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Father’s Day Mass and Breakfast tickets available
The Annual Father’s Day Mass and Breakfast is one of the many highlights on the annual St Patrick’s College Calendar and will be held in 2015 on Friday, September 4 from 7am. We invite all fathers, grandfathers and guardians of current students to attend this event and participate in a Mass in the College Chapel…
Patrick Collier receives Premier’s VCE award
Current Year 12 student Patrick Collier was honoured at last week’s VCE Premier’s Awards ceremony in Melbourne.- The Deputy Premier of Victoria and current Education Minister the Hon James Merlino MP presented Patrick a Study Award in recognition of his academic excellence in attaining the maximum study score of 50 in Further Mathematics in 2014.-…
SPC and Loreto students in final rehearsals
Students from St Patrick’s College and Loreto College are entering the final stages of rehearsals for their annual joint production which this year will be Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. Just days remain until the curtain is lifted on the opening performance being held in Loreto’s fantastic new Mary’s Mount Centre for the first…
2015 Night of Homelessness
St Patrick’s College Year 10 students have learned first-hand what it’s like to be homeless in Ballarat after participating in the College’s annual Night of Homelessness last Thursday night. Around 260 students arrived with their warmest winter clothers and were issued with a light blanket in the College’s canteen area before being told to try…
Open letter from Student leaders – May 29, 2015
To all members of the broader St Patrick’s College and Ballarat communities, and especially to the many victims and survivors of child sexual abuse. As a student body we are well aware of the events currently unfolding in the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse being heard in Ballarat. The details revealed…
Rotary donation for Kokoda project
St Patrick’s College was today delighted to receive a $1000 donation from the Rotary Club of Ballarat South to help fund an upcoming service project students and staff will complete in Papua New Guinea. In the June-July school holidays, 16 students and three staff will embark upon a trip along the Kokoda Track. A key…
2015 National Sorry Day Assembly
As is its annual custom, St Patrick’s College today marked National Sorry Day with a full school assembly in the Br. W.T. O’Malley Sports Centre. In 2015, the College has 51 indigenous students enrolled, including 11 in Year 12. One of those Year 12 students, Christopher Saunders, presented this speech at the assembly. “Welcome and…
Support for victims and survivors
St Patrick’s College is providing the opportunity for the community to show their support for victims/survivors involved in the Royal Commission being heard this month. The College is encouraging all its community members to tie a blue, green or white ribbon to the College’s front gates and fence as a symbol of support. Headmaster John…
Headmaster’s Message – May 15, 2015
Dear Friends As you will be aware, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will conduct public hearings in Ballarat over the next three weeks. Over this time a number of victims/survivors will speak about their own individual stories of abuse in the Diocese of Ballarat involving Catholic clergy and religious associated…
Senior School – May 15, 2015
“I have done my best!” This week I would like to challenge the claim, “I have done my best” made by many students. In my opinion this claim is a cop out and one which I usually refute. Curiously it is a claim that we as parents often accept from our sons. If your son…