A Public Juridic Person (PJP) is a legal entity under Canon Law that allows various Church ministries to function in the name of the Catholic Church.

Across the Diocese, 64 diverse Catholic primary and secondary schools provide distinctive Catholic education.

Serves staff, students and parents in the 37 primary schools and 7 secondary colleges within our borders.

For more than 160 years Catholic schools have been providing education for families in the Sandhurst Diocese with the first school opened on the Bendigo Goldfields in 1853.

The National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC) is established by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference through the Bishops Commission for Catholic Education to maintain effective liaison with the Commonwealth Government and other key national education bodies. NCEC complements and supports at the national level the work of the State and Territory Catholic Education Commissions.

Catholic Secondary Principals Australia (CaSPA) is the national peak body for Australian Catholic Secondary School Principals.

The Principals Association of Victorian Catholic Secondary Schools is the professional body which supports, educates and represents Victorian Catholic Secondary School Principals in their work within the mission of the Church.

Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) is the public name of the Australian Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes (ACLRI). It is the peak body for leaders of Religious Institutes and Societies of Apostolic Life resident in Australia.

The membership comprises more than 130 congregations of Sisters, Brothers and Priests living and working in all states and territories.