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Hymettus Cottage & Garden BallaratSouvenir - Medal, 29th Eucharistic Congress Sydney Sept 1928
... 29th Eucharistic Congress Sydney Sept 1928.... Sydney Eucharistic Congress Pope Pius XI Medal 29th Eucharistic ...The Catholic Church held an International Congress at Sydney in 1928. This was the first such gathering in the Southern Hemisphere and special trains were run from other states to convey visitors to the event. A range of souvenir items were purchased by Catholic families and a collection of these souvenirs including Congress rail tickets were collected and remain in the Taffe family Hymettus collection.This, the 29th Congress was the first ever held outside Europe or the USA. It was first great public demonstration of faith celebrated by Catholics in Australia this event attracted a crowd of half a million, the largest religious spectacle ever seen in Australia to that time.sydney, eucharistic congress, pope pius xi, medal, -
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne ArchivesPhotograph - Record of St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne laying of foundation stone, Main Block (Healy Wing), 1928
... Eucharistic Congress 1928... to the Eucharistic Congress, blessed and laid this stone on October 6th, 1928 ...St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne 1928. Laying of foundation stone, crowds, banners, stone on a stage, dignitaries. His Eminence Cardinal Bonaventura Cerretti, Papal Legate to the Eucharistic Congress, blessed and laid this stone on October 6th, 1928. Inscription on back of photograph states, " Laying of foundation stone. 1st addition to St V's"st vincent's hospital melbourne, cardinal cerretti, eucharistic congress 1928, healy wing -
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Archives
Photograph - Agnes McLean photographs at St Vincents Hospital Melbourne, Circa 1928-1934
... Eucharistic Congress 1928... Private Hospital Melbourne Eucharistic Congress 1928 Agnes McLean ...Nurses in uniform photographed at events at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne including laying the foundation stone, St Evins, the Eucharistic Congress.st vincent's hospital melbourne, mount st evin's private hospital melbourne, eucharistic congress 1928, agnes mclean, sister alphonsus, mary devine, mary rawson, mother dorothea, ida and marion o'doherty, gert o'toole, cardinal cerrutti, ciss farrell, theatre nurse uniform 1928 -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden BallaratTinplate Plaque, 1928 Sydney Eucharistic Congress Tinplate plaque, 1928
... 1928 Sydney Eucharistic Congress Tinplate plaque... Sydney 1928 Sydney Eucharistic Congress Tinplate plaque Tinplate ...The Catholic Church held an International Congress at Sydney in 1928. This was the first such gathering in the Southern Hemisphere and special trains were run from other states to convey visitors to the event. A range of souvenir items were purchased by Catholic families and a collection of these souvenirs including Congress rail tickets were collected and remain in the Taffe family Hymettus collection.This, the 29th Congress was the first ever held outside Europe or the USA. It was first great public demonstration of faith celebrated by Catholics in Australia this event attracted a crowd of half a million, the largest religious spectacle ever seen in Australia to that time. catholic church, catholic families, souvenir, eucharistic congress, sydney
