Sydney
31 August 2003
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A
place ‘where heaven meets earth’
Teach more religion
in school, says new Gov-General
Toys
for Solomons kids
‘Good
Shepherds’ can almost hear the water
Three
generations of caring for forces
Pastoral
care of the armed forces
League
seeks new laws to protect women
Truth,
a fictional conflict and the need for Christian morality
Editorial:
Find room for God
Letters:
Liberal arts
Conversation:
Sr Renée Heraud, missionary - Vila’s diminutive media dynamo
Why
do we have faith in Jesus?
They
‘need our prayers’
‘Walk
arm in arm’ call to Vinnies
In
touch with God on the roof of the world
Pastoral care of the armed forces
Pastoral care for the members of the Australian armed services began in 1912 with the Archbishop of Melbourne, Archbishop Thomas Carr; he was followed in 1916 by his successor as Archbishop of Melbourne, Archbishop Daniel Mannix; Archbishop Mannix was succeeded in 1963 by the Bishop of Wollongong, Bishop Thomas McCabe.
The first Military Vicar was Bishop Morgan, an auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, formerly an Army chaplain.
On Bishop Morgan’s retirement, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Mayne as the second Military Vicar in 1985. In 1986, the Holy Father elevated the Vicariate to the same status under canon law as a diocese and Bishop Mayne became the first Military Ordinary of Australia. Bishop Davis has been ordained the second Military Ordinary Bishop of Australia.