Organisation Franciscan Friars
- Functions
- Religious Order
- Alternative Names
- Order of Friars Minor
- Website
- http://www.franciscans.org.au/general/work.html
Summary
The Franciscan Friars have been working in Australia almost since the time of first European contact. Friar Bonaventure Geoghegan, who arrived in Melbourne in 1839, built two of the colony's first churches.
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Published Resources
Online Resources
- 'A Piece of the Story': National Directory of Records of Catholic organisations caring for children separated from their families, A research project undertaken by the Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission and the Australian Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes, Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission & Australian Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes, November 1999, http://catholicsocialservices.org.au/system/files/Directory+-+edited+10+Dec+2001.pdf. Details
Sources used to compile this entry: 'A Piece of the Story': National Directory of Records of Catholic organisations caring for children separated from their families, A research project undertaken by the Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission and the Australian Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes, Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission & Australian Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes, November 1999, http://catholicsocialservices.org.au/system/files/Directory+-+edited+10+Dec+2001.pdf.
Prepared by: Cate Elkner
Created: 6 November 2009