| St Patrick's College | |
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Latin: Luceat Lux Vestra
Matthew 5:16:"Let Your Light Shine"
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| Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia | |
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| Type | Private, Single-sex, Day school |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic, Christian Brothers |
| Established | 1928 |
| Founder | Br. Michael Hanrahan |
| Chairman | Mr Peter Tilbrook |
| Headmaster | Mr. B.T. Roberts |
| Chaplain | Rev. Fr. Jack Evans |
| Staff | ~140[1] |
| Enrolment | ~1,430 (5–12)[2] |
| Colour(s) | Blue, Black and Gold |
| Slogan | Luceat Lux Vestra in 3D |
| Website | www.spc.nsw.edu.au |
St Patrick's College (also referred to informally as "St Pat's" or "SPC") is an independent, Roman Catholic, day school for boys, located in Strathfield in the inner west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Founded as a Christian Brothers school in the tradition of Edmund Rice in 1928, the college currently caters for approximately 1430 students from Years 5 to 12.[2]
St Patrick's College is a member of the Independent Schools Association (ISA), the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[3] and the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA).[4]
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The facilities at St. Patrick's include:
There is an emphasis on sport at St Patrick's College. The school competes in such activities as rugby union, cricket, baseball, soccer, swimming, basketball, softball, golf, athletics and tennis in the Independent Schools Association competition and against CAS and GPS member schools.
The College also performs an annual musical and drama production, starring students from the school itself and Santa Sabina College, SPC's sister school. Recent productions include The Wiz (2011), Guys and Dolls (2010), High School Musical (2009), Les Miserables (2007), Grease (2006), Disco Inferno (2005), Footloose (2004) and Jesus Christ Superstar (2003).[5] Recent dramatic productions include The Chocolate War (2012), Much Ado about Nothing (2011), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2010), A Few Good Men (2009), The Wasps (2008), The Taming of the Shrew (2007) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (2006).[6]
The College also competes annually with the nearby Trinity Grammar School for the 'Black and Green Shield' conceived in 2005. It is based on the cumulative results of all winter sports games (rugby and football) between the schools on a designated weekend. The College has taken the shield each year since its inception.
Other annual sporting events include the junior school's rugby tour to Armidale where 2 rugby teams compete against those from other schools and colleges from NSW and QLD, the Christian Brothers Schools' Cricket Carnival held during the Christmas holidays at St. Joseph's Nudgee College at Brisbane, which the College has won twice, in 1995 and 2009.
It is also a founding member of the Catholic Schools Debating Association (CSDA) and has experienced marked success in recent years. One of the shields for premiers is named after the current deputy headmaster Michael Robson for his decades of service to the association.
The college also has an extensive social justice program, annually raising funds for a Lenten focus charity as well as aiding many causes with practical assistance from the boys. Focus areas include the Saint Vincent de Paul Society 'night patrol', and the financial assistance of Christian Brother's schools serving disabled or economically and socially disadvantaged communities.
The College's crest was designed in 1938 and is made up of three components:
St Patrick's Alumni are traditionally known as "Old Boys",[8] the St Patrick's alumni association being called the "Old Boys' Union".
St Patrick's Rugby Club was established in 1964 as a rugby league club as that was the code of football played at the college at the time. In 1965 the college changed to rugby union, the club followed suit the following year and entered the Western Suburbs Under 20 competition. The club originally played in a white jersey with black collar and now play in a black jumper with a gold collar, as does the college First XV. The club plays in the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union and has won four club championships and two first grade premierships. Since its promotion to Kentwell Cup First Division in 1974 is one of only two clubs to never have been relegated. The club plays its home games at Hudson Park, Strathfield.[8][9]
St Patricks Soccer Club is a club for friends and old boys of St Patricks College, Strathfield. It plays in the NSW Churches Football Association[10] The home ground is Powells Creek Reserve at the Bicentennial Park end of Victoria Avenue, Concord West.[8]
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