Records, 1814-1978 [microform]. [19--]
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Benedictine Community of New Norcia.
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The Benedictine Community was founded at New Norcia as a monastery, undertaking a mission to the the Aboriginal people of the area. In 1867 it was made an Abbey Nullius and remained so until 1982. In the early 1900s schools for European/Australian children were opened. The monks lived their monastic life while managing a farm and the mission, and doing pastoral work in the Parishes of the Abbey Nullius and in the schools. From the description of Records, 1814-1978 [microform]. [19--]...
Kalumburu Benedictine Mission
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For over seventy years (1908-1981) the Benedictine Order operated a mission for the Aboriginal people of the East Kimberleys first at Drysdale River and later (1937) at Kalumbaru. In the initial exploration of 1906 Abbot Torres of New Norcia inspected uncharted coastal areas between Broome and Wyndham. Two years later he established a mission for Aborigines of the area in the Benedictine tradition. From the description of Records. 1942-1981. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id:...
Benedictines
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Benedictines carry on a tradition that stems from the origin of the Christian monastic movement in the third century. St. Benedict (ca. 480-ca. 550) was born at Nursia and educated at Rome. About the year 500, the condition of contemporary society led him to withdraw to a cave at nearby Subiaco where a community gradually grew up around him. In 525 he moved with a small band of monks to Monte Cassino where he remained until his death. It was here (ca. 540) that he drew up his plan f...
Salvado, Rosendo, 1814-1900
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Pioneer Catholic prelate. Born in Galicia, Spain, he arrived in WA in 1846 and subsequently established a Benedictine monastery at New Norcia as the centre of a mission to the Aborigines. In 1867, Pope Pius IX constituted the monastery as an abbey nullius dioecesis with Dom Salvado as perpetual abbot and bishop. The community at New Norcia included schools, farms and a Post and Telegraph Office. From the description of Letter [manuscript]. 1897. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record...
