State Schools (free, compulsory and secular)

Teach the Faith (Evangelisation)

Evangelisation (spread the Good News)
Help the young to rise out of poverty
(material and spiritual) Priorities Education of the marginalised (poor, Aboriginal and
Priorities Torres Strait Islanders)
Develop Catholic culture and identity Promote Christian mentality in society (dignity
of the individual, social justice, compassion, love
Educate the mind and spirit (read, write, FAITH) for one another)
Quality Education (RE and State Curriculum)
Train ethical young people who contribute to society
Be a genuine community for the common good
Parents and the Church

Pastoral Care
Early Govt funding (1848) phased out by 1895. Government Funding
abolition of funding for non-government schools
25% Fees, 50% Commonwealth Govt, 25% State Govt
Catholic kids to Catholic schools, mandatory contribution
by Catholics, every parish obliged to establish and Funding Government contributions centralised and distributed
maintain a school according to need i.e. co-responsibility fund

THEN
1964 limited Government funding - 1970's 50% Government funding Catholic Education Schools better funded than ever before

NOW
Bishops (Leaders) - CECWA (policy) - CEO (operations)
Bishop (leader)

Religious Orders - Teachers

Operation Laity Teach

Large proportion of single sex schools

Operation
Greater proportion of co-ed schools

Growing student numbers and the need for teachers Teachers better qualified than ever before

Unqualified teachers - particularly when it came to Societal changes - challenge to evangelisation

secondary students
Challenges
Choosing to remain a religious school despite the Challenges Maintaining the Mission of Catholic schooling
removal of Government financial assistance
JESUS CHRIST is the central Maintaining a distinct Catholic culture in the schools
FOUNDATION of all Catholic Schools past
and present