Good Shepherd Catholic Primary Hoxton Park founded
Good Shepherd parish was established in November 1994 to cater for the Catholic community of this developing area …
St Josephs Primary Rozelle and St Augustine’s Primary Balmain combined to form Fr John Therry Catholic Primary School Balmain/Rozelle
Due to declining enrolments in schools St Joseph Rozelle and St Augustine Balmain, it was decided by the …
Aquinas Catholic College Menai founded
Named after an eminent Doctor of the Church, Aquinas College, Menai was opened by Cardinal Edward Clancy i …
St Mary’s High School Hurstville and St Joseph’s Girls’ High School Kogarah combine to form Bethany College Hurstville
Bethany College was founded in 1993 as a result of the amalgamation of two girls’ schools: St Mary’s Star of the S …
Mary MacKillop Catholic College Wakeley founded
In June 1989, the SACS Board recommended that a new secondary school for girls in Years 7-12 should be built at Wa …
Holy Cross Middle and Holy Cross Senior
The Sisters of Mercy came to Woollahra in 1907 to staff a primary school for the new Holy Cross parish. In late 1908, they also established, on the same site, an independent college known as Holy Cross College. After negotiations with Catholic educational authorities, the Sisters of Mercy agreed …
John the Baptist Catholic Primary School Bonnyrigg founded
John the Baptist Catholic Primary School opened in 1989 with 86 children and 6 members of staff. Originally planne …
Holy Family Catholic Primary Menai founded
The parish priest of Sutherland, Fr Lawrence Cruikshank, and the CEO, Sydney had taken steps to establish a Cathol …
Freeman Catholic College Bonnyrigg Heights founded
In 1983, the Archdiocese purchased seven hectares in Bonnyrigg Heights, which would become a site f …
St Patrick’s College Sutherland founded
St Patrick’s College Sutherland is a Catholic co-educational secondary school, operated by Sydney Catho …
Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School Bossley Park founded
In 1984, Archbishop Edward Clancy gave permission for a school to be built. Mary Immaculate School opened in tempo …
Sacred Heart Primary and Marist Brothers North Shore combine to form Sacred Heart Primary School Mosman
Sacred Heart Primary School was founded in 1983 through the amalgamation of two long-established scho …
Archbishop Edward Cardinal Clancy appointed Archbishop of Sydney
Edward Bede Clancy was born in Lithgow on 13 December 1923. On 15 November 1973, Pope Paul VI appointed him Titular Bishop of Ard Carna and auxiliary to Cardinal Freeman. His Episcopal Ordination took place in St Mary’s Cathedral on 19 January 1974. On 24 November 1978, Pope John Paul II appoint …
Marion Catholic Primary School Horsley Park founded
Marion Catholic Primary School was established in the parish of Our Lady of Victories after many requests from par …
St Brigid’s College and De La Salle College combine to form Casimir Catholic College Marrickville
Casimir Catholic College is named after the great builder of the Marrickville parish, Fr Casimir Maguire, who was parish pri …