The Australian Connections
Of Pope John Paul II

Bibliography

Articles, books, photographs

Abbott, Tony. The Pope will revive the warmth of a shared cuppa : religion, Bulletin (Sydney), 2
Dec. 1986: p. 36

Bajkowski, Eugene. Strong link with Australia, The Australian, 18 Oct. 1978: p. 7

Boyhood acquaintance one of happiest men, Catholic weekly (Sydney, N.S.W.), Oct. 22, 1978

Bush, Roger. Iron Curtain cardinal, the Sun (Sydney) 26 Feb. 1973: p. 12.

Catholic Church. Pope (1978-2005 : John Paul II). John Paul II in Australia : what he told the Aboriginals and Islanders [Full text of the address given at Alice Springs on 29
November 1986], Advocate (Melbourne), 11 Dec. 1986: p. 10-11

Catholic Church. Pope (1978-2005 : John Paul II). The Pope in Australia : collected homilies and Talks (Homebush, 1986)

Cole-Adams, Kate. John Paul : three replies to an invitation [Reactions of some lapsed Catholicsand a nun to the papal tour and to the Pope's plea to return to the Church],
National Times on Sunday, 30 Nov. 1986: p. 5

Conway, Ronald et al. The Catholic conflict [Series of four parts]. Part I: an obsession with sex.
Part 2: A diminished voice in the affairs of State and society. Part 3: A growing crisis in the priesthood. Part 4: A choice of paths for shepherds and flock?,
Australian, 15 Sept. 1986: p. 9; 16 Sept. 1986: p. 13; 17 Sept. 1986: p. 9; 18
Sept. 1986: p. 11

Devitt, Paul. Land rights in the Northern Territory: the Papal aftermath, National outlook, v.9, no.5,
June 1987: p. 26-28

Clarke, Jim. John Paul II : the journey through Australia : the brilliant official publication of thePope's memorable visit (Melbourne, 1986)

Filek, Michal. Czas oczekiwania, czas przygotowan (Melbourne, 1988)

Hawley, Janet. Selling the Pontiff, Western mail (Perth), 22-23 Nov. 1986: suppl. 16-18

Jan Pawel II w Australii : spotkanie z Polakami, Melbourne, M.C.G. 28 Listopada 1986
(Melbourne, [1986])

John Paul II : the journey through Australia (Melbourne, 1986)

John Paul II : welcome to Australia - November 1986 (Pymble, 1986)

Jordan, Alexander. Rock of faith in a Sea of Red, Reader's Digest (June1973)

Kurier zachodni (Perth, W.A.), nr. 3 (1Kwietnia - 15 Maj 2005) (168) [Special issue on the life, times and contribution of Pope John Paul II]

McCarthy, Christine. The Pope's message to the Catholic Church in Australia : a synthesis of Pope John Paul II's major themes and concerns during the 1986 Australian pilgrimage [Text of a paper delivered at the John XXIII Fellowship Conference
(15th: 1986: Sydney)], Fidelity (Ormond, Vic.), Apr. 1987: p. 22-30

The MacKillop papal visit, 1995 : the beatification of Venerable Mary MacKillop and the visit by His Holiness Pope John Paul II … (Pymble, 1995)

McGoverne, Terry. Pope John Paul II in Australia, Australasian Catholic record, v.64, no.1, Jan.
1987: p. 73-77

Matkowski, Ted. Z papiezem po Australii, Tu i tam nr. 5-6, Grudzien 1986-Styczen 1987: p. 34-65

Murray, James S. An Anglican looks at the Papal visit, Australasian Catholic record, v.64, no.2,
Apr. 1987: p. 133-139

Nicklin, Lenore. John Paul's pilgrim's progress [The Pope's visit to Australia], Bulletin (Sydney),
9 Dec. 1986: p. 42, 45, 47-48

Papal liturgy in Canberra : mass for peace and justice (Blackburn, Vic., 1986)

Papal liturgy in Perth : mass of the first Sunday of Advent, the family, the domestic church
(Blackburn, Vic., 1986)

The papal visit : 1986 [Collection of articles], Canberra times, 16 Nov. 1986: suppl., 1-8

Papal visit 1986, John Paul II in Alice Springs / Department of Aboriginal Affairs. 1986. 1 album (21 col. photos) ; 32 x 30 cm. + 1 booklet. Available at National Library of
Australia

Pastoral visit of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to Manila, Port Moresby, Sydney, Colombo,
January 11-21, 1995 (Vatican City?, 1995)

Polish thanks for papal visit, The advocate, 7 May 1987: p.2

The Pope in Australia 1986 : ABC guide / [text] by Edmund Campion (Sydney, 1986)

Pope John Paul II in Victoria : welcome and ecumenical celebration, Melbourne Cricket Ground,
Thursday, 27 November 1986 ([Melbourne, 1986])

Pope John Paul II : the MacKillop papal visit, Australia 1995 (Surry Hills, NSW, 1995)
Przeglad katolicki (Sydney, NSW), Styczen-Luty, 1973

Prociuk, Halina & Jerzy B. (George). The story never told : John Paul II in Sydney as Cardinal Karol Jozef Wojtyla, 14 February 1973 : first visit to Australia. (Sydney, 2005).
Ms. 88 leaves, photos.

Resources for the visit of Pope John Paul [and] concerning multiculturalism (Ascot Park, S. Aust.,
1986)

Seselja, Loui. Collection of photographs of the Pope's visit to Sydney (Canberra, 1995). At National Library of Australia.
Simper, Errol. When the Pope meets the Dreamtime in Alice [The effect of Christianity on Aboriginal religion], Australian, 13-14 Sept. 1986: suppl. 1-2

Skwarnicki, Marek. Australijska wiosna /zdjecia Tadeusz Matkowski (Melbourne, 1987)

Stockton, Eugene D. The Pope's meeting with the Aboriginal people, Australasian Catholic record, v. 64, no.2, Apr. 1987: p. 123-132

Tennison, Patrick. Packaging the Pope [The Australian tour], Prime time, Nov. 1986: p. 4-6

Tu i tam, nr. 5-6 (Grudz. 1986 - Stycz. 1987): p. 34-65

Tygodnik Polski (Melbourne, Vic.), nr. 48 (Grudzien 6, 1986), Witamy, Melbourne 28.11.86 [Special issue welcoming Pope John Paul II to Australia on his first papal visit]

Tygodnik Polski (Melbourne, Vic.), nr. 12 (Apr. 6, 2005) [Death of John Paul II]

Tygodnik Polski (Melbourne, Vic.), nr. 13 (Apr. 13, 2005) [Special testament on John Paul II]

Tygodnik Polski (Melbourne, Vic.), nr. 15 (Apr. 27, 2005), Magazyn nr. 2 (Kwiecien 2005) [Special testament by the Polish Australian community on John Paul II]

Visit to Australia by His Holiness Pope John Paul II : media arrangements handbook ([Canberra],
1986)

Wojtyla, K. J O Poszanowaniu Przekonan Wierzacych Obywateli : Kazanie J. Em. Karola Kardynala Wojtyly wygloszone w Krakowie 21.06.1973, zawierajace uwagi z wizyty w Australii In: Prociuk, J. & H. The story never told : John Paul II in Sydney as a Cardinal - Karol Jozef Wojtyla, 14 February 1973 : first visit to Australia: p. 57-60 [Text read in Polish Parishes in Australia, containing his remarks from his Australian visits]

Witamy, Melbourne 28.11.86 [Entire issue devoted to John Paul II], Tygodnik Polski (Melbourne),
nr.48, 6 Dec. 1986

Other materials

To light a flame / narrator Judy Morris; written & produced by Patrick Kirkwood; directed & edited by Julie Ducker.
Homebush, N.S.W. : Catholic Audio-Visual Centre, 1986.
1 videocassette (31 min.) ; 1 booklet

The papal concert, Alice Springs.
Alice Springs, N.T. : Imparja, 1986
2 sound cassettes (ca, 110 min.) : analog, stereo. (Imparja no. 19)

Pope John Paul II meeting with the Australian Polish community at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, November 28, 1986 = Jan Pawel II w Australii : spotkanie z Polakami.
Richmond, Vic. : Produced by FM-TV Australia Pty Ltd for the Polish Organising Committee of Victoria (Papal visit office, Melbourne), c1986.
Video available in VHS and Beta formats.

Willcock, Christopher. God of peace : the official hymn for the visit of Pope John Paul II to Australia, 1986 / music: Christopher Willcock; text: Anthony Kelly.
1 score (2 p.) ; 30 cm. (Blackburn, Vic., 1986)

Primary sources

National Archives of Australia
Contains many entries on the two papal visits, 1986, 1995 with a sample given here.

Series no. C1997. [Series of video tapes made by the Special Broadcasting Service, SBS TV, for the Catholic Church of the 1986 papal tour by Pope John Paul II]

Series A8746. [Large collection of 35 mm colour negatives that vary in size relating to the official visits of his Holiness Pope John Paul II]

National Library of Australia
John Moloney papers, MS 6634. Series 31, Church papers, 1985-1994. Folder 1, Papal visit,
1985-86

Jerzy Zubrzycki papers, MS 6690. Series 7, Catholic Church, 1957-1988. Box 12, Papal Task
Force, 1986

Prociuk, Halina and Jerzy B. (George) Prociuk. The story never told : John Paul II in Sydney as Cardinal Karol Jozef Wojtyla, 14 February 1973 : first visit to Australia. (Sydney, 2005). Ms. 88 leaves, photos. An unpublished work printed in a limited number of copies and distributed to family, friends and Catholic organizations in Rome, Poland and Australia. Excerpts have been published in nos 5/6, 7/8, 9/10 of Biuletyn informacyjny (Zwiazek Polski Wollongong Inc.)

Records collected by the Polish Historical Institute in Australia, MS 9562.
Prociuk, Halina and Jerzy B. (George) Prociuk. The story never told : John Paul II in Sydney as Cardinal Karol Jozef Wojtyla, 14 February 1973 : first visit to Australia. (Sydney, 2005). Ms. 88 leaves, photos. An unpublished work printed in a limited number of copies and distributed to family, friends and Catholic organizations in Rome, Poland and Australia.

Life and work of Pope John Paul II

A short list of materials relating to the life and work of Pope John Paul II, not necessarily relating to his Australian visits.

Curran, Charles E. The moral theology of Pope John Paul II (Washington, D.C., 2005)

Gramatowski, Wiktor. Karol Wojtyla w swietle publikacji : bibliografia (Citta de Vaticano, 1980)

John Paul II Jesuit Symposium (1998 : Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.). Creed and culture : Jesuit studies of Pope John Paul II (Philadelphia, 2004)

John Paul II, Pope. Memory and identity : personal reflections (London, 2005)

John Paul II : a Pope for the people / essays by Luigi Accattoli … [et al.] (New York, 2004)

John Paul The Great, Polish voice (Warsaw), no.54 ([2005]): pp. 4-9

Kaluski, Marian. Jan Pawel II : pierwszy Polak papiezem. (Melbourne, 1979)

Karol: the man who became Pope (Poland, 2005). DVD

Life & times of Pope John Paul II. Warner Music Group Co., [2005]. Market and distributed under Warner Vision Australia licence. 3 DVD set.

Milujcie sie!, nr. 3 2005 [Special issue on the life, contribution of John Paul II]

The Pilgrim Pope : a collector's edition featuring Pope John Paul II's two historical pastoral visits to Poland [June 10th 1979] and America [1st October 1979]. Produced by NBC News, [198-]. Beta : col. ; 2 hours. 9 311455 204709. Beta C900470 (CEL Marketing) (video)

Seremak, Waldemar. Milosierzdie Boze a nowa ewangelizacja : znaki czasu. (Lublin, 2001)

Vircondelet, Alain. John Paul II : the life of Karol Wojtyla (France, 2004)


Acknowledgements
The Institute gratefully acknowledges the following people and organisations for their research in compiling this resource:

Halina and Jerzy (George) Prociuk for their unpublished ms. The Story never told : John Paul II in Sydney as a Cardinal - Karol Jozef Wojtyla, 14 February 1973 : first visit in Australia (Sydney, 2005)

Stanislaw and Wanda Harasymow regarding the 1973 and 1986 visits to Perth, WA.

The Institute also acknowledges the following for their help and advice in compiling this resource:

Eugene Bajkowski, Stanislawa Baran, Andrzej Basinski, Jerzy & Marysia Dobrostanski, Jozef Drewniak, Elizabeth Drozd, Embassy of the Republic of Poland, Canberra, Dr. Alexander Gancarz, Wojciech E. Horky, Jozefa Jarosz, Fr. Maciej Kaczmarczyk, Stanislaw Kowalski, Kurier Zachodni, Patrick Lawless, Andrew Stawowczyk Long (webaster), Ted Makowski, Danuta & Louis Navay, Roman Catholic Archives, Perth, Jan Skibicki, Fr. Wieslaw Slowik, Zygmunt Slowinski, Tygodnik Polski, Jola Wolski, Dr. Bogumila Zongollowicz.

Document creator
Wanda Horky
15th December 2005