Memories from yesterday
1890 -St Charles Primary School Ryde
1892 – Genazzano FCJ College students outside the Convent
1892 – Students and Sisters of Our Lady of Sion outside Bishop’s House in Sale, Gippsland VIC
1870 – Sr Mary Borgia Byrne and novice Miss Mary Fitzgerald with students, All Hallows primary school Adderton House Brisbane
Early image of St Patrick’s School Toowoomba
Australian Catholic University teaching class
1992- First Study Abroad cohort to The University of Notre Dame, Fremantle. Source UNDA.
1910 – Students at St Patrick’s Convent School Goodna QLD (now St Francis Xavier School, Goodna)
1970s – Sr Janice Ryder with students in Science lesson Diocese of Bathurst
Students at St Lucy’s Homebush. Source Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia & The Solomon Islands.
1884c – Sisters of Mercy Cobar Convent School NSW. Source Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea.
1935c. – Students enjoy an outdoor art class at Our Lady of Sion secondary school, Box Hill Melbourne
early 1900s – Students at Our Lady of Sion, York Street Sale
1929 – Sports Day at St Rita’s College Clayfield
1972 – Nicholas Harsas (now Brother) First Holy Communion at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School Gladesville, with Sr Patricia Dawson rsm Principal and Sr Janet Weston rsm
1999 – St Mary’s Catholic Primary School Manly School
1960s – Kincoppal School of the Sacred Heart communion procession
Students Moss Vale NSW 1893. Source Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia & The Solomon Islands.
1951 – Saint Ignatius College Adelaide
Music students at Santa Sabina College Strathfield, 1910. Source Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia & The Solomon Islands.
Students Rosebank College, Five Dock, c.1880’s. Good Samaritan Congregational Archives.
1900c – Xavier College Kew students sit on the front steps of the Senior Campus
Students Lourdes Hill College, Hawthorne 1919. Good Samaritan Congregational Archives.
1961 – Fr Sean O’Doherty and Fr Crotty with students making their Holy Communion Orange, Diocese of Bathurst
1922c. – Students at St James Catholic Primary School Forest Lodge students. Sourced: Sydney Catholic Schools
1944 – Mary MacKillop College Kensington, South Australia
Students and staff at Mount St Benedict College Pennant Hills, 1969. Good Samaritan Congregational Archives.
1978 – Open Girls Tennis Sacred Heart College, Adelaide
1866 – The first Josephite stable school, Penola South Australia
1950c – Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart junior school (Barat-Burn) drawing class
1916 – Students and Sisters of St Joseph at Kanowna on the West Australian goldfields. Sourced Sisters of St Joseph.
c.1955 – Students and Sisters of St Joseph, Nannup W.A.
1960s – Students with Sr Paula and Br Cassin and Bishop Albert Thomas, Santa Maria Orange, Diocese of Bathurst
1876 – Pupils at Mary’s Mount Ballarat
1867 – School built by the Josephites in Penola South Australia
Teachers’ training students at Signadou College Canberra 1967. Source Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia & The Solomon Islands.
1880 – Fr Dalton with staff & students Saint Ignatius’ Riverview. Source Jesuit Education Australia
1870c. – Saint Aloysius’ College, Sevenhill SA
1956 – First class students at St Xavier’s Gunnedah, Diocese of Armidale
1994 – Year 5 students at Patrician Brothers Primary School, Fairfield with class teacher Brother Nicholas Harsas fsp
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St Scholastica’s College, Glebe early 1900s. Source Good Samaritan Congregational Archives.
1899 – Students and Sisters of Mercy at St Brigid’s School West Perth. Source the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea.
1943 – Students from Christian Brothers College, Adelaide
1921 – Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart Junior School students
1920c – Kincoppal School of the Sacred Heart Elizabeth Bay school group
1954 – Grade 1-3 St Joseph’s School, Barmera South Australia
1994 -The University of Notre Dame Australia first undergraduate student cohort, Fremantle. Source UNDA.
Students Tamworth NSW 1938. Source Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia & The Solomon Islands
1948 – Domremy College Students at the Centenary of Education Demonstration, Sydney.
1885 – Maitland, New South Wales, the earliest photo of Patrician Brothers in Australia
1930 – 3rd Football team, Sacred Heart College, Adelaide
1967 – Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart choir
1884 – St Joseph’s School Strathalbyn South Australia. Sourced State Library of South Australia B30116
1971 – Netball Premiers Cup, Carolyn Ball Captain, St Rita’s College Clayfield
St John’s Maitland 1910. Source Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia & The Solomon Islands.
Sr Albert Mugavin and students at Mater Dei, Camden in 1967. Good Samaritan Congregational Archives.
1990- Australian Catholic University Graduation Mass. Sourced ACU.
1914 – Music students at St Gertrude’s College, New Norcia Western Australia. Sourced Sisters of St Joseph.
1890c. – Students at Star of the Sea, Gardenvale
Early students at St Mary’s Maitland date unknown. Source Dominican Catholic Education.
1964 – Students with Augustinian Sisters at St Bernadette’s Primary School Sunshine North
1981 – Mother Theresa of Calcutta visits All Hallows’ School in Brisbane, with Sr Anne O’Farrell Principal, School Captain Julia Vandeleur and Vice-Captain Nichola Atkinson
Siena College Camberwell first class, 1940. Source Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia & The Solomon Islands.
1949 – Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart Junior School students
1880c. – Student at Presentation College Windsor
1915 – Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart students
1963 – Year 2 students at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School Manly
1935c. – Students at St James Catholic Primary School Forest Lodge. Sourced Sydney Catholic Schools
1973 – Students from Sacred Heart College, Adelaide
1920c. – Students at Our Lady of Sion School Warragul, Victoria
Moments from today
Diocese of Toowoomba Secondary
Murrupurtiyanuwu Catholic Primary School and Xavier Catholic College located on Bathurst Island in the town of Wurrumiyanga NT
Archdiocese Adelaide Christian Brothers College Sports Day
200 students from Sacred Heart Primary Casterton, St Joseph’s Primary Coleraine, St Malachy’s Primary Edenhope, St Patrick’s Primary Nhill and Our Lady Help of Christians Murtoa. Source Catholic Education Ballarat.
Diocese of Wagga Wagga
Student readers at St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral Adelaide celebrating a National Mass. Source Catholic Education South Australia.
Students and staff celebrate at St Matthews Mudgee, Diocese of Bathurst NSW
Students from Sacred Heart College Sorrento, filmed in iconic locations across Perth WA. Source Catholic Education Western Australia
Good Counsel College Innisfail, Diocese of Cairns
St Raphael’s School Parkside SA
St Joseph College students and Bishop Robert McGuckin at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Toowoomba, QLD.
Bathurst Diocese James Sheahan Orange Agriculture Students
Sacred Heart College students performed the national song, ‘Faith in the Future’ at CEWA’s 200 years launch event. Source: CEWA
MacKillop Catholic College student at St Mary’s Cathedral.
Archdiocese Adelaide St Pat’s Technical College Edinburgh North
St Martin’s School, Greenacres South Australia
Diocese of Toowoomba Primary
National Mass held at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Toowoomba, QLD.
St Kieran’s Primary School Brighton, Archdiocese of Brisbane LD
St John’s Catholic College at St Mary’s Cathedral Darwin
Sale Diocese St Peter’s College Clyde North blessing and opening ceremony
Student representatives, Catholic Education diocesan director Leesa Jeffcoat and Bishop Michael McCarthy at St Joseph’s Cathedral. Source Catholic Education Diocese of Rockhampton.
St William’s Grovely Catholic Primary School Archdiocese of Brisbane
St Francis Xavier’s Catholic Primary School Arncliffe, NSW
Diocese of Wagga Wagga
St Rita’s College Clayfield students with teaching staff
St Benedict’s Catholic Primary Mango Hill students at St Stephen’s Cathedral, Archdiocese of Brisbane, QLD.
Archdiocese Adelaide St Pat’s Technical College Edinburgh North
Maitland Newcastle Diocese All Saints College
Student at St John’s Silkwood, Diocese of Cairns
St Brendan’s Catholic Primary School, Coragulac students and staff dress in historical costume, Diocese of Ballarat
Student reader from Nagle College at the National Mass held at St Patrick’s Cathedral
Student procession at St John Vianney Co-Cathedral in Fairy Meadow. Source Catholic Education Diocese of Wollongong.
Diocese of Sale St Peter’s College Clyde North
Br Joachim and students from Marcellin College, Randwick. Source Marist Brothers Australia.
Lourdes Hill College, Hawthorne today. Source Sisters of the Good Samaritan Archives
Students with their 200 years banner at Our Lady of Mercy College, Heidelberg VIC.
St Francis Xavier’s School Narrabri, Diocese of Armidale
Year 6 students Archie, Noah, Kate and Zoe from St John’s Catholic College Richmond. Source: Mark Franklin, Archdiocese of Hobart.
St John’s Silkwood, Diocese of Cairns
Bishop Shane Mackinlay, former Directors of Catholic Education Sandhurst Mr Adrian Sexton & Mr Denis Higgins and current Executive Director Paul Desmond cut a 200 years cake.
Diocese of Cairns, Catholic Education Services launched the 200 years celebration with a mass at St Monica’s Cathedral with student representatives attending from a number of schools in the diocese.
Holy Cross Primary School Trinity Park students at the National Mass held at Saint Monica’s Cathedral Cairns QLD
St Jerome’s Catholic Primary School Punchbowl student with Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher OP. Photo by Giovanni Portelli
St Clare’s School Tully, Diocese of Cairns
Diocese of Toowoomba Secondary
St Martin’s School, Greenacres South Australia
Students Cabra Dominican College Adelaide. Source Dominican Education Australia
Catholic Education Tasmania students at celebration Mass. Photo by Katrina Allen
Ballarat Diocese Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Primary School, Wendouree Students
Students at St Joseph’s Primary School Wauchope, NSW Diocese of Lismore
Student from St Mary MacKillop Catholic College at St Patrick’s Cathedral Toowoomba QLD
Students at St John Vianney Co-Cathedral in Fairy Meadow. Source Catholic Education Diocese of Wollongong.
Student reader St Mary & Joseph’s Cathedral Diocese of Armidale
St Francis of Assisi Regional Catholic Primary School Paddingtonstudents at St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney, NSW. Photo by Giovanni Portelli.
Director Ross Fox, St Joseph’s Primary School, Bombala principal Susan Tighe, REC Alice Shannon and students Miller Stewart and Connor Reed with Archbishop Christopher Prowse at St Christopher’s Cathedral Canberra
St Patrick’s Primary Griffith, Diocese of Wagga Wagga
Holy Rosary Catholic School students with Catholic Education Tasmania executive director Dr Gerard Gaskin at St Mary’s Cathedral Hobart TAS
Bathurst Diocese St Mary’s Wellington Science Lesson
Bathurst Diocese St Mary’s Wellington with Fr Carl Mackander
Student reader at National Mass held at St Francis Xavier Cathedral Diocese of Geraldton WA
St Patrick’s Koroit students celebrating 200 years of Catholic Education in the Koroit Irish Festival Parade
School of the Nativity Aberfoyle Park South Australia
Kindergarten students from Holy Cross Catholic Primary, Helensburgh, with their new school timeline. Source: Catholic Education Diocese of Wollongong.
Adelaide Diocesan Emmaus Catholic College Woodcroft
2020 Mary Mackillop Catholic College Kennsington SA
St Clare’s School Tully, Diocese of Cairns
2020 Townsville Catholic Education St Clare’s Catholic School, Burdell
Archdiocese Adelaide Christian Brothers College Junior Campus with Senior Campus
Loyola College Watsonia sing at the National Mass held at St Patrick’s Cathedral Melbourne VIC
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School Kingsgrove, Sydney Catholic Schools
Students celebrate at St Francis of Assisi Regional Catholic Paddington NSW
St Clare’s School Tully, Diocese of Cairns
Students at St Brendan’s Catholic Primary School, Coragulac dress in historical costume, Diocese of Ballarat VIC
St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School Summer Hill students with their 200 years prayer card & lapel pin. Source: Sydney Catholic Schools
St Martin’s School, Greenacres South Australia
Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher OP and the Governor of New South Wales Her Excellency Hon. Margaret Beazley AC QC, at St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney. Photo by Giovanni Portelli
Diocese of Toowoomba Early Years
South Australia St Joseph’s Tranmere
St Carthage’s Diocese of Lismore
Students with a 200 years candle at St Benedict College Pennant Hills Liturgy
Sheridan Family with a 200 years celebration cake at Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School Darwin, NT
Student at St John’s Silkwood, Diocese of Cairns
2020 Townsville Catholic Education Caritas Launch with Most Rev Tim Harris Bishop of the Townsville Diocese
Holy-Spirit-Catholic-Primary-School-Darwin-NT
Archdiocese Melbourne
Students at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Primary School, Merbein, Diocese of Ballarat VIC
St Pius X College, Mercy Catholic College and Our Lady of Dolours Catholic Primary School at Chatswood Parish held a 200 years Mass
St Xavier’s Gunnedah students at St Mary & Joseph’s Cathedral, Diocese of Armidale
Students celebrate in historical dress at St Catherine Labouré Gymea, NSW. Source Sydney Catholic Schools,
Student at St John’s Silkwood, Diocese of Cairns
2020 Townsville Catholic Education St Francis Catholic School, Hughenden
Students and staff with their 200 years banner 200 years of Catholic at Warlawurru Catholic School Red Hill, Lundja Community, WA
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School Manly, student buddies
Students with the 200 years lapel pins and prayer cards at St Mary of the Angels Primary Guyra, Diocese of Armidale, NSW.
Students are welcomed back to school after remote learning July 2021 St Paul’s Primary Coburg Archdiocese of Melbourne
Our Lady of Lourdes Tarro students & principal Cheryl Henderson celebrate 200 years of Catholic education, Diocese of Maitland Newcastle. Source Newcastle Herald
Diocese of Wagga Wagga
Students at Infant Jesus School Morley. Source CEWA
Students at Student at St John’s Silkwood, Diocese of Cairns
Adelaide Diocesan Emmaus Catholic College Woodcroft
St Martin’s School, Greenacres South Australia
St Francis Xavier Arncliffe, NSW
Students with 200 years banner, source Diocese of Bathurst
Archdiocese Melbourne St Peters Sunshine
St Agnes Catholic Primary School Matraville, Sydney Catholic School
Virtual Reality in the classroom at St Rita’s College Clayfield
St Kilian’s Primary School students with Fr Rob Galea, Sandhurst Victoria. Source Catholic Education Sandhurst Ltd.
Student readers from St Mary’s Catholic Primary School at the National Mass held at St Mary’s Star of the Sea Cathedral, Darwin, NT
Students with their prayer cards at Holy Spirit Catholic Primary, Carnes Hill.
Parish Primary Schools and Red Bend Catholic College students, staff, parish priests and other guests at the bicentenary celebrations. Source: Catholic Education Wilcannia-Forbes
A National Mass was held at acred Heart Cathedral, Diocese of Maitland Newcastle, NSW.
St Martin’s School, Greenacres South Australia
St Leo’s Catholic College Wahroonga students at Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral Waitara Diocese of Broken Bay
Diocese of Wagga Wagga
St Mary’s Parish School Goondiwindi celebrates 200 Years of Catholic Education Diocese of Toowoomba
Students at St Francis of Assisi Regional Catholic Paddington NSW
Student at St John’s Silkwood, Diocese of Cairns
National song composer Fr Rob Galea made a visited St John’s Richmond in Tasmania to surprise students who took part in the Faith in the Future Australian Student Version Video
Good Samaritan Education
200 years Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Townsville QLD
Galilee Catholic Primary School Bondi students celebrate
Diocese of Toowoomba Secondary
Sophia Kouknas, student at Domremy College Five Dock, at St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney NSW. Photo by Giovanni Portelli
Principal Kate Fogarty with students Assumption College Kilmore. Source Marist Brothers Australia
South Australia St Francis de Sales College Mt Barker
Students with their 200 years banner 200 years of Catholic at Warlawurru Catholic School Red Hill, Lundja Community, WA
National Mass held at St Mary’s Cathedral Perth WA
Archdiocese Adelaide Christian Brothers College Science Microscopes
St Joseph’s Primary Uralla Diocese of Armidale
St Marks College Port Pirie South Australia
Fr Rob Galea and Notre Dame College students sing Faith in the Future Shepparton, VIC
St Xavier’s Gunnedah students wearing their 200 years lapel pins at the National Mass at St Mary & Joseph’s Cathedral Diocese of Armidale, NSW.
2020 Townsville Catholic Education St Michael’s Catholic School, Palm Island
Maitland Newcastle Diocese St Joseph’s Taree
A Mass for the 200 years was held at Mercy Regional College, Camperdown Diocese of Ballarat VIC
McAuley Catholic Primary, Rose Bay students.
South Australia St Francis de Sales College Mt Barker
St Rita’s Babinda and St Rita’s South Johnstone Diocese of Cairns
Archdiocese Adelaide Christian Brothers College Science Seniors
Students and principal Matt Smith Redfern Jarjum College 2020. Source Jesuit Education Australia.
Archdiocese of Adelaide Saint Ignatius, Athelstone Chapel Senior School
Students, Catholic education staff and leaders, and Bishop of Townsville Tim Harris DD celebrate with 200 years cake
A student from St Mary’s Primary School, Ipswich at Brisbane Catholic Education’s liturgy for the 200 years of Catholic education.
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