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Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Kensington opened in July, 1913 by Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Sisters. […]

The school began in 1912 in a church-school belonging to the parish of Camperdown. The parish priest at the t […]

St Francis Xavier’s was opened in December of 1911 and was part of the parish of Kogarah. The sc […]

Michael Kelly was born at Waterford, Ireland on 13 Februar […]

Domremy College was established in 1911 by the Presentation Sisters (Wagga Wagga Congregation). The Presentat […]

Sisters of Charity were asked by Fr P J Baugh to begin a school in Haberfield in 1910. A year later, the Pres […]

In December 1908, construction of the school began with the Marist Brothers helped by Fr O’Driscoll. The schoo […]

Christian Brothers Burwood was blessed on 29 August 1909 by Cardinal Moran and the first t […]

During the early 1900’s, the Marist Fathers of Sydney were negotiating with the Mother […]

The Sisters of Mercy founded a college in 1908 on the same site as Holy Cross Primary. The founding principal was Sr M de Chantal McCrone. The college was for primary and secondary girls, and in the early years some primary boys were enrolled. Due to lower enrolments the Sydney Archdiocesan Catholic […]

Fr O’Driscoll built St Declan’s Church school in 1907. The school began with help from the Sisters of Charity […]

The school began in 1907 after the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart purchased a block of land facing Kens […]

The school was established in 1907 by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan. There were t […]

Holy Cross Catholic Primary, Woollahra was founded in 1906 by the Sisters of Mercy and began teaching 30 […]

The school was established in 1906 under the care of the Passionist Fathers whose founder was St Paul of the […]

The college began in September 1901 at ‘Strathallen’ Randwick. The Brigidine Sisters were i […]

Australia became a nation on 1 January 1901 when the British Parliament passed legislation. This enabled six Australian colonies to collectively govern in their own right as the Commonwealth of Australia. Read More […]

The school was opened in 1898 by the Sisters of St Joseph. At the time, Fr Edward Rohan was the pa […]

St Mel’s was originally established as St Anthony’s Canterbury in 1895 by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan. […]

The school began in 1894 by the Sisters of St Joseph. It was decided that from the beginning of 2002, St Anne would ama […]

St John’s school began in Queen Street, Auburn in 1893 in a recently erected church-school which was dedicate […]

St Joseph’s began in 1892 on land gifted by a German settler, Joseph Walz. The school was conducted by the Si […]

Holy Cross Ryde began in 1891 by the Patrician Brothers who came to Australia from Ireland. The first pupils we […]

St Mark’s Catholic Primary School Drummoyne was opened in 1889. The first classes began in June and were taug […]

Cardinal Moran laid and blessed the foundation stone on 26 February 1888. The school then opened on 2 July 18 […]

St Mary’s Catholic Primary School Erskineville was established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1887. The […]

The Good Samaritan Sisters began St Brigid’s Catholic Primary School Marrickville in 1887. The Sisters would […]

St Michael’s Hurstville was founded on 26 January 1886 by the Sisters of Charity. In t […]

St Fiacre’s School began in 1886 and was one of the first schools in Sydney to be staffed by the Sisters of S […]

Poor Clare Sisters began St Clare’s College, Waverley in 1884 at the invitation of Fr Patri […]

Cardinal Patrick Moran was appointed as Archbishop of Sydney on 25 January 1884 and arrived in Sydney on 8 September 1884. He was created Cardinal on 27 July 1885. Cardinal Moran was a prolific writer of histories, including Persecutions of Irish Catholics, Church and Social Progress, History of the […]

St Francis of Assisi was opened in 1883 by the Sisters of Charity. Sr M Augustine Quinlan was the sister-in-c […]

St Vincent’s Catholic Primary School Ashfield was founded by the Sisters of Charity in 1881 under […]

The Sisters of Charity established a high school in Goswell Cottage on Elizabeth […]

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Randwick began in 1881 when the building was under the care of the Franciscan order based at Waverley. Lay teachers and religious sisters including Poor Clares, Loreto Sisters and the Sisters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart all helped teach the students of the school. […]

The school opened on 21 March 1880 in a two storey hall. The school was formerly named St James Primary Forest […]

This school began on a parish block in George Street, Liverpool under the name of St Mary’s Girls High School […]

On the 28 of February 1873 Archbishop Roger Bede Vaughan was appointed as an Assistant Bishop and then consecrated on 19 March 1873. He arrived in Sydney on 16 December 1873. He took over as Archbishop on 16 March 1877. Read More […]

The First Vatican Council was summoned by Pope Pius IX on 29 June 1868. This council was summoned by Pope Pius IX by the bull Aeterni Patris of 29 June 1868. The first session was held in St Peter’s Basilica on 8 December 1869 in the presence and under the presidency of the Pope.

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Villa Maria was developed under three religious orders; the Sisters of St Joseph, the Marist Brothers and the Mar […]

St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School Kogarah was opened in 1862 and led by the Sisters of Charity and Sisters […]

Our Lady of Mt Carmel Catholic Primary School Waterloo was established by the Benedictine Order, and the Sisters of the Good Samaritan and Sisters of Mercy have also run the school throughout the years. Today, Our Lady of Mt Carmel Catholic Primary School Waterloo is a one stream Kindergarten to Yea […]

The site of St Charles Primary Ryde was donated to the Catholic Church by Daniel and Catherine McMahon. Here, […]

St Bernard’s was founded in 1855 for the benefit of the Catholics of the Mascot/Botany area. The Da […]

The Sisters of St Joseph founded the school in 1885 and remained active in the school until 1984. After that t […]

The site of St Charles’ Catholic Primary School was donated to the Catholic Church by Mr John Madden, and in 1 […]

St Felix began in 1853 when the area was called ‘Irishtown’. Archbishop Moran sought help from Mother […]

St Mary’s Primary School began in the first church and received government funding from the Denominational Sch […]

The parish was established in 1851, with a parish school opening in the 1850’s. This was an elementary school taught by […]