Leaders chosen for 2020
In the last week before mid-semester, the first appointments were made for next year’s leadership roles. Catherine Walsh, from Mount Gambier, has been elected Student President for 2020. The ten… Read More
Rector’s New Year’s Message
I write these words as hundreds of thousands of young people have gathered in Panama City for the 2019 “World Youth Day” – the fifteenth time this international congress has… Read More
Rectors Christmas Message
Dear Friends of Aquinas I have long loved Rembrandt’s famous 1846 painting of the Nativity. We used it recently as a focus for our Staff Prayer for the end of… Read More
Semester 2 2018 address
Family. We use that word often to describe ourselves here. And right that we do. Good that we do. Marcellin Champagnat would delight that we do; he hoped it would… Read More
Rector’s Address at Commencement Dinner
25 February 2018 Why are we dressed up in all this gear, these gowns, the multi-coloured hoods and funny hats? Why do we do it? What’s it mean? I suspect… Read More
Welcome to 2018
Welcome to the new Academic Year. I offer a particular welcome to our students. The word ‘college’ is a wonderful descriptor of who we are and who we aspire to… Read More