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Father’s Day Mass and Breakfast tickets available
The Annual Father’s Day Mass and Breakfast is one of the many highlights on the annual St Patrick’s College Calendar and will be held in 2015 on Friday, September 4 from 7am. We invite all fathers, grandfathers and guardians of current students to attend this event and participate in a Mass in the College Chapel…
Open letter from Student leaders – May 29, 2015
To all members of the broader St Patrick’s College and Ballarat communities, and especially to the many victims and survivors of child sexual abuse. As a student body we are well aware of the events currently unfolding in the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse being heard in Ballarat. The details revealed…
Boarding Report – May 28, 2015
Director of Boarding Balance!! American author Vanessa Minnillo once wrote -I think there should be a good balance between being a good student and being able to enjoy your high school life-. A fortnight ago I reflected on society’s urge to determine one’s future often at the expense of enjoyment in the present. This evening…
2015 National Sorry Day Assembly
As is its annual custom, St Patrick’s College today marked National Sorry Day with a full school assembly in the Br. W.T. O’Malley Sports Centre. In 2015, the College has 51 indigenous students enrolled, including 11 in Year 12. One of those Year 12 students, Christopher Saunders, presented this speech at the assembly. “Welcome and…
Support for victims and survivors
St Patrick’s College is providing the opportunity for the community to show their support for victims/survivors involved in the Royal Commission being heard this month. The College is encouraging all its community members to tie a blue, green or white ribbon to the College’s front gates and fence as a symbol of support. Headmaster John…
Headmaster’s Message – May 15, 2015
Dear Friends As you will be aware, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will conduct public hearings in Ballarat over the next three weeks. Over this time a number of victims/survivors will speak about their own individual stories of abuse in the Diocese of Ballarat involving Catholic clergy and religious associated…
Boarding Report – May 15, 2015
Director of Boarding The future!! People seem to spend so much time worrying about what the future may hold -“ I often look to characters in our rich past, far wiser than me, for inspiration and none have had more influence on me than former British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. Churchill once said “It is…
Mothers Day Mass and Breakfast 2015
The College was delighted this morning to play host to more than 550 people for the Annual Mothers Day Mass and Breakfast. Mass, celebrated by Old Collegian Fr Justin Driscoll, commenced at 7am in the College Chapel and featured a wonderful homily and ceremony, focusing on the importance of loving mothers in raising fine sons….
SPC notches first Division 1 Rugby win
St Patrick’s College 1st XV 55 d Brighton Grammar School 14 Try Scorer/s: D Tippett (4), J Coward (1), M Kaponga (1), C Pollard (1), K Travers (1), L Maroney (1) May 2, 2015 will live long in the memories of many for it marked St Patrick’s College’s first foray into Division 1 rugby.- This…
Boarding Report – May 1, 2015
I am often asked, by students, staff and parents, what is the attraction, or benefits, to a boarding education. My own experience would be something akin to that described in James Hilton’s -Goodbye, Mr Chips-, which, although much maligned in popular media and educational forums today, served to instil in me respect, independence and a…