
Memories from yesterday
1870 – Sr Mary Borgia Byrne and novice Miss Mary Fitzgerald with students, All Hallows primary school Adderton House Brisbane
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
1922c. – Students at St James Catholic Primary School Forest Lodge students. Sourced: Sydney Catholic Schools
1916 – Students and Sisters of St Joseph at Kanowna on the West Australian goldfields. Sourced Sisters of St Joseph.
1961 – Fr Sean O’Doherty and Fr Crotty with students making their Holy Communion Orange, Diocese of Bathurst
1884c – Sisters of Mercy Cobar Convent School NSW. Source Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea.
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
1935c. – Students enjoy an outdoor art class at Our Lady of Sion secondary school, Box Hill Melbourne
Siena College Camberwell first class, 1940. Source Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia & The Solomon Islands.
1994 – Year 5 students at Patrician Brothers Primary School, Fairfield with class teacher Brother Nicholas Harsas fsp
Sr Albert Mugavin and students at Mater Dei, Camden in 1967. Good Samaritan Congregational Archives.
1884 – St Joseph’s School Strathalbyn South Australia. Sourced State Library of South Australia B30116
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.
1914 – Music students at St Gertrude’s College, New Norcia Western Australia. Sourced Sisters of St Joseph.
Students at St Lucy’s Homebush. Source Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia & The Solomon Islands.
Teachers’ training students at Signadou College Canberra 1967. Source Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia & The Solomon Islands.
Students and staff at Mount St Benedict College Pennant Hills, 1969. Good Samaritan Congregational Archives.
Music students at Santa Sabina College Strathfield, 1910. Source Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia & The Solomon Islands.
1960s – Students with Sr Paula and Br Cassin and Bishop Albert Thomas, Santa Maria Orange, Diocese of Bathurst
1994 -The University of Notre Dame Australia first undergraduate student cohort, Fremantle. Source UNDA.
Moments from today
Students celebrate in historical dress at St Catherine Labouré Gymea, NSW. Source Sydney Catholic Schools,
St Jerome’s Catholic Primary School Punchbowl student with Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher OP. Photo by Giovanni Portelli
St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School Summer Hill students with their 200 years prayer card & lapel pin. Source: Sydney Catholic Schools
Students and staff with their 200 years banner 200 years of Catholic at Warlawurru Catholic School Red Hill, Lundja Community, WA
A student from St Mary’s Primary School, Ipswich at Brisbane Catholic Education’s liturgy for the 200 years of Catholic education.
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.
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
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
Holy Cross Primary School Trinity Park students at the National Mass held at Saint Monica’s Cathedral Cairns QLD
Kindergarten students from Holy Cross Catholic Primary, Helensburgh, with their new school timeline. Source: Catholic Education Diocese of Wollongong.
Sophia Kouknas, student at Domremy College Five Dock, at St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney NSW. Photo by Giovanni Portelli
2020 Townsville Catholic Education Caritas Launch with Most Rev Tim Harris Bishop of the Townsville Diocese
Students with their 200 years banner 200 years of Catholic at Warlawurru Catholic School Red Hill, Lundja Community, WA
St Leo’s Catholic College Wahroonga students at Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral Waitara Diocese of Broken Bay
St Benedict’s Catholic Primary Mango Hill students at St Stephen’s Cathedral, Archdiocese of Brisbane, QLD.
St Kilian’s Primary School students with Fr Rob Galea, Sandhurst Victoria. Source Catholic Education Sandhurst Ltd.
St Brendan’s Catholic Primary School, Coragulac students and staff dress in historical costume, Diocese of Ballarat
Student readers at St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral Adelaide celebrating a National Mass. Source Catholic Education South Australia.
Students at St John Vianney Co-Cathedral in Fairy Meadow. Source Catholic Education Diocese of Wollongong.
Sacred Heart College students performed the national song, ‘Faith in the Future’ at CEWA’s 200 years launch event. Source: CEWA
St Patrick’s Koroit students celebrating 200 years of Catholic Education in the Koroit Irish Festival Parade
Holy Rosary Catholic School students with Catholic Education Tasmania executive director Dr Gerard Gaskin at St Mary’s Cathedral Hobart TAS
Students from Sacred Heart College Sorrento, filmed in iconic locations across Perth WA. Source Catholic Education Western Australia
St Pius X College, Mercy Catholic College and Our Lady of Dolours Catholic Primary School at Chatswood Parish held a 200 years Mass
St Francis of Assisi Regional Catholic Primary School Paddingtonstudents at St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney, NSW. Photo by Giovanni Portelli.
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
Student procession at St John Vianney Co-Cathedral in Fairy Meadow. Source Catholic Education Diocese of Wollongong.
Students, Catholic education staff and leaders, and Bishop of Townsville Tim Harris DD celebrate with 200 years cake
Parish Primary Schools and Red Bend Catholic College students, staff, parish priests and other guests at the bicentenary celebrations. Source: Catholic Education Wilcannia-Forbes
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
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
Our Lady of Lourdes Tarro students & principal Cheryl Henderson celebrate 200 years of Catholic education, Diocese of Maitland Newcastle. Source Newcastle Herald
Murrupurtiyanuwu Catholic Primary School and Xavier Catholic College located on Bathurst Island in the town of Wurrumiyanga NT
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.
Students at St Brendan’s Catholic Primary School, Coragulac dress in historical costume, Diocese of Ballarat VIC
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.
Student representatives, Catholic Education diocesan director Leesa Jeffcoat and Bishop Michael McCarthy at St Joseph’s Cathedral. Source Catholic Education Diocese of Rockhampton.
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.
Year 6 students Archie, Noah, Kate and Zoe from St John’s Catholic College Richmond. Source: Mark Franklin, Archdiocese of Hobart.
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