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Beginning teachers, new school principals and leaders gathered for a moving celebration at St Patrick’s Cathedral Parramatta as Bishop Vincent Long and Parish Priests blessed and welcomed Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese staff to their new roles.

With more than 20 years of experience leading some of Australia’s largest not-for-profit organisations, Executive Director Jack de Groot is excited to begin a new journey with Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese (CPSD)

Last term, we officially invested our 2023 Student leadership team. Congratulations to our new leaders for 2023 – we have faith and trust in your abilities and look to the year ahead as you lead our school community.

Gifted St John XXIII Catholic College student Sebastian Sultana is being heralded as a future Olympian and Commonwealth Games star after he and a number of other Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta students produced amazing results at the NSW All Schools Championships recently.

Greg Whitby AM KSG will retire as Executive Director of Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta at the end of the 2022 school year. Over more than 40 years service to education, Greg has been a champion of innovation and change in learning and teaching.

Congratulations to our winners and all who entered the 2021/22 Executive Director's Summer Reading Challenge (EDSRC), it has been an incredible competition this year with a large number of entries.

In Extension 2 English, students have an opportunity to choose a form through which to explore a key concept that they wish to present in their Major Work. Below are the individual student writing forms and concepts of the Extension 2 students this year. This is a summary of their major work project at this stage and the motivation for their ideas. Read More...

Marian has always been a generous community who understands the importance of supporting those in need and we encourage students to participate in our work over the course of the year beginning with Project Compassion. Read more...

Lent provides an opportunity for reflection and preparation, leading us to gain insight and perspective in our lives. Ash Wednesday marked my first 40 days as the new Principal at Marian Catholic College Kenthurst, giving a unique opportunity to reflect on what has transpired so far.

Year 12 student leaders across Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains are hopeful of using 2022 as a time to reunite and reignite their school communities after a difficult two years of the pandemic. Read more...