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The Sisters of Charity of Australia have operated independently of the congregation in Ireland since 1842. St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, was founded by the Sisters in 1857. [5] In 1925, the Sisters of Charity ventured to Queensland, Australia, to open a school, Mt St Michael's College — originally known as Grantuly until 1941 — in Ashgrove ...
St Rita's College is an independent Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day school for girls, located in Clayfield, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.. The school was founded in 1926 and follows in the tradition of the Presentation Sisters, founded by Nano Nagle, and , as at 2023, had 1203 students enrolled in Years 5–12. [1]
The name Brisbane is named to honour Sir Thomas Brisbane (1773–1860) who was Governor of New South Wales from 1821 to 1825. [1] [2] When it was given its name and declared as a town in 1834, to replace its penal colony status, [3] Brisbane was still part of the Colony of New South Wales.
The Sisters remained until 1919 when they moved to their new convent Stuartholme at the request of Archbishop Duhig and established Stuartholme School in Toowong, Brisbane. The Sisters presented a silver chalice to the parish which had inscribed on the base, "Given to the Church of Mary Immaculate in memory of Mother Kathleen O'Donovan ...
Known as Sister Caroline Amy and, later, Mother Caroline, Caroline Amy Balguy started her religious life at the Community of St John Baptist in Clewer, England.She came to Australia on 9 December 1892 at the request of the Reverend Montagu John Stone-Wigg, Vicar and Canon Residentiary of St John’s Pro-Cathedral, who saw the need for an Anglican religious order for women in Brisbane.
Mary Helen MacKillop RSJ (in religion Mary of the Cross; 15 January 1842 – 8 August 1909) was an Australian religious sister of Scottish descent. She was born in Melbourne but is best known for her activities in South Australia.
Purchased for the Sisters of Mercy in 1863 and renamed Convent of Our Lady of Mercy All Hallows' on 1 November 1863, it was the first permanent home of the Brisbane Sisters of Mercy and as Mother House, the centre and source of growth for convents and schools throughout Queensland. [2]
MacKillop founded a convent and base for the Sisters of St Joseph in Petersborough on 16 January 1897. "On January 16th, 1897, the founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, Mother Mary of the Cross, [16] arrived in Peterborough to take over the school. She was accompanied by Sister Benizi (who was placed in charge of the school ...