St Pat’s News

We were also made aware that Old Collegian Leo Crough (SPC 1957-59) passed away on 25 October 2022. Leo was the treasured husband of Margaret, father to Kylene, Justin, Sharni (dec) and Scott and a treasured grandfather who was remembered as “such a strong, gentle presence in all our lives, loved by all he knew”….

We were notified by family of the sad passing of Old Collegian John Kerrins (SPC 1950-53, PY1954) on 16 July 2023, aged 86 years. John’s son Julian said his father was very proud of being a St Pat’s Old Boy. “He would keep tabs on the goings on at the College through the Old Collegians…

We are saddened to learn of the passing of much-loved former College Tuckshop manager Carmel Bourke, who passed away on 31 October 2023, aged 86 years, surrounded by her loving family. A generation of SPC students will remember Carmel with the fondest of memories. The school canteen was affectionally known as the “Bourke Street Canteen”…

We were saddened to learn of the passing of Old Collegian John McMillan (SPC 1955-58) on 9 November 2023. John was a boarder from Tynong, in Gippsland, Victoria. He returned home for a year in 1956 when he was needed by his father on the family’s spud farm, however he then returned and completed his…