Giuseppe La Rosa - papers, 1933-1990, together with associated papers of Domenico La Rosa, 1990-2001

MLMSS 7124

fonds

1933 - 2001

Textual Records, Clippings

210421

1 box and 1 outsize item - 0.7 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (computer printouts)
Textual Records - (photocopy)
Textual Records - (typescript)
Textual Records - (typescript, photocopy)
Textual Records - (typescript, carbon)
Textual Records - (processed)
Clippings
Clippings - (photocopy)
Textual Records - (printed)
Textual Records - (printed, photocopy)

Giuseppe La Rosa (1915-1990) was born in Terranova Sappo Minulio in the province of Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy. He was ordained priest in 1938. His family had emigrated to Australia between the wars. He arrived in Sydney in 1939 and initially worked on the staff of the Apostolic Delegate, the Vatican's representative in Australia. In 1942 Archbishop Norman Thomas Gilroy appointed him Chaplain of the Italian community. La Rosa compiled a prayer book, L'amico del prigioniero [The Prisoner's Friend] (1943), under the auspices of the Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop Giovanni Panico, for distribution among Italian internees and prisoners of war. In 1945 he formed the Catholic sponsored aid committee, Relief to Italy from Australia, which assisted the war victims of his homeland. In the same year he established the San Francesco Catholic Italian Association to promote a richer Christian lifestyle among the laity. He proposed the idea for an Italian Catholic newspaper to counter the influence of Il Risveglio [The Awakening], organ of the secular Italia Libera Movement. Originally to be titled L'Apostolo [The Apostle], the newspaper began publication as La Fiamma in 1947. He edited early issues of the paper before editorial reponsibilities were assumed by the Capuchin Franciscan Friars at Leichhardt. He returned to Italy in 1949 and undertook postgraduate study. His doctoral thesis, Le organizzazioni professionali in Australia, being a history of the Australian trade union and labour movement, awarded in 1954, was published the following year. From 1954 until his retirement in 1986 he held a number of appointments in the Secretariat of State of the Holy See. He visited Australia in 1988 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his ordination. Monsignor La Rosa died in Rome on 6 February 1990. In 1995 Domenico La Rosa published L'apostolato di P. Giuseppe La Rosa in Australia, a documentary source book on his brother's life.

1. La Fiamma, Apr.-Dec. 1947, being the first nine issues (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/1X)
2. La Fiamma: Special issue commemorating the 20th anniversary of its foundation, 1967 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/1X)
La Fiamma: Special issue commemorating the 30th anniversary of its foundation, 1977 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/1X)
La Fiamma: Special issue commemorating the 50th anniversary of its foundation, 1997 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/1X)

2000; Inventory of papers (nos 1-23), compiled and arranged by Domenico La Rosa (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)

3. List of American Catholic Institutes written to by Fr. La Rosa requesting copies of their publications, and text of letter, 1947 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)
4. List of Italian Catholic Agencies and Catholic Personalities and their correspondence, 1947 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)
5. Correspondence with Prof. Francesco Caporale, of Catanzaro, Italy, 1947-1949 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)
6. Correspondence with B. A. Santamaria, 1947-1948 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)
7. Correspondence with the Australian Delegate of the International Red Cross Committee in relation to assistance to Italian prisoners of war in Australia, 1946 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)
8. Correspondence in English and Italian with Italian prisoners of war and their Chaplains, 1942-1946 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)
9. Report on conditions of Italians in Australia compiled by Fr. La Rosa for the Italian Government at the request of the Consul General of Switzerland, in the Italian language, 1942 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)
10.Associazione San Francesco, 1945-1947 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)
11.Australian Relief to Italy Fund, 1945-1947 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)
12.Italian Social Secretariat, 1946-1949 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)
13.Application to publish an Italian newspaper, 1934, 1946-1947 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)
14.Publication of the newspaper La Fiamma (1947), 1946-1947, 1995-1997 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)
15.Correspondence with Irish Representative to Australia T. J. Kiernan, 1947 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)
16.'I Politissimi Editoriali di P. La Rosa', 1947 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)
17.Other writings of Fr. la Rosa published in La Fiamma and the Italo-Australian [newspaper]', 1939-1940, 1947 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)
18.Religious Services of Fr. La Rosa, 1939, 1942, 1945, 1976 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)
19.St. Anthony's Italian Conference of St. Vincent de Paul, 1933, 1941-1947 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)
20.Dramatic Group of the Catholic Italian Association, 1946-1947 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)
21.Victory Loan Campaign, 1944-1945 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)
22.Arrival of the Capuchin Fathers in Sydney, 1946-1947 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)

23.Publications of Don Giuseppe La Rosa, with related papers:

A. Le Organizzazioni Professionali in Australia (1955), 1955-1957
Include review from The Advocate (Melb.) and correspondence with, among others, Archbishop Giovanni Panico, Archbishop Romolo Carboni (Apostolic Delegate to Australia), and Archbishop Eris O'Brien (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)

B. Una Bolla di Urbano II per la Chiesa di San Salvatore nella Diocese Oppidese (1979)
Include reviews and correspondence (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)

C. Profilo storico dell'antica Terranova (1983), 1983-1984
Include reviews and letters received (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)

D. Dieci anni tra gli Italiani in Australia (1939-1949), (1988), 1988-1989, 1997

Include review, correspondence and first instalment serialised in La Fiamma, 9 Oct. 1989 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)

E. Studio sulle origini dell'antica citta di Terranova nella Calabria meridionale (1993), 1993 [Published posthumously by Domenico la Rosa]]

Include reviews and letters to Carmela La Rosa from recipients of the book (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)

F. L'amico del prigioniero [The Prisoner's Friend], (1943) (Call No.: See catalogue record on WEBCAT: State Library of New South Wales catalogue for this book located at ML 264.02/52)

Additional papers not listed in inventory by Domenico La Rosa:

Passports (5): (Italian, Italian/European and Vatican), 1968-198, and Re-entry Permit, issued by Dept. of Immigration, Sydney, 11 Aug. 1949 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)

Transcripts of unedited manuscripts by Monsignor Giuseppe La Rosa, 193- - 195- , chiefly in Italian, being comentaries and observations on issues of a political, philosophical, social and legal character
(Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)

Photocopies of Italian letters of Giuseppe La Rosa, written on his behalf by Domenico La Rosa, 19-26 gennaio 1990, with note by Giuseppe La Rosa, 28 gennaio 1990, concerning his forestalled research on further aspects of the religious history of Terranova (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)

'Extracts from various sources relating to certain aspects of the work and life of Italian immigrants in distant lands and other notes and news collected by Fr. Giuseppe La Rosa.' and list of certificates, testimonials, honours and appointments of Monsignor Giuseppe La Rosa received in the service of the Secretariat of State of His Holiness, both documents compiled by Domenico La Rosa (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)

L'Apostolato di P. Giuseppe La Rosa in Australia / a cura di Domenico La Rosa. [Sydney, N.S.W.] : Domenico La Rosa in association with the Italian Historical Society of New South Wales, ca. 1995 (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)

'Letters, cards, lettergram, etc., from recipients of complimentary copies of L'Apostolato di P. Giuseppe La Rosa in Australia (1995)', 1996, including Cardinal Edward Cassidy, Cardinal Angelo Sodano (Secretary of State, Holy See) and other curial cardinals, Rev. Edmund Campion, Rev. Paul Stenhouse, B. A. Santamaria and Luigi Strano (Call No.: MLMSS 7124/2)

Italian, English

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Research & study copies allowed: Applies only to material in which Giuseppe La Rosa and Domenico La Rosa own copyright
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holders