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Catholic Education In The Diocese Of Parramatta
There has been Catholic education in the Diocese of Parramatta since before the Second World War. There are 76 Catholic systemic schools in the diocese (54 primary and 22 secondary) with a total student population of around 41,000. There are also six non-systemic or congregational (independent) Catholic schools. History Early expansion A growing population saw many schools open in the years before the Second World War. Built and staffed without government financial assistance, the schools served Catholic communities in Blacktown, East Granville, Guildford, and Castle Hill. Baby-boom years Australia’s population grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s. An ambitious school building program was successfully pursued to cater for new families in many developing areas, including Lalor Park, Seven Hills, Westmead and Kingswood. Government support Some financial relief came to Catholic schools in the 1960s with the funding of science and library facilities. However it was the 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Parramatta
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Parramatta is a suffragan Latin Church diocese of the Archdiocese of Sydney, established in 1986. The Diocese of Parramatta is an organisation of the Roman Catholic Church, with responsibility for the western suburbs of Sydney and the Blue Mountains, in New South Wales, Australia. St Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta, is the seat of the Catholic Bishop of Parramatta. On 5 May 2016, Pope Francis appointed Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv to be its fourth bishop. His installation took place on 16 June 2016. History The diocese is located in one of the fastest-growing areas of New South Wales. The diocese is west of Sydney and reaches from , west to , south to and north to . The diocese was established 8 April 1986 from the western part of the Archdiocese of Sydney. and by 2004 served 307,392 parishioners out of a total population of 924,621. Bishops Bishops of Parramatta The following prelates have served as Bishop of Parramatta: : Other priest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cranebrook, New South Wales
Cranebrook is a suburb of Greater Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and is located 50 km radially (65 km by road) WNW of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith. Cranebrook is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Cranebrook is surrounded by the rural suburbs of Castlereagh, Llandilo and Londonderry and has come to incorporate the Mount Pleasant housing estate, long regarded as a separate suburb. History Cranebrook takes its name from a pioneer farmer, James McCarthy, who was granted 100 acres (400,000 m²) of land in 1804 and named it "Crane Brook farm", after the abundance of cranes in the area. James McCarthy started a cemetery in 1804. After his four-year-old daughter died, he set aside some land to bury her in what became one of the first Catholic cemeteries in Australia. Cranebrook Post Office opened on 1 August 1886, closed in 1929, re-opened in 1934 and closed in 1957. Geography Crane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield
Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield (abbreviated as PBCF) is an Independent School, independent Roman Catholicism in Australia, Roman Catholic Comprehensive School#Australia, comprehensive Single-sex education, single-sex Secondary School, secondary day school for Single-sex education, boys, located in Fairfield, New South Wales, Fairfield, a Greater Western Sydney, western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in the tradition of Bishop Daniel Delany in 1953, the college formerly catered for students in Years 5 to 12, however the primary section was merged into the local parish primary school and closed in 2006. Today the school enrolls approximately 1150 high school aged students from the parishes of Villawood, New South Wales, Villawood, Fairfield, Cabramatta, New South Wales, Cabramatta and Smithfield, New South Wales, Smithfield. 85% of the student population are from non-English speaking backgrounds. The administration of the school is overseen by Sydney Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown
Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown is a Roman Catholic Church in Australia, Roman Catholic Single-sex school, single-sex Secondary school, secondary day school for Single-sex school, boys, located in Blacktown, a Greater Western Sydney, western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. History The College was founded in 1952 by the Patrician Brothers to serve mainly rural families of Blacktown and its surrounding districts. The school is set on several hectares in the heart of the rapidly expanding Blacktown. Under a restructure the College saw its last Year 6 class graduate in 1997 and the first Year 11 cohort commence in 1998. This led to an extensive building program with the addition of 11 classrooms, a technology block, library, school office and the Golden Jubilee Hall, as well as an amphitheatre finished in 2013. House names Patrician Brothers' College Blacktown have a proud and prestigious history. They have captured some of this history in the names of the coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parramatta Marist High School
, motto_translation = Go Forth With Strength , location = 2 Darcy Road, Westmead, Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales , country = Australia , coordinates = , pushpin_map = Australia Sydney , pushpin_image = , pushpin_mapsize = 250 , pushpin_map_alt = , pushpin_map_caption = Location in greater metropolitan Sydney , pushpin_label = , pushpin_label_position = , module = , type = Independent single-sex secondary day school , educational_authority = New South Wales Department of Education , denomination = Roman Catholic , patron = Saint Marcellin Champagnat , established = , founder = John Therry , teaching_staff = 68 (2018)https://www.myschool.edu.au/SchoolProfile/Index/106592/ParramattaMaristHighSchool/43226/2016 , grades_label = Years , grades = 7� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Lady Of Mercy College, Parramatta
Our Lady of Mercy College, Parramatta (abbreviated as OLMC and OLMC Parramatta), is an Independent school, independent Roman Catholic Church in Australia, Roman Catholic Single-sex education, single-sex Secondary school, secondary day school for Single-sex school, girls, located in Parramatta, New South Wales, Parramatta, a Greater Western Sydney, western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The college is adjacent to St Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta, St. Patrick's Cathedral. Established in 1889 in the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy tradition, and based on the Gospel values of mercy and justice, the college caters for approximately 1,030 students from Year 7 to Year 12. OLMC is affiliated with the Combined Catholic Colleges, the Catholic Girls Secondary Schools Sporting Association, the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia, the Australasian Mercy Secondary Schools Association (AMSSA), the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), and an affiliate mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakhill College
, motto_translation = With God as our leader , location = Castle Hill, Sydney, New South Wales , country = Australia , coordinates = , pushpin_map = Australia Sydney , pushpin_image = , pushpin_mapsize = 240 , pushpin_map_alt = , pushpin_map_caption = Location in greater metropolitan Sydney , pushpin_label = , pushpin_label_position = top , module = , type = Independent comprehensive co-educational secondary day school Boys only Years 7-10 Co-educational Years 11-12 , denomination = Roman Catholic , religious_affiliation = De La Salle Brothers , established = , chairman = John Puleo , principal = Br Steve Hogan fsc , founder = De La Salle Brothers , affiliation = Independent Schools Association , educational_authority = New South Wales Department of Education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCarthy Catholic College, Emu Plains
Penola Catholic College, Emu Plains (previously McCarthy Catholic College Emu Plains) is an Independent school, independent Roman Catholicism in Australia, Roman Catholic Mixed-sex education, co-educational Secondary school, secondary day school located in the Greater Western Sydney, western Sydney suburb of Emu Plains, New South Wales, Emu Plains, New South Wales, Australia. Overview Penola Catholic College is a Catholic co-educational school for students from Year 7 to Year 12 which currently incorporates a traditional Higher School Certificate (New South Wales), Higher School Certificate pathway for Years 11 and 12. See also *Catholic Education in the Diocese of Parramatta *List of Catholic schools in New South Wales *Catholic education in Australia References {{Reflist Catholic secondary schools in Sydney Educational institutions established in 1986 1986 establishments in Australia Emu Plains, New South Wales Roman Catholic Diocese of Parramatta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loyola Senior High School, Mount Druitt
CathWest Innovation College (1993- 2019), or commonly Loyola, was an independent Roman Catholic comprehensive co-educational secondary day school for students in Year Eleven and Year Twelve, located in Mount Druitt, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. An Ignatian school in the tradition of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the school was founded in 1993 and is a current member of the ''Christ Catholic College Community of Schools'', linked to the international network of Jesuit schools begun in Messina, Sicily in 1548. The school is administered through the Catholic Education Office of the Diocese of Parramatta. Loyola Senior High School closed at the conclusion of the 2019 Higher School Certificate year and the site was incorporated into CathWest Innovation College and is known as CathWest Innovation College - Loyola Campus The lightly wooded and landscaped site received the Sulman Award from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects for its design. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilroy College
Gilroy Catholic College is a Roman Catholic comprehensive co-educational secondary day school, located in Castle Hill, in the Hills District of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The College provides a Catholic and general education for students from Year 7 through to Year 12; administered by the Catholic Education Office of the Diocese of Parramatta. History Gilroy Catholic College was founded in 1980 and was built on the land formerly belonging to St Gabriel's School for the Hearing Impaired, thus making use of existing buildings. The school was originally intended for students from Year 7 to Year 10, but extended to years 11 and 12 in 1982. Norman Gilroy Gilroy Catholic College was named after Cardinal Sir Norman Thomas Gilroy, the first cardinal born in Australia. As well as adopting his name, the college also made Cardinal Gilroy's personal motto, "Christ is my light", its official motto. Government funding On 9 February 2008, ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' revealed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmaus Catholic College
Emmaus Catholic College is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational secondary day school, located in Kemps Creek, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The College was established in 1988 and caters for students from Years 7–12. The College is under the direction of the Catholic Education, Parramatta Diocese. Overview The school was, in part, named "Emmaus" as it is located approximately from St Marys, Western Sydney, while Emmaus was also located from Jerusalem. Emmaus Catholic College is linked to two parishes – Our Lady of the Rosary in St Marys and Holy Spirit in . From 2009 the school has undergone renovations. These included school facilities, a refurbishment of its chapel and a new oval. The Emmaus Catholic College principal is Robert Nastasi, who was appointed as principal in Term 4 of the 2016 academic year. See also * List of Catholic schools in New South Wales * Catholic education in Australia * Catholic Education in the Diocese of Parramatta There ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delany College
Delany College is an independent Roman Catholic comprehensive co-educational secondary day school, located in Granville, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; in the tradition of the Patrician Brothers. Founded in 1942 as the Patrician Brothers' High School, the College is administratively overseen by the Catholic Education Office of the Diocese of Parramatta. Delany College has enrolment of approximately 550 students from Year 7 to Year 12. Students are drawn from a number of local catholic schools including Holy Trinity Primary, Granville; Holy Family Primary, Granville East; St Patrick's Primary, Guildford and St Margaret Mary's Primary, Merrylands. History Delany College was established in 1942 as Patrician Brothers' High School, a Catholic, all-boys school catering for students in Years 5 to 10. Patrician Brothers' High School became a Years 7 to 12, co-educational college in 1997, reformed by Quentin Evans, in order to meet the changing needs of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
