Patrick Joseph Ryan
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Patrick Joseph "Paddy" Ryan (1904 – 1969), an Australian Catholic
priest and anti-communist organiser, was born in Albury
, New South Wales
in 1904. He was ordained as a priest in the order of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
in 1929. After gaining a doctorate in Rome, he returned to Australia and for many years taught philosophy at the order's seminary in Kensington, New South Wales
.
He was the principal founder and head in Sydney of the `Movement', the semi-secret Catholic anti-communist organisation that struggled with communism for control of the union movement in the late 1940s and early 1950s, thus being the counterpart of B.A. Santamaria in Melbourne. After the Split in the Labor
movement in 1955, however, he, like the majority of Sydney Labor supporters, followed the A.L.P.
instead of the new Democratic Labor Party.
Ryan's most prominent public activity was a debate in 1948 in Sydney with Edgar Ross of the Communist Party of Australia
on `Whether Communism is the best interests of the Australian people'. An audience of 30,000 heard a vigorous debate. Ryan's many anti-Communist speeches in the next few years helped create the strong Australian Catholic tradition of anti-communism
.
Ryan died in 1969.
Catholic
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priest and anti-communist organiser, was born in Albury
Albury, New South Wales
Albury is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the northern side of the Murray River. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Albury Local Government Area...
, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
in 1904. He was ordained as a priest in the order of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart is a missionary congregation in the Latin Church,one of the 23 sui iuris churches which make up the Catholic Church led by the Bishop of Rome...
in 1929. After gaining a doctorate in Rome, he returned to Australia and for many years taught philosophy at the order's seminary in Kensington, New South Wales
Kensington, New South Wales
Kensington is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kensington is located 6 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Randwick, in the Eastern Suburbs region...
.
He was the principal founder and head in Sydney of the `Movement', the semi-secret Catholic anti-communist organisation that struggled with communism for control of the union movement in the late 1940s and early 1950s, thus being the counterpart of B.A. Santamaria in Melbourne. After the Split in the Labor
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
movement in 1955, however, he, like the majority of Sydney Labor supporters, followed the A.L.P.
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
instead of the new Democratic Labor Party.
Ryan's most prominent public activity was a debate in 1948 in Sydney with Edgar Ross of the Communist Party of Australia
Communist Party of Australia
The Communist Party of Australia was founded in 1920 and dissolved in 1991; it was succeeded by the Socialist Party of Australia, which then renamed itself, becoming the current Communist Party of Australia. The CPA achieved its greatest political strength in the 1940s and faced an attempted...
on `Whether Communism is the best interests of the Australian people'. An audience of 30,000 heard a vigorous debate. Ryan's many anti-Communist speeches in the next few years helped create the strong Australian Catholic tradition of anti-communism
Anti-communism
Anti-communism is opposition to communism. Organized anti-communism developed in reaction to the rise of communism, especially after the 1917 October Revolution in Russia and the beginning of the Cold War in 1947.-Objections to communist theory:...
.
Ryan died in 1969.