| Sacré Cœur School | |
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| Location | |
| Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia | |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent, Single-sex, Day school |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic, Sacred Heart |
| Established | 1888 |
| Chairman | Elizabeth Vinning |
| Principal | Maureen Ryan |
| Enrolment | 700+(P-12)[1] |
| Colour(s) | Blue, yellow and red. |
| Website | www.sacrecoeur.vic.edu.au |
Sacré Cœur School is a Roman Catholic, independent, day school for girls, located in Glen Iris, a south eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Established in 1888, the school caters for over 700 students from Prep to year 12.[2]
Sacré Cœur is a member of Girls Sport Victoria (GSV) and the Junior School Heads Association of Australia.[3]
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The School was founded by the French order of nuns, the Society of the Sacred Heart (rscJ) in 1888.
Sacré Cœur, has its origins in the vision of Madeleine Sophie Barat, who founded the Society of the Sacred Heart in Paris in 1800. Growing up during the French Revolution in the small town of Joigny about 80 miles south of Paris, Sophie felt a strong call to religious life from an early age. Although her attraction was to a strictly contemplative life, her reflections led her to the realisation that an education based on Christian values was essential for a more just society to emerge from the upheaval of the revolution.
Having an unusually strong classical education herself, she envisioned an education for girls which would develop each student's gifts to the fullest, lay the foundations for a solid, active faith including compassionate service to the poor, and awaken a thirst for life-long learning.
There are four House colours, named after the school's founder St Madeleine Sophie Barat and Mothers Superior of the school; Digby, Duschesne, Stuart and Barat.
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