St Pat’s News
Welcome to the Careers Office in 2022
Welcome to the Careers Office in 2022 Our focus in careers is on helping students manage their own pathways into a future career. SPC manages and supports students with – individual career counselling, structured career education classroom modules, Year 12 VTAC applications, VCE subject selection, Year 10 work experience program, Year 9 Morrisby Profile program,…
2022 Reminders & Expectations, Deputy Principal, Mr Richard Brodrick
25 January 2022 Dear Parents, Families, Students, Staff of St Patrick’s College, Welcome to 2022! I hope you’ve had an enjoyable summer break and were able to find some time to share in the spirit of Christmas with each other and refresh, renew and reset. We now turn our focus to the year ahead with…
Letter to St Patrick’s College Community from Principal, Mr Steven O’Connor
25 January 2022 Dear Parents & Carers, I am pleased to offer all of you a very warm welcome to the 2022 school year! I hope that you enjoyed a lovely Christmas with family and friends and that you feel refreshed after a summer holiday. I extend a special welcome to those…
St Patrick’s College celebrates 2021 VCE results
Three St Patrick’s College students recorded Academic Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) scores of 99 and over in the VCE results released today. Jack Sheehan led the way with an exceptional score of 99.85 whilst Connor Gaffney achieved 99.8 and Hugh Ollerenshaw 99.35. In all, twenty-nine St Patrick’s College students recorded Academic Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR)…
Class of 1974 enjoy informal reunion
We thank Old Collegian Shane Pianta (SPC 1973-74) for compiling this story in relation to the Class of 1974’s recent informal reunion, held at the Red Lion Hotel in Ballarat on November 14, 2021. “The informal get together of the PY1974 was held on Sunday, November 14 2021 at the Red Lion Hotel Sports Bar…
Good times and great company at 2021 OCA Christmas Lunch
It was wonderful to welcome a large group of Old Collegians to our OCA Christmas Lunch at the Golden City Hotel earlier today. Around 30 Old Boys, who attended SPC spanning the 1950s, 60s and early 70s, made the most of the opportunity to enjoy good food, great company and the picture-perfect weather together. Thanks…
Joe Phyland visits College kitchen named in his honour
We welcomed back former cook Joe Phyland to the College’s Boarding Precinct earlier this week so he could check out the boarding kitchen, which is named in his honour. The state-of-the-art kitchen in the College’s recently built multi-million dollar boarding precinct is named “The Joe Phyland Kitchen”. Joe, now 85 years old, continues to keep…
Old Boys in the News – December 2021
Our Old Boys have been busy, including: Congratulations to Old Collegian John Nicholls (SPC 1971-73) who can now say he has a building named after himself! The W. John Nicholls Pavillion, which overlooks Parade’s Preston Campus’ Ambrose Treacy Field was officially opened recently in honour of the long-serving Parade teacher, who will complete 43 years…
Barry James (SPC 1947-48, PY1950)
We pass on our deepest condolence to the extended family of Old Collegian Barry James (SPC 1947-48, PY1950) who passed away on November 17, 2021, aged 89 years, with his family by his side at St John of God Hospital after an 11-year battle with prostate cancer. Barry was an icon of Ballarat business and…
Kierce O’Loughlin (SPC 1947-53)
We extend our deepest condolences to the extended family of Old Collegian and former College Board chair Kierce O’Loughlin (SPC 1947-53), who passed away on November 7, 2021. Born as Francis Kierce O’Loughlin, but better known to all that knew him as Kierce, the former lawyer was fondly remembered on his passing as a “true…