St Pat’s News
Director of Sports Report
Director of Sport, Ms Tina Benoit, provides an update on sporting activities at the College. Please click on the link below to view the Sports Report. Sports Report Term 3 Week 4 A
Performing Arts Report
by Ms Monique Allen, Head of Co-Curricular Performance The most esteemed public speaking event on our calendar is the Annual Purton Oratory Competition. 2021 will be the 80th year of this event. The first ‘Purton’ Prize was in 1940 and had been created to honour Brother Purton, an educator who was deeply passionate about the…
Mission Report
by Director of Mission, Mr Geoff Brodie It is a common path of the modern business to invest time and energy into producing a mission statement, a values statement, a set of goals, key performance indicators, and to set out the accepted processes of evaluation. This is all good, for time spent stepping back from…
How war affected life at SPC
From the Archives – by College Archivist Halina Sztynda Unpublished College Annuals and Chronicles During WWII St Patrick’s College was disrupted by WWII, which included influenza throughout the school, an influx of boarders from Melbourne and our major publications, the ‘College Annual’ and’ Chronicle’ were unpublished between 1942-1944. In 1942 our government along with…
Old Boys in the News – August 2021
Our Old Boys have been busy, including: Callum Leonard (SPC 2003-08), pictured above, who lived out a long-held dream recently to umpire in the AFL. To read more about this former Ballarat umpire’s experience, click here Great to see Old Collegian Tim Kennedy (SPC 1985-90) on the beat in Daylesford in this story here Beaufort’s…
Matron’s role with family ties spanning over half a century
We thank Old Collegian, former staff member and honoured SPC Facere et Docere recipient Michael Brady (SPC 1956-62, PY1963) for piercing together this rich history of family ties to St Patrick’s College, spanning more than half a century. A FAMILY AFFAIR Part One – 1918 -1947 When Kate (1918) and Dorrie (1922) Emery commenced…
Raymond (Ray) Donovan (SPC 1965-67)
We send our deepest sympathy to the family of Raymond (Ray) Donovan (SPC 1965-67) who sadly passed away on July 9, 2021 in Shepparton, aged 71 years, surrounded by his loving family. Ray was farewelled in a funeral service at St Brendan’s Catholic Church in Shepparton on July 28 and he is survived by his…
Peter James Cunningham (SPC 1957-61, PY1962)
We have been notified of the passing of Old Collegian Peter James Cunningham (SPC 1957-61, PY1962), who sadly passed away on December 2, 2020 at Casey Hospital, aged 77 years. Peter was the loving husband of Faye, his wife of 54 years, and loved father to Tim, Andrew and Olivia and dearly loved grandfather of…
July 27, 2021 – College update on COVID-19
Dear Parents, Carers and Guardians of St Patrick’s College, Following this morning’s announcement regarding the end to the latest COVID lockdown, we are happy to report that the College will be welcoming all staff and students back on-site for face-to-face learning tomorrow (Wednesday, July 28). We remind all students though that the wearing of masks…
Fr John Harold Ware (SPC 1943-47)
We are saddened to learn of the passing of well-loved ordained priest and Old Collegian Fr John Harold Ware (SPC 1943-47) on July 9, 2021 in Albury. John was born in Shepparton on Christmas Day, 1930 and was the beloved son of Harold (SPC 1907-08) and Margaret (both dec) and devoted brother of Gerald (SPC…