Highlights, History, Memories from the past
Above: St Vincent’s College, Potts Point c 1952. Courtesy of the Congregational Archives of the Sisters of Charity of Australia On 31 December 1838, five Sisters of Charity arrived in Sydney from Ireland, the first women Religious in Australia. Mary Aikenhead, the...
Highlights, History, Memories from the past
Above: St Mary’s Cathedral students 2020. Source Sydney Catholic Schools. The Benedictine Monks were the first religious order to serve in Australia and were involved in the early days of the establishment of Catholic schools. In 1833, Fr William B Ullalthorne was the...
Highlights, History, Memories from the past
Above: Old Marist School House in Parramatta. Source: Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta. On 16 May 1935, The Catholic Press newspaper declared that “Parramatta deserves the title of The Cradle of Catholicism in Australia”. It was in Parramatta that the first...
