 In 1921 the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (St Mary (MacKillop) of the Cross Order known as the "Brown Josephites") opened a school in Delegate which was first conducted in the church building.Sisters Alphonsus Kirton, Rodrigues Miller and Josephine Cahill, Cahill who in later years became Mother General of the Josephite Order, opened the school with 16 boys and 25 girls on the roll.The nuns first lived in Craigie Street on the site of the now Delegate Multi Purpose Service.