Mary Catherine Bruton (1862–1937) was the superior-general of the Sisters of Charity of Australia from 1924 – 1936 and also served as an educator and a hospital administrator.
[1] Mary Catherine Bruton was born on May 13, 1862, in Sydney, Australia to Irish parents and into a strongly Roman Catholic family.
She and her sisters were first taught by a German tutor in Tocumwal and were subsequently educated at Loreto Abbey, Ballarat, Victoria and St. Vincent's College.
She also served as mother-rectress of Catholic Ladies College in East Melbourne and was credited with starting the study of science there and establishing a curriculum that enabled its students to score well on standardized exams.
In that role, she succeeded her deceased aunt, Mother Cecelia Bruton, who had founded the institution and led it for 29 years until her death.