assessment study - Education & Welfare

Question 1

Outline the purpose of the Education Acts:

Answer 1

In 1873 the state governments passed a series of Education Acts. Education for all children was now to be free, compulsory and secular.

The Catholics were very clear about the purpose of their schools:
→ teach their children the true faith
→ to enable their children to take that faith into all walks of Australian life.

Question 2

Who is Edmund Rice?

Answer 2

Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice, was a Roman Catholic missionary and educationalist.

Question 3

When did Edmund Rice arrive?

Answer 3

1843

Question 4

What is Edmund Rice known for?

Answer 4

• Edmund was the founder of two religious institutes of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers.
• In 1802 he set up a free school for boys living in poverty.
• His aim was to promote an education that recognised the dignity of each individual and gave them an education
• which would help them to rise from the poverty and hopelessness that they were trapped in.

Question 5

ONE religious order of choice

Answer 5

Good Samaritan Sisters

Question 6

Include details of HOW Good Samaritan Sisters contribute to EDUCATION in AUSTRALIA:

Answer 6

• Commitment to women and the education of young people has been at the heart of the Congregation’s mission.
• In 1861, five years after their foundation, sisters began teaching in a school in Sussex Street, Sydney.
• The following decades saw the ministry of Good Samaritan education spread to other Australian States, to Japan, the Philippines and Kiribati. - Education in the faith and adult education are features of Good Samaritan ministry.
• In Australia, in 2011, the sisters’ ministry in Catholic education comprised ten schools in five dioceses: the Archdioceses of Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney and the Dioceses of Broken Bay and Wollongong.
• By 2011, the Sisters of the Good Samaritan had retained ownership of ten schools.

Question 7

Include details of HOW Good Samaritan Sisters contribute to WELFARE in AUSTRALIA:

Answer 7

Good Samaritans endeavour to live by the Gospel values of caring for the sick, visiting those imprisoned, feeding the thirsty and hungry, and welcoming the stranger.

The purpose of Good Samaritan Education is to foster ecclesial communion “of life, of charity and of truth” and to share in the mission of God through the ministry of Catholic education.

The mission of Good Samaritan Education is grounded in the:
- Parable of the Good Samaritan
- Rule of Benedict