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31 May

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Franciscans take on the role of chaplain to the Palm Island community. Working with other religious, a presbytery, school, convent and church are constructed....

31 May

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Franciscans are invited to administer the parish of Trevallyn-Riverside in Launceston, Tasmania by Archbishop Guildford-Young. Padua College is established in Kedron to serve the growing need for secondary education in the Catholic tradition....

31 May

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Asiana House in Ashfield opens to support Asian students. This develops into a hub for the Chinese catholic community in Sydney. Franciscans begin working with the community on Fantome Island, off the northern coast of Queensland, where a leprosarium had been established in the 1940s. Franciscans assume responsibility for the parish of St Liborius, around Eaglehawk in Victoria, until 1998.  ...

31 May

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Franciscans assume responsibility for Midland Parish in the northern districts of Perth, Western Australia, until 1997....

31 May

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St Bernardine Friary, 'Greyfriars', Mount Eliza opens to accommodate theology students from St Paschal College....

31 May

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Robertson is chosen as the site for the new St Anthony’s College. This is a continuation of the work begun at St Bonaventure’s College in Rydal. Holy Spirit Province sends missionaries to northern New Guinea, which is trying to rebuild after the destruction caused by WWII....

31 May

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Baraga House is established in Melbourne in support of migrants coming to Australia after the devastation of WWII....

31 May

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Following a major period of growth and expansion into Victoria, Queensland and New Zealand in the 1930s, the Australian mission gains sufficient size for recognition as an independent province. In October 1939, Holy Spirit Province is established in Australia as an independent entity of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor....