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FIRST CATHOLIC SCHOOL
a couple Mary and Michael Burke began the story establishing the first catholic school funded entirely made by money collected from local catholic settlers.
the school was located not far away from the saint Stephens catholic cathedral. today at the time there were fewer than 1000 settlers and about a quarter of these were roman catholic. -
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CATHOLIC CHURCH
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THE FIRST CATHOLIC CHURCH
the settlement had its first permanent church since saint Stephens almost ten years on since saint Stephens was proclaimed the cathedral of the diocese after formally separating from new south wales to become know as the colony Queensland -
FIRST CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL ALL HALLOWS
bishop James Quinn, five priests and six Irish sisters of mercy made their way to Brisbane abroad the yarra era. bishop Quinn was surprised by the poverty of the largely Irish population and committed to raising the economic and social status of Catholics through education mother Vincent witty and the sisters of mercy established our first catholic secondary school all hallows -
JAMES SCHOOL FOR BOYS WAS ESTABLISHED
the James school for boys was established, staffed entirely by lay teachers it was a unique model with both religous and lay students -
1870
1870 was a time of growth on the back of the divide between the Irish catholic and the English protestants came a push to keep church and state separate laws were passed to provide free and compulsory and secular education to children and to remove state funding for all religious schools -
35 CATHOLIC SCHOOL WERE FUNDED
despite the political climate by end of the decade there were 35 catholic schools established and fully funded by there communities catholic education not only survived but flourished it was around this time that sir Mary of the cross Mackillop and the sisters of saint Joseph arrived in Brisbane within months despite the harshness and challenges of early European settlement they began teaching the turn of the country saw much translation the newly formed federation of the Australian states the -
WOMAN VOTING RIGHTS GIVEN
new archdiocese of Brisbane a new archbishop Robert done along with technological and social advancements like electricity and Australian woman now able to vote the horrors and the disruptions of world war one had big implications for catholic education the divide between protestants and Catholics gained momentum during the conscription debate catholic schools continued to be self-funded and it would be another half century before catholic schools could access any government funding following -
28 NEW SCHOOLS HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED
archbishop Dunn's death in 1919 archbishop James chui a visionary with an enturpratual spirit could see the growing need for catholic schooling he invested in large tracts of land around brisbane and by 1930 had established 28 new schools. -
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CHANGES BETWEEN THE GREAT DEPRESSION
the period from the great depression in 1929 to the end of world war two in 1945 saw australia suffer the challenges of widespread policy and unemployment catholic education was affected by lack of teachers growing class sizes and economic challenges but catholic education persevered through these hard times some schools waive their fees to help struggling families and surprisingly no schools were closed inspired by some era mackillop's message never see a need without doing something about it -
CATHOLIC TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION
the catholic taxpayers association had lobbied for state aid since the 1930's and with the formation of the queensland federation of parents and friends in 1962 a major shift in operations of schools and management of funding would continue to face the change over the next decade with the witham government policies this funding resulted in equal pay with the state schoolteachers the appointment of archbishop patrick mary mcdonnell to brisbane saw the formation of an archdiocesan education -
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS STRUGGLING
commision which recommended the formation if a catholic education office this was the beginning of catholic education as we know it today despite these advances in funding catholic schools in brisbane continue to struggle with increased cost as compulsory to year 10 was introduced the first australian born archbishop francis rush was appointed in 1973 over the next seven year another 12 schools ermahgerd alongside the queensland catholic education commissioned a statewide body managing the -
CHANGES BETWEEN THE GREAT DEPRESSION INFO 2
catholic educators continue to provide quality education throughout this period 19 new catholic schools were opened despite the bleak outlook about ongoing funding ballooning class sizes demands on infrastructure and the quality of religious education dominated the conversation of the australian archbishop's at the time change was on the horizon brisbane catholic education began as a suitcase on a veranda of repressed batory and grew to become the brisbane catholic education office we know today -
FATHER BERNARD O'SHEA
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EMPLOYMENT OF LAY STAFF
role renamed 1948 as discens director of catholic education he would become instrumental in leading us through the transformation of catholic education in brisbane catholic education continued to struggle with the demands of its mission throughout the post-war boom the numbers within religious orders began to decline and so an increase in the employment in lay staff began despite budget restrictions and continued funding by communities and parishes 26 new schools were opened in the 15 years to -
1960
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1962
government health inspectors demanded three additional toilets to be installed in our lady of mercy prep school goldmans bishop john cullinane said that there was no money he called a meeting of catholic parents who voted to strike resulting in one students descending on the local state school for enrollment parties began to reconsider state aid to non state schools and withing 12 months the federal government provided grants to catholic schools this was the first time in almost a hundred years -
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the first time in almost a hundred years the catholic schools had received government funding despite this communities continue to meet the shortfalls of this funding the 1960's was a decade of strain for catholic education lay teachers were battling with stifling conditions and only equipped with two years training before entering the classroom mcauley college would open its doors in 1973 -
LAY TEACHERS IN SCHOOL HAVE BECOME MORE RELEVANT ON LAID LEADERSHIP
to include lay teachers as catholic schools have become more reliant on laid leadership and staff major social upheaval and the second vatican council saw new educational approaches which would see this decade closed with 43 thousand students enrolled and 133 school across the archdiocese the provision of schools from operating on a community funding model to a government supported model took twenty years
