Edmund Rice Birthday Anniversary Celebrations were held in June at the Oceania Province’s Treacy Centre in Melbourne . Christian Brothers, Oceania Province staff and Edmund Rice supporters gathered to celebrate the life of our founder, Edmund Rice, who became recognised as Holy through his passion for, and belief in, providing schooling for all, especially uneducated boys and young men from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds.

This year marks 200 years of Catholic education in Australia. For 150 of those years, Parade College has been providing quality education to generations of young men.

Coming to Australia from Ireland in the 1860s, Br Ambrose Treacy worked tirelessly to establish schools for Catholic boys in the hope of a better future for them.