Brother Patrick Ambrose Treacy CFC (August 31, 1834-October 2, 1912) was a Roman Catholic educationist who established the first permanent Christian Brothers community in Australia in 1868. Logo of the Christian Brothers, adopted in January 2006. ... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... October 2 is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Logo of the Christian Brothers, adopted in January 2006. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...

Early life

Br. Treacy was born on 31 August 1834 at Thurles, in County Tipperary, Ireland. He was educated at the Christian Brothers school in Thurles, and he himself joined the congregation in Waterford (where the Congregation’s founder, Edmund Ignatius Rice, had founded the first school) in February 1852. Historic print depicting market day in Thurles (August 1848). ... County Tipperary (Tiobraid Árann in Irish) is a traditional county in the Republic of Ireland, in the province of Munster. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 52. ... Edmund Rice Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice (born 1 June 1762, died 11 a. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Foundation in Australia

In 1868 Bishop James Alipius Goold asked for a community of Christian Brothers to establish schools in Victoria, Australia. Treacy was chosen as leader, and with three confrères arrived in Melbourne in the Donald McKay in November. Treacy opened a primary school in Lonsdale Street in 1869. James Alipius Goold (Nov 4th 1812- Jun 11 1886) was the founding Roman Catholic Bishop and Archbishop of Melbourne in Australia. ... Victoria may refer to: // Victoria of the United Kingdom, aka Queen Victoria, former British monarch Victoria (Australia), a state in Australia Victoria, British Columbia, the capital of the Canadian province Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory Victoria may also refer to: Victoria (name) Main disambiguation page: Victoria of the United... Melbournes Yarra River is a popular area for walking, jogging, cycling, rowing and for relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced ) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ... Lonsdale Street is located in the heart of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...

Undaunted by lack of money, Treacy initiated a colony-wide campaign to finance land and buildings. With generous help from colonists of all religious backgrounds a college was erected in Victoria Parade on Eastern Hill, Melbourne. Duly called Parade College, this school still operates, albeit on a new site at Bundoora. Opened in January 1871, its final cost was about £12,000. Victoria Street is one of the major thoroughfares of inner Melbourne. ... Parade College, Bundoora, Victoria, is an Australian Roman Catholic all-boys high school, run under the auspices of the Congregation of Christian Brothers. ... Bundoora is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

By 1900, when Br. Treacy retired after thirty years as a provincial superior, he had established twenty-seven schools in the principal cities of Australia, and one in New Zealand. He was recalled to Ireland in 1900 as an assistant to the superior-general of the Christian Brothers, and returned to the Australian province in 1910. Although retired, he insisted on working and was sent to Brisbane, where he died at St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace, on 2 October 1912. 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... Brisbane (pronounced ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and is the third largest city in Australia, with a metropolitan population of 1. ... October 2 is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

References

• http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060320b.htm (Australian Dictionary of Biography)