Roman Catholic Archbishop, Daniel Mannix is reconginsed worldwide as a significant figure within the Catholic Church. He is universally respected for his timeless handwork in highlighting public morality, deconstructing sectarianism and promoting social welfare in Australia prior 1945. Mannix become a focal point for Irish Catholic Unity and utilised his beliefs to an extent where he influenced Australian politics, especially the Australian Labour Party. His influences have had a long, deep and lasting effect not only to those of the Catholic Church; transcending into the wider community of Australia, Ireland and even England. Mannix was born on March 4, in the small country town of Cork, Ireland in 1864. He grew up in an extremely devout …show more content…
Mannix caused even more controversy when he stated that the war was “just a sordid trade war," (Wikipedia 2014, ‘Daniel Mannix’, Retrived August 27, 2014, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Mannix ) causing public outburst and disbelief. This disloyalty was fuelled evermore by the Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland in 1916. Many Australians saw the Irish Catholic Community as the first ‘ghetto’ ethic group within society, and soon the they became oppressed. Mannix was strongly devoted to assisting in the unity of the Irish Catholic community within the Australian society. Mannix used his strong religious beliefs to articulate the oppression and work toward equality.“Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.” (1 Corinthians 1:10-17New King James Version (NKJV), Bible Gateway, unknown, ‘1 Corinthians 1:10-17’, Retrieved September 1, 2014, https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+1%3A10-17&version=NKJV) Mannix used such religious teachings from the bible to base …show more content…
The Free State meant that Ireland was divided into different states of government, and become a factor of sectarianism. He stated that The Free State was not “a stepping stone” to liberation and even went as far as to say, “I’ll never step foot in Ireland again”. (Australian Dictionary of Biography, unknown, ‘Mannix, Daniel (1864–1963)’, Retrieved August 27, 2014, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mannix-daniel-7478) Mannix saw Australia as his home and worked hard to connect the Catholic religion into society. He wanted Catholics to enjoy “the good things in private and public life”. (Australian Dictionary of Biography, unknown, ‘Mannix, Daniel (1864–1963)’, Retrieved August 27, 2014, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mannix-daniel-7478) He opposed the use of force by Irish nationalists but enforced sectarianism as an illusion of