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First catholic school created in Australia ,Lain Michel-burg created it out of the money given by catholic settlers
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First Catholic Church, Saint Stephens Chappelle was completed in 1850.
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When Bishop James Quin Arrived in Queensland he was very surprised by the poverty of the largely irish population and decided to raise the economic status by educating people with catholic education
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Saint Stephens became the chapel of the diocese and became the church of Queensland
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Saint Mary Mackillop and the sisters of saint joseph of the sacred heart arrival in Brisbane, coming to help all schools far and wide.
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world war one had big implications on Brisbane catholic education. Prodostens and Catholics got further and further apart.
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The great depression made Australia suffer the consequences of wide spread poverty, catholic education had a lot of trouble but persevered and flourished and no schools were closed, actually 16 were opened
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Francis rush was made the archbishop In 1973, For the next 7 years lots of new schools were established and work began on the catholic education building and Nutanga-Lui for Aboriginal and tori strait islander education was established
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In 2013 archbishop Mark Coleridge announced Pam Betts as the boss of Brisbane catholic education. She Continues Today on the 4 of September 2017 and is still a great boss
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Today BCE has 139 schools, over 72,000 students and over 11,000 staff, BCE has truly grown and is now one of the most popular schooling industry's in Australia, and is a fun way for kids from prep to year 12 to learn how to live and learn in a fun & enjoyable way
