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Acting Principal’s Message
By Acting Principal, Mr Stephen Hill In a typical year, this week is one of great celebration at St Patrick’s, usually marked by Edmund Rice Day celebrations and the Mothers’ Day Mass and Breakfast. How different it has been in 2020! We are told that Edmund Rice encountered personal suffering through the death of his…
May 4 – Update from St Patrick’s College
Acting Principal Mr Stephen Hill has provided the following update for the wider St Patrick’s College community: “Dear Parents, Carers and Guardians of St Patrick’s College, Traditionally, and in any other year, this would have been a week of great celebration at St Patrick’s College, commencing with Edmund Rice Day activities such as the walkathon…
Acting Principal’s Message
By Acting Principal, Mr Stephen Hill Congratulations on making it to the end of week 2 of remote learning! The word ‘unique’ is, at times, used far too freely to describe a situation or event. However, the period of time since the declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic can indeed be described as ‘unique’. Clearly,…
Acting Principal’s Message
By Acting Principal, Mr Stephen Hill “The world and everything in it is continually changing which proves to us that there is nothing permanent under the sun, and that perfect happiness is not to be expected but in another world!” Edmund Rice to Mother Mary Knowd, Presentation Convent, Dublin. All Souls’ Day 1813 While these…
Acting Principal’s Message
By Acting Principal, Mr Stephen Hill This week’s visit from Wayne Tinsey, EREA Executive Director, and Durm O’Riordan, EREA Regional Director – Southern. As I have previously communicated to you, Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) remains committed to being present and attentive to the needs of all members of the St Patrick’s College community as…
Acting Principal’s Message
By Acting Principal, Mr Stephen Hill When leadership changes – What does this mean for your son? As you read, listened or watched your various news and social media streams this week, and particularly on Wednesday, I’m sure many of our current parents would have asked themselves one simple question, “What does this mean for…
Principal’s Message
Dear Parents, Carers, Staff, and Students of St Patrick’s College, Welcome back to the 2020 school year. While it has been an incredibly busy start, it is wonderful to see our students return each year, ready for the journey ahead. In writing this first Crest for 2020, I am ever mindful that the summer break…
Headmaster’s Message
by St Patrick’s College Headmaster, Mr John Crowley Dear Parents, Carers, Staff and Students of St Patrick’s College, Last week, our thoughts and prayers were with those communities in New South Wales and Queensland who were severely impacted by the devastating bushfires. These fires were ferocious, destroying many homes and taking a number of lives….
Headmaster’s Message
Dear Parents, Carers, Staff and Students of St Patrick’s College, Last week, I was at a supermarket buying some ingredients for dinner. Whist lining up at the register, I noticed an elderly man at the checkout. He was frail and slow. He fumbled around for a considerable time searching his pockets for his money to…
Headmaster’s Message – October 18, 2019
Dear Parents, Carers, Staff and Students of St Patrick’s College, It is with great energy and excitement that I write my first Crest article for Term 4. As everyone will be aware, I have been away for the past two Terms: Term 2 as leave, and Term 3 as Acting EREA Regional Director for the…