Daniel Mannix: the man, the myth, the mystery
On a wet Melbourne evening on Saturday 16 September 1916, Archbishop Daniel Mannix (1864-1963), coadjutor to Dr Thomas Carr (1839-1917), attended the opening of the parish bazaar at St John's Parish, Clifton Hill. Mannix was on his way to another function when he made the unscheduled stop at Al...
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| Language: | English |
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[2018]
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The Australasian Catholic record
Year: 2018, Volume: 95, Issue: 1, Pages: 66-82 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBS Australia; Oceania KDB Roman Catholic Church RB Church office; congregation |
| Summary: | On a wet Melbourne evening on Saturday 16 September 1916, Archbishop Daniel Mannix (1864-1963), coadjutor to Dr Thomas Carr (1839-1917), attended the opening of the parish bazaar at St John's Parish, Clifton Hill. Mannix was on his way to another function when he made the unscheduled stop at Albert Hall on Queen's Parade.2 After opening the bazaar, Mannix spoke for a few minutes about an issue of great significance, the proposal by the Hughes Government for compulsory military service. Mannix spoke about achieving an honourable peace without conscription, describing conscription as "a hateful thing" and opining that "the present war would not have achieved such disastrous proportions if conscription had not prevailed in Europe". Mannix insisted that Australia had done her fair share and that conscription in Australia would cause more evil than it would avert.3 In speaking on conscription, Daniel had entered the lion's den. Mannix later reflected that the speech at Clifton Hill was his "original sin". |
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| ISSN: | 0727-3215 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Australasian Catholic record
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