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...
Memories from the past: Goulburn schools strike and the impact on Catholic school funding
Above: The Canberra Times, 17 July 1962. Source: National Museum Australia. During the period of the 1860s to 1880s, Public Instruction Acts were introduced by governments across the colonies offering free, secular and compulsory education. This meant government...
Memories from the past: Saint Mary MacKillop’s contribution to Australian Catholic education
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
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
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 Frayne...
Pioneer Catholic Educator remembered
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 not...
Role of families celebrated during the bicentenary of Catholic education
Above: Year 5 and 12 students shared the Family Week Prayer at Mandurah Catholic College, Dudley Park WA. Catholic schools across Australia celebrated Family Week from 8–14 August, recognising the significant contribution parents, carers and families have made to the...
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