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In 1845 lay couple Mary and Michael began the story establishing the first Catholic School.
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Brisbane Catholic Education started almost 200 years ago with one school and 56 teachers
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In 1850 there was the first permanent church St Stephen
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In 1861 Bishop James Quinn, five priest and six sisters of mercy made their way to Brisbane aboard Yara Yara
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In 1870 was a time of growth on the back of the divide between the Irish Catholic and English protestants
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inspired by marry Mackillop's message "never see a need without doing something about it" catholic education continued to provide quality education
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In 1930 James Chui could see the growing need for Catholic Schooling and by 1930 he had established 28 new schools
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Despite budget restrictions and continued funding by communities and parish's 26 new schools were opened in 18 years
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parties began to reconsider state aid to non state schools and within 12 months federal government provided grants to catholic schools this was the first time in 100 years that catholic schools had received government funding
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In 1962 government health inspectors demanded three toilets to be installed at our lady of mercy prep school
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In 1973 they opened the door to lay teachers as catholic schools needed more leadership and staff.
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This decade closed with 43 thousand students enrolled and 113 schools.
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Catholic Brisbane schools increased costs as compulsory schooling to year 10 was introduced
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Catholic schools had 56 students in 1845 and now Brisbane catholic education has grown to 139 schools 73 thousand students and 11 thousand staff
