Memories from the past: Saint Mary MacKillop’s contribution to Australian Catholic education

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...

Memories from the past: Jesuits

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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...

Memories from the past: Mercy Sisters

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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...

Pioneer Catholic Educator remembered

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Image: Fr John Neill OP OAM with Blackfriars Priory School students in 2016.  For 200 years Catholic schools have been established and staffed by pioneer clergy, religious and lay educators, many of whom devoted their entire lives to Catholic education.  “Let us...

Memories from the past: Christian Brothers

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Above: Christian Brothers College, Adelaide students 1943. In 1843, the Irish Christian Brothers first arrived in Sydney at the invitation of Archbishop Polding, but left in 1848. The Christian Brothers returned to Australia in 1868, arriving in Melbourne at the...

Federal Parliament marks the bicentenary of Catholic education

Celebration, Highlights

Image: Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta executive director Greg Whitby AM KSG, Joanne Ryan MP, Julian Leeser MP, Diocese of Parramatta chief of operations and finance Geoff Officer and Julie Owens MP. Source: Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta. On...