Catholic Religious Australia

A number of significant celebrations are being celebrated by Catholic Religious Australia members this year.

An acknowledgement of these milestones will be made during the Assembly ...

800 years of the Carmelite rule

200th anniversary of the canonisation of the foundress of the Ursulines, Angela Merici

200 years since the foundation of the Brigidine Sisters

200 years since the foundation of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

160 years since the arrival of the first Sisters of Charity in Hobart (from Sydney)

150 years since the arrival of the Sisters of Mercy in Australia (in Melbourne)

150 years since the foundation of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St Benedict (in Sydney)

150th anniversary of founding of St Vincent's Hospital by the Sisters of Charity

125 years since the arrival of the first Faithful Companions of Jesus in Australia

125 years since the arrival of the first Religious of the Sacred Heart in Australia

120 years since the arrival of the first Sisters of St Joseph in Tasmania (at Westbury, having travelled from Perthville)

100th anniversary of the death of Fr Jules Chevalier, founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (October 21, 1907)

50 years since the arrival of the Augustinian Sisters of Jesus and Mary in Australia

CELEBRATIONS