church to Vietnam in 1624 AD.

First Fleet

The 1788 arrival in Australia carrying the first Catholics, many of whom were Irish convicts.

Father Philip Connolly and Father James Joseph Therry

The first officially appointed Catholic chaplains who arrived in Sydney on 3 May 1820.

Lawrence Mooney

A Catholic in Albany who in 1836 described climbing to the summit of Mount Clarence on Sundays to pray the Rosary.

Fr John Brady

The leader who arrived in Albany on 4 November 1843 and was later appointed the first Bishop of the Diocese of Perth on 6 May 1845.

Dom Rosendo Salvado

A Spanish Benedictine priest who established a Mission for the Aboriginal people at New Norcia, 150km north of Perth, in March 1846.

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The name given to the completed Church of St John the Evangelist in June 1855, commonly known as Saint Mary’s Cathedral.

William Bernard Kelly

The first West Australian born priest who became the first bishop of the Geraldton Diocese in 1898.

Monsignor Hawes

The famous priest architect who designed the St Francis Xavier cathedral in Geraldton.

Chapel of Stella Maris

The first consecrated church in the region that became the Bunbury Diocese, commenced in Albany around 1859.

St Patrick’s Cathedral (Bunbury)

The cathedral church of the Bunbury Diocese which was destroyed by a tornado in May 2005 and rededicated in March 2011.

Father Duncan McNab

A priest who arrived in the Kimberley in 1884 to serve Catholics and establish contact with local Aboriginal people.

Beagle Bay

A mission site in Nyul Nyul country where Trappist monks from France founded a mission in 1890.

Pallottine Fathers

Missionaries from Germany who took over the Beagle Bay Mission in 1901.

Our Lady Queen of Peace

The name of the cathedral for the Diocese of Broome.