Celebration, Diocesan, Highlights, Local event, Mass
A special Mass was celebrated by Bishop of Wagga Wagga Mark Edwards OMI in St Michael’s Cathedral on 3 November to mark the Bicentenary of Catholic education in Australia. After the Mass, Bishop Edwards launched the commemorative book, Our Story: Sowing the Seeds...
Highlights, History, Memories from the past
Above: Penola school house in South Australia. Source: ABC South East SA, Bec Whetham Australia’s first saint, Mary MacKillop, has had a profound and lasting impact on Catholic education in Australia. Throughout her life, Mary accomplished great things. Mary began...
Highlights, History, Memories from the past
Above: Principal Matt Smith and students from Redfern Jarjum College 2020. The Jesuit Fathers arrived in Australia from Austria in 1848. The Society of Jesus established their first school in 1856 which was the first Catholic boys school in South Australia, St...
Highlights, History, Memories from the past
Above: St Brigid’s School West Perth c1899. Source: Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea. The Sisters of Mercy arrived in Australia in January 1846, and in that same month the first Mercy Schoolin Australia was opened by Mother Ursula...