Inspiration From Our Founders By Brooke99 Period: Jan 25, 1788 to Jan 1, 1910 Inspiration From Our Founders Jan 1, 1803 mass for the catholics begins Jan 1, 1804 mass for the catholics ends Jan 1, 1820 fr john joseph therry and fr phillip connolly arrive Jan 1, 1833 there was about 10 catholic schools in the country Jan 1, 1833 catholic schools began to recive some goverment assistance Jan 1, 1850 campaigns for free education begun Jan 1, 1857 the good samaritan sisters was founded by Polding Jan 1, 1860 catholic schools stoped reciving government assistance Jan 1, 1866 the sisters of st joseph was founded by fr julian tenison Jan 1, 1871 josephites were running 35 schools Jan 1, 1872 ever state passed an education act between 1872 and 1893 Jan 1, 1880 there was 815 sisters teaching in schools Jan 1, 1900 the christian brothers had 115 brothers teaching in 30 schools Jan 1, 1910 the number of sisters exceeded 5000