Julian Tenison Woods: A Life – Chapters 2nd & 3rd
Chapters 2nd & 3rd After the death of Mrs Woods the family returned to England, and within a short time, Julian was taken into the establishment of the Times. He did not remain there long. Though gifted with great literary power, as his writings in later life prove, his tastes and tendencies took another direction…Mary […]
Father Julian Tenison Woods Biography Video
Julian Tenison Woods: A Life – Chapter 1st
Chapter 1st It would seem fitting that a wiser head and a more practised hand should undertake to write the life of Father Tenison Woods. Perhaps a noble work on the subject may yet be produced: meantime, it is a ‘Labor of love’ to draw this unpretending sketch, which will have one great advantage – […]
Fr Julian: Man of Words – Letter Eleven
Tasmanian Forests: Their Botany and Economic Value [i] was the title that Father Julian Tenison Woods gave the paper he read at the meeting of the Royal Society of NSW on 5 June 1878. In the paper Father Julian presented his observations of the forests he found in Tasmania from 1874-1876. He described various types […]
Coasters Fr Julian Tenison Woods Quotes
Set of 4 wooden coasters with cork base featuring Australian flora and Fr J Tenison Woods quotes. Each coaster measures 10cm x10cm approximately.
A Daily Cuppa with Mary and Julian Book
Sue and Leo Kane Announce the Release of A Daily Cuppa with Mary and Julian Mary MacKillop Place Café and St Paul’s Publications are proud to offer the latest work from Sue and Leo Kane: A Daily Cuppa with Mary and Julian, which hit bookshelves on Friday 15 November 2019. Inspired by the lives and […]
Birth of Fr Julian Edmund Tenison Woods 1832
A child is born! Autumn with its myriad colours of gold and red, could be seen in the countryside. And as the Woods family prepared for the cold of winter, another child was born into their family. Little did they realise that this child would leave England’s shores at the age of twenty-three, go to […]
Fr Julian: Man of Words – Letter Ten
This month we look at the plan for Catholic Education in South Australia that Father Julian Tenison Woods had the task of implementing when he became the first Director General of Catholic Education in Australia. In 1867 Bishop Laurence Sheil appointed Father Julian Tenison Woods as his Secretary and asked him to leave Penola and […]
Fr Julian: Man of Words – Letter Nine
130 years ago, on 7 October 1889 Father Julian Tenison Woods died at 561 Elizabeth Street, Sydney. He was only 56 years old. This month we provide opportunity to explore some of the articles that appeared in newspapers across Australia at that time. WOODS – October 7, at his residence, 561 Elizabeth-street, the Very Rev […]
Death of Fr Julian Tenison Woods
Anniversary of the Death of Fr Julian Tenison Woods on 7 October. It is true God’s ways are not our ways, but if we look closer into it, we see that God is the Way, just as God is the Truth and the Life. [1] We commemorate the 130th anniversary of the death of Julian […]
Fr Julian: Man of Words – Letter Eight
Despite all his other commitments, Father Julian Tenison Woods wanted people in the Catholic community to be aware of what was concerning and influencing the Catholic Church in the 1860s. This month we explore his role as editor of the first Catholic journal in South Australia. In the 21st century there are multiple ways for […]
Fr Julian: Man of Words – Letter Seven
Have you ever been into a large underground cave? This month Father Julian invites us to share his experience of exploring the caves of Mosquito Plains, near Naracoorte, South Australia in 1857. Of all the natural curiosities a country can possess, none tend so much to render it famous as the existence of large caves. […]