Wagga Wagga celebrates 200 years and launches a history of schools
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...
Wagga Wagga celebrates 200 years and launches a history of schools
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...
Virtual Symposium: Clarity on the work of effective learning improvement
The National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC) hosted the second annual Faith in the Future Virtual Symposium on Wednesday 27 October with a keynote presentation by international educational expert Dr Lyn Sharratt (pictured below) focusing on educational...
The Pioneering Spirit of Catholic Education in Australia: Dominican Sisters
Above: Music students at Santa Sabina College Strathfield, 1910. The history of Dominican education in Australia is a story with a number of unique foundation stories. It began on the east coast of Australia in 1867 when eight Dominican Sisters from Dun Laoghaire in...
The Pioneering Spirit of Catholic Education in Australia: Presentation Sisters
Above: St Mary’s College Hobart First Presentation School in Australia. The Presentation Sisters' contribution to Catholic education began in Australia in 1866. Bishop of Hobart (later Archbishop) Daniel Murphy had arranged with the Mother Superior of the Presentation...
The Pioneering Spirit of Catholic Education in Australia: Sisters of the Good Samaritan
Above: Students from St Scholastica's College, Glebe circa early 1900s. The Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St Benedict was founded in Sydney by John Bede Polding OSB, Australia’s first Catholic Archbishop, on 2 February 1857. This new Congregation, the...
The Pioneering Spirit of Catholic Education in Australia: The Society of The Faithful Companions of Jesus
Above: Genazzano FCJ College students outside the Convent in 1889. Image sourced Genazzano Archives. In the gold rush year of 1851 there were 9000 Catholics in the colony of Victoria and by 1865, there were 100,000. The gold rush had transformed the colony and led the...
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