Cardinal Silvio Oddi, Prefect for the Congregation of the Clergy said of it "We do hope that your catechism will be widely used in all the English speaking countries." Tierney set up the Cardinal Newman Catechist Centre (now Cardinal Newman Faith Resources Inc.), which Cardinal James Freeman declared (Clergy Conference 12 December 1974) " an approved private enterprise in the Archdiocese of Sydney."įather Tierney's first Catholic Family Catechism appeared in 1981. He earned membership into the Australian College of Education (M.A.C.E.) with a Programme for Apostles of Christ in High School in 1972. He was ordained as a Priest in 1964 and has specialised in Family Catechetics. Fr Tierney also attained a Diploma in Education, from the University of Sydney, 1953-1957 and was a Staff Sergeant in the Sydney University Regiment. He graduated as a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Geology and Physics. Our founder is Father James Tierney, author of the Catholic Family Catechism, who is a convert from Anglicanism. We are listed in the Official Directory of the Catholic Church in Australia under "Other Organizations" in the Archdiocese of Sydney.īishop Anthony Fisher declared us to be an approved private enterprise in the Diocese of Parramatta on 14 September 2010.Ĭardinal Newman Faith Resources also provides a service to the Order of St Paul the First Hermit by making faith resources available for pilgrims who vist the Shrine of Our Lady of Mercy at Penrose Park, near Berrima, NSW. "The greatest concern of the Second Vatican Council, is that the Sacred Deposit of Christian Doctrine should be guarded and taught more efficaciously." (The Documents of Vatican II, Abbott, p. Our aims are that of the Second Vatican Council, as declared by Blessed John XXIII on the day that he opened it, 11 October 1962. Visit us at Mackillop Centre, 15 - 21 Collins Street, MacKillop Centre, St Marys NSW 2760 orĮmail us on This email address is being protected from spambots. We welcome your enquiries and invite you to either: However, these earlier titles proved too restrictive, hence our renaming. was called the Cardinal Newman Catechist Centre then by permission of the Bishop of Parramatta (as required by canon 300), the Cardinal Newman Catholic Bookshop. Originally, Cardinal Newman Faith Resources Inc. We are non-profit and are dependent on donations National Religious Education Resource Centre Our association includes some priests as well as laity. In Civil law it is an incorporated association under the Department of Fair Trading of the Government of NSW. Cardinal Newman Faith Resources Incorporated is in Church law a private lay association of Christ's faithful, canons 298 and 299 ff.
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