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Headmaster’s Message – August 23, 2018
Dear Parents, Guardians, Friends, Staff and Students of St Patrick’s College, What’s the Buzz Music Concert What a busy few weeks it has been in the life of SPC! Last week, more than 300 people gathered at the Wendouree Performing Arts Centre for a superb evening of entertainment presented by our musicians. Featuring a number…
Headmaster’s Message – August 10, 2018
Headmaster’s Address to Chris Nolan Academic Assembly- – August 7 Welcome to all of our invited guests, parents, guardians, grandparents, friends, staff and most importantly, our students. In offering this greeting, we acknowledge the traditional custodians of this great land – the Wathaurong People. We pay our respects to elders past and present for their…
Headmaster’s Message – July 27, 2018
Dear Parents, Carers, Staff and Students of St Patrick’s College, It is with great pleasure that I formally welcome all students back to school for Term 3. As always, this is a most significant term for all students, most notably our Year 12 cohort who are now moving closer to their final examinations. I have…
Headmaster’s Message – June 22, 2018
Dear Parents, Carers, Friends, Staff and Students of St Patrick’s College, One of the things I enjoy in my role as Headmaster is to meet with past students of the College at our annual reunions. The reason for this is two-fold: firstly, I enjoy seeing the reconnection of friendships that have stood the test of…
Headmaster’s Message – May 25, 2018
Dear Parents, Carers, Friends, Staff and Students, On Wednesday night I was privileged to attend the opening night of our St Patrick’s/Loreto College 2018 production Beauty and the Beast.- I was left in awe at the quality of performance! All participating students, including the cast and backstage crew, have contributed their talents together to produce…
Headmaster’s Message – May 10, 2018
Dear Parents, Guardians, Staff and Students of St Patrick’s College, This week, the College Leadership Team invited College Captain, Sam Williams, and College Vice Captains, Tom Clark and Dean O’Brien, to our weekly gathering to reflect on the response received to our Great Man video, which was launched at the beginning of 2018. What was…
Headmaster’s Message – April 27, 2018
Dear Parents, Guardians, Friends, Staff and Students of St Patrick’s College. I offer all members of our community a very warm welcome back to Term 2. As you will be aware, I have been on a period of professional enrichment leave throughout last term. While it was a very rewarding time for me personally, I…
Acting Headmaster’s Message – March 28, 2018
This Sunday, we will acknowledge and celebrate Christ’s resurrection from the dead. Easter Sunday also marks the end of Holy Week, the end of Lent and the last day of the Easter Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday). As we know from the Gospels, Jesus Christ rose from the dead on the third…
Acting Headmaster’s Message – March 16, 2018
We finished this week by gathering together as a school community to celebrate the feast day of our patron, the great St Patrick. Our celebrations commenced with all students and staff assembling in front of the College Chapel and Kennedy House for a 125th year commemorative photograph (with a number of students forming a very…
Acting Headmaster’s Message – March 1, 2018
As a school in the Edmund Rice tradition, and given we have a large number of students and parents who are new to the community, it is important to take some time at the beginning of each year to reflect on our charism – that special gift from God that is fundamental to our story…
