Aloysiad Spring 2006 4-9.indd - St Aloysius

ALOYSIA D
The Magazine of St Aloysius’ College • ‘Men for Others’ • Issue XLIII • Spring 2006
Leaping into school life

from the council
The College Council continues to provide a sound forum
to assist Fr Ross Jones SJ and Fr Chris Middleton SJ
in guiding and managing the College and although
the Council does not appear to get involved in the day-to
-day goings on at the College, it is active through its two
standing Committees, the Finance Committee and the
Building Committee, and the Chair’s Forum in particular.
The Council has focussed a large amount of its attention
on the needs of the College in preparing a Master Plan to
guide developments at the College over the next ten or so
years. In doing this it has reviewed the existing needs and
projected these forward to cater for changes to needs and
curriculum across the Junior, Middle and Senior Schools.
The Master Plan is now being developed to a stage
where North Sydney Council approval could be sought for
the plan to be carried out on a staged basis and further
explanation can be given to students, parents, Old Boys
and teachers.
In late April the Provincial, at an Education Ministry
Conference articulated ten action points for consideration
by individual College Councils.
The Action Points are;
We will develop, for Australian Jesuit Education, an
assessment instrument that will enable each Council
to reinforce and measure the Jesuit character of
our schools, and meet the Province’s and our own
expectations.
The Province will clarify its relationships with Ignatian
schools and where desired will reach agreement with
them. These should be developed in order to foster
these mutually beneficial relationships.
We are committed to adult faith formation for mission.
The Loyola Institute has been established precisely
for this purpose. There should be a co-operative
arrangement between Australian Jesuit Education and
the Loyola Institute. In the first instance, our own
students, parents, staff, co-workers and Old Boys
should be invited to this formation.
Each Council should continue with the strategy of
bursaries. Each school should set a target for the
number of bursaries that they will offer. The impact of
bursaries should be the subject of longitudinal studies
in our schools.
Identify institutional projects whereby each school
or several schools together, can reach out and offer
educational opportunities to children who are socially
and economically disadvantaged.
The Provincial will seek the co-operation and advice
of the Chairs of Council in order to develop strategies
of co-operation concerning the better utilisation and realignment
of resources and practice in order to build a
sustainable province wide identity.
Explore and establish a Province Schools Policy Board.
All Ministries in the Province are asked to work
closely with Jesuit Communications in particular for the
distribution of the Province Express and Companions.
The developing of good relations with neighbouring
countries should be a consideration in the planning of
our school’s relationships with educational bodies across
the Jesuit Conference of East Asia and Oceania should
be built into the role of the Provincial Delegate.
We will support the Jesuit School in East Timor as a
common project of Jesuit education in Australia.
Our College Council has pledged support to the ideals
set out in the action points and will work towards ensuring
St Aloysius’ positive support to these.
Each year the School Captain and Vice Captains are
invited to meet with the Council and give us their thoughts
and suggestions for the future. This year Andrew Haylen and
Nick Geldens met with us; unfortunately Jack O’Donoghue
could not make it on the night. It is pleasing to hear their
positive contribution and outlook, and all were thanked for
their input and the extra responsibilities they take on. These
young men continue to espouse the values that are integral
to the Aloysian Family life at the College.
Mr Eric Goodwin
Chair of Council
THE ALOYSIAD
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Cover pic: Patrick Finegan (Year 5)
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from the rector
Recently, Fr General convened an international
committee of Jesuits to explore the Society’s response to
globalisation. Yet another “think tank”, you may muse.
But there were some practical suggestions as outcomes.
To adapt our charism to the demands of a globalised and
marginalised world, the Committee suggested, we ought
to be encouraged to examine the following sample checklist
of activities and dispositions which indicate our real
willingness to move into this new world. We should
espouse and cherish differences amongst ourselves as
a privileged means of addressing the divisions in our
marginalised and globalising world;
presume that God’s self-revelation will be disclosed
amidst differences and not just in the resolving of
difference;
adopt one justice issue, inform ourselves, and after
close contact with the marginalised, take some political
action (no matter where we live or what our work);
ask ourselves, when we consume resources, if similar
consumption by all is sustainable. If it is not, ask
ourselves what we will do to make up or put right our
excessive consumption of limited global resources;
be an advocate for at least one culture different from
our own;
acquire an appreciative and advanced knowledge of
at least one religion not our own;
be involved with a community of solidarity i.e. a
community which links the marginalised with the
decision makers through shared relationships with our
school communities; and
occasionally visit a community of insertion
where we can share the life of the
marginalised.
A useful check-list. Here at St
Aloysius’, we have made beginnings
(sometimes small beginnings) on
such a rating. These aspirations
dovetail well with the Provincial’s
goals for the Province schools
launched earlier this year.
Presupposed in the check-list
is a respect for the dignity
of the other person by
virtue of their personhood
(being loved by God)
and their humanity (freely
adopted by God in the
Incarnation). Woven
through is that
Ignatian spirituality
of “finding God in
all things” – even
when one is
engaging the new
and the foreign. It values both experience and the intellect
as means to understanding. It takes up those two landmarks
of contemporary theology, solidarity and a preferential love
of the poor – contemporary expressions, yes, but outcomes
rooted in Gospel values.
Some of John O’Reilly’s Tanzanian “children”
When the Committee encourages an insertion into,
and a sharing the life of, a marginalised community,
they speak of something which is not alien to this school
community. In recent times, members of staff have taken
leave to work with the poor and the dispossessed. As a
result, they come back as richer formators of the boys. Our
Year 12 graduates serving in Micronesia over the past five
years have the same experience. Just recently returned from
teaching in a disadvantaged school in Vanuatu, Jerome
Doraisamy (SAC 2005) has spoken to me of the insights
and deeper understandings gleaned from his experience.
The Year 11 boys who recently “immersed” themselves in
very challenging communities in the Philippines share their
experiences elsewhere in this Aloysiad. It is the raison
d’être of the Year 11 community service programme. “Love
is expressed in deeds more than in words,” wrote Ignatius
in his Spiritual Exercises. “Action comes from reflection on
experience”, so says our Ignatian pedagogy. Such is our
motivation.
One Old Aloysian with whom I have been recently in
touch is John O’Reilly (SAC 1984). John left here in 1984
to pursue a career in mercantile law. His great passion
has been to establish an orphanage for children who are
largely the victims of HIV-AIDS. The orphanage is set near
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Already there are about
seventy children being cared for. Thirty are now enrolled in
the local school. Older boys are learning trades. Thirty-four
acres of land are to be purchased, fenced, irrigated and
farmed. Already John’s and his brothers’ former classmates
have joined in to support the project. We will support it,
too, in ways we can. Readers who wish to learn more,
or to assist may find details at www.committeeassist.org.
“We do not exist for ourselves alone”, was a maxim of the
early Jesuit educators. It remains our belief four hundred and
fifty years later.
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from the rector cont'd
St Aloysius' College, Sevenhill
Speaking of a long history in education, our Jesuit family
is celebrating 150 years of schooling in Australia this year.
The first formal class of boys was admitted to St Aloysius’
College in Sevenhill in February 1856. After educating some
450 boys over three decades, it closed when the Christian
Brothers opened their College in Adelaide. In the interim,
another St Aloysius’ College was begun in Dunedin, New
Zealand, in 1878. Alas, it was a brief summer of schooling
(if, indeed, there are summers in Dunedin) and it closed its
doors in 1883. But, as we know, the same patronal name
was again invoked in Woolloomooloo – and here we are.
In that century and a half, Jesuits have founded and/or
conducted twenty-five schools throughout Australasia, not
to mention the schools in India in the Hazaribag Mission.
We are presently exploring a partnership in a new school
in Auckland. In recent years, the General of the Society
of Jesus has stated that “education remains the preferential
apostolate of the Society of Jesus”. Why? Because in the
mid-sixteenth century Jesuits recognised that “the education
of youth is the transformation of the world.” And it still is.
Fr Ross Jones SJ
Rector
A model of the planned sculpture in 1:5 scale
The New Opus...
For the last two years, passers-by to the Boys’ Chapel
have invariably stopped at the statue of St Ignatius,
where he stands gazing towards the sanctuary. His
quizzically challenging look also engages those who leave
a Chapel mass or liturgy. There are many reactions: Was
he only that tall? Are those really copies of his shoes? Is it
really a death-mask image? The image was a gift to the
College from St Ignatius, Riverview, on the occasion of
our 125th anniversary of foundation. Melbourne sculptor
Andrew Patience did so well he has been commissioned
to craft another work depicting St Aloysius. The new opus
is for the entrance foyer in Upper Pitt Street. This month
Andrew visited the College with a maquette, or model,
of the work. It is a powerful piece and will make a bold
statement to all who enter this community about our rich
history and lived-out values. Director of the Foundation and
Development, Murray Happ (SAC 1985), would be glad
to hear from anyone who would like to assist in contributing
to the realisation of this icon with a tax-deductible gift.
The Rector, Fr Ross Jones SJ with the scupltor, Andrew Patience
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from the principal
In a recent Gonzagan I raised issues associated with
values in our culture. It seems at times that there is a
growing divide between what our families seek to do
and what our culture facilitates and promotes.
The family, at the most fundamental level, exists to
provide a loving and secure environment for nurturing the
young. It also exists to prepare the young for the world by
imparting knowledge and skills, while also inculcating in
them the necessary values and principles for navigating
life’s journey. In a sense society and culture come into being
primarily to enable and support this task on handing on
life, but increasingly contemporary culture is ignoring this
dimension to its role. In part, the reason for this failure lies
in the fact that an element of culture that traditionally fulfilled
that role, namely religion, is largely absent or diminished
today. Religion has as one of its functions to assist the
family and society in this work of formation. Often it seems
that such a role is now being handed on to schools in the
absence of any alternative. The enterprise of education
has become an important vehicle in both integrating and
enabling the work of family and society. Thus schools have
come to have an importance beyond that of facilitating
learning.
Fr Greg O’Kelly SJ, the Headmaster of Saint Ignatius’
College, Adelaide, provides one appealing way of
viewing education that perhaps meets the growing role of
schools: ‘’I think schooling is a ministry of hope. It’s faith in
the child, that the child is worthwhile; it’s faith in the culture,
that the culture’s worth transmitting, and it’s faith in the future,
that the future is worth preparing people for”.
The young today, have unprecedented access to
television, the internet and music, many from their own
bed-rooms. From the standpoint of Ignatian spirituality it is
important to look to the good in the world around us and
to have a positive appreciation of our culture. Moreover,
as an historian, I believe that very little is really new (a
three thousand year old piece of graffiti on an Egyptian
pyramid bemoans what the younger generation is coming
to!). Having said this, there are trends today that worry me.
The human imagination is a precious but
also somewhat vulnerable thing.
It informs so much of what we
think and do. Of its very nature
the imagination is creative and
open to stimulation. Along with
our capacity to love, to think
and to choose, imagination
distinguishes us as human beings.
And today, that imagination is
being bombarded with
distorted and
d e g r a d i n g
material from
a culture that
is meant to
protect and
nurture.
Big Brother is watched by many of our students, both on
television and over the internet. Anyone who has viewed
the various series has witnessed a growing coarsening of
the content as the boundaries are pushed over successive
series in order to win the ratings. The expulsion of two
members from the set in the most recent series exposes the
seedy side of the environment created by a programme that
feeds essentially on voyeurism and smut, and which needs
controversy to survive. Standards of language, expression
and behaviour are almost systematically assailed in order
to sell the show. One could reasonably argue that no one
has to watch the show. Leaving aside the issue of access
to its content by our young, often beyond the eyes of their
parents, the corporate sponsors who pay for the show
involve all of us as a society, and its impact on our cultural
imagination and sensibilities has implication for us all.
Our culture as a whole has responsibilities, in addition to
extending rights to its members, and a key responsibility is
the formation of the young. At times we appear to be failing
in that responsibility.
The Internet is a vital means of information and also
a growing player in shaping the imaginations and minds
of the young. Consequently, it provides new opportunities
for the exploitation of the young. Chat rooms can carry
dangers akin to walking a city street at night. The
imagination is assaulted by pornography that exploits the
ability of the young to access it. Filters are available for
homes, but my understanding is that they are problematical.
More effective filters could also be provided at the source,
by the internet service providers themselves, to reduce child
pornography etc, but these providers appear resistant to
any moves to place limits on the freedom of their medium.
But some of these same providers are willing to accept
political censorship in China in order to access this huge
market, while denying responsibility here for the young.
They too, surely share in the responsibility within a culture
for the formation of the young.
Music also plays a significant role in shaping the
imagination and sensitivities of the young. Certain types of
music, like some forms of rap, glorify violence and betray
a strongly misogynistic streak. A major conference of the
music industry in America is scheduled to examine the
responsibility of the music industry, and in particular the
impact on the African-American community. More widely,
some popular music, and specifically many of the music
videos that sell the music, portray women as objects and
display a tendency to the sexualisation of the young, all
readily accessible on music video programmes in children’s
television hours.
Those who have followed the story of the tragic
death of Diane Brimble on the cruise liner, Pacific Star,
have had uncovered a picture of a society where values
and standards were seemingly systematically set aside.
Reflecting the worst features of an Animal House movie,
this boat involved adults. Then there was the story of the
amputee climber of Mount Everest who left a dying climber
alone as he continued his climb to the top. Or the great
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from the principal cont'd
Zidane, in the last game of his illustrious Football career,
who reacted to an apparent taunt with a clear head butt,
was red-carded, and then receives ‘the golden ball’ award
for player of the tournament. What are our young to make
of the standards of what is acceptable or not?
At times elements of our culture appear to be leading
us down to the path described in Golding’s Lord of the
Flies, an environment in which self-restraint and living to
a moral truth are easily abandoned. Rebecca Weisser in
The Australian (July 8) alluded to Joseph Conrad’s heart of
darkness which can be found today in situations of “human
conduct untrammeled by the fear of legal sanction from
without or moral censure from within.”
It is not that our society is incapable of making stands:
the enforcement of anti-discrimination laws, of sanctions
against drink-driving, and anti-smoking ordinances, all
illustrate the power of legal sanction, together with
education, in improving behaviour in society. The question
is whether we as a society want to give priority to the
young, and to make sacrifices of our own freedoms to
achieve this result.
When the College focuses on the courtesy extended
by our boys to fellow travelers on public transport, or on
the need to show respect for the property of another, or
on the responsibility we all have to minimise litter, we are
not just talking about rules and laws, or about the school’s
image. We are contributing to, or detracting from, the
soul of our society. More importantly, when we extol the
virtue of tolerance of diversity, or encourage generosity in
participation, or emphasise the values of sportsmanship, we
are talking about more than behaviour: we are speaking
about the heart of a culture and the type of world we wish
for ourselves and those who follow us.
The exploration of spirituality through activities such as
the Kairos Retreats, the opening up to others, especially the
poor and those in need, through immersion experiences
and community service, the encouragement of critical
thinking and the articulation of ideas through debate and
argument, the cultivation of the imagination through the arts
and music, the promotion of the self-discipline of the athlete
and the valuing of participation in a team or an ensemble,
all of which are elements in the school’s programmes, and
which are promoted in the pages of the Aloysiad, have
a value beyond their particular context – they go to the
essence of formation of the young and to the nature of the
culture and society we seek to create.
Let There be Light!
The College Foundation recently funded the installation
of outdoor lighting on the roof terrace adjacent to the
Juana Mateo Room on Level 4 of the main College
Building. The lights provide subtle light for outdoor functions
on the roof without distracting guests from the marvellous
view.
The Foundation also recently paid for the installation of
a video intercom system linking the Juana Mateo Room and
Kitchen on Level 4 with the Jeffreys Street pedestrian door.
Guests attending events held in the Juana Mateo Room or
the Old Jesuit Dining Room can now enter the College via
the pedestrian doors next to the garages in Jeffreys Street.
The intercom also has a door release mechanism, thus
avoiding the previous requirement to have someone staffing
the door.
It is hoped that the provision of these items will provide
a more pleasant and hassle free environment for members
of the Aloysian Family attending meetings and events at the
College.
Mr Murray Happ (SAC 1985)
Director of Development
Fr Chris Middleton SJ
College Principal
The new lighting on the Chapel Terrace
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from the foundation
2006 Annual Giving Appeal
– Think Beyond the Square
Thank you to the hundreds of members of the Aloysian
family who have supported the 2006 Annual Giving
Appeal - Think Beyond the Square. Funds raised from
this Appeal will assist the College to implement the Master
Plan currently being finalised by architects and the College
Council.
It is not too late to Think Beyond the Square and make a
gift in support of the Appeal. Please complete the form and
return it to the College Development Office.
All gifts, no matter what size, will be gratefully accepted
and most importantly used to make the College a better
place for current and future generations of Aloysians.
AMDG
Overseas Reunion
Reunions for Old Boys, Parents, Past Parents, Future
Parents, Past Gap Students/Grumitt Scholars and Friends
of the College will be held in the following cities/regions
in late 2006:
Hong Kong/Asia
San Francisco/West Coast USA
Washington DC
New York
Boston/New England
UK/Europe – London
Saturday 28 October
Sunday 29 October
Wednesday 1 November
Saturday 4 November
Thursday 9 November
Saturday 18 November
Invitations will be posted to every member of the Aloysian Family who
currently receives the Aloysiad direct from the College (as opposed to
receiving the Aloysiad via a family member in Australia). Invitations
will also be e-mailed to those people we have addresses for.
Anyone who would like to receive information about the Reunions,
or those who would like to nominate someone living in these
regions who would like to attend any of the events, is asked to
contact Murray Happ (SAC 1985) at the College on 9936 5561
or murray.happ@staloysius.nsw.edu.au
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from the junior school
After a rather short but busy
Term II, the new Term is
well and truly underway
with both staff and students
getting on with the business of
making every opportunity that
comes their way count in the
academic and extra curricular
dimension of life in the Junior
School. On the academic front,
our boys have continued to perform up to our expectations.
It will be a while before we will be notified of our boys’
performance in the Basic Skills testing for students in Years 3
and 5. Results in the University of NSW English, Mathematics,
Science, Writing, Computer Skills and Spelling Competitions
have been quite impressive. In the English competition,
for instance, of the three hundred and fifteen boys that
participated, nine boys were awarded a High Distinction
certificate, sixty-six Distinctions and one hundred and three
Credits. In the Mathematics Competition, our boys were
awarded ten High Distinctions, fifty-five Distinctions and one
hundred and nine Credits. These competitions provide useful
diagnostic information of individual student performance as
well as from a school’s point of view, constructive analysis
and stimulus to review our teaching and learning programmes
in specific areas.
Already we have experienced some fine successes
in areas otherwise untried before. The Junior school was
invited by Channel 7 to participate in a quiz show called It’s
Academic targeted at the Primary school age children. We
were required to select five teams of three students each and
three reserves to compete against similar number teams from
two other schools over a week long period. On 1 August
the boys spent a day recording the week’s programme at the
Channel 7 studios. After a rather shaky start, the boys lost the
early rounds but then came from behind on every occasion
to make it to the semi-final to be filmed in mid-September with
the best aggregate score out of three competing schools. If
our boys win the semi-finals, they are guaranteed a prize
money of $5,000 for their school and, $10,000, should
they manage to win the finals. In addition, the contestants
will win for themselves educational software packages that
would aid their learning in literacy and numeracy. It’s been
an exciting and rewarding experience for our boys so far and
we wish them good luck at the next level of competition.
For the first time ever we entered two teams in the Soccer
NSW Futsal (indoor Soccer) Competition with boys from our
Prep 1sts and 11As making up the numbers. The success
they have achieved thus far is truly unprecedented. While
both teams played valiantly, the Under 12s not only made
all the way to the finals but were successful in winning the
Regional championships. Later they were invited to the State
Championships where our boys almost took the title except
to be denied with the outcome having to be decided on a
penalty shootout after the extra time impasse. As runners up,
they have been invited to compete at National Individual
Schools Championships to be held during the October
school holidays.
In sporting terms, the winter of 2006 was the wettest by
far in the last ten years with two full rounds of Football and
Rugby competition having to be cancelled and a number of
games in other rounds being washed out. The second half
of the season was quite disjointed with holiday and wet
weather breaks causing a great deal of frustration to teams
and coaches alike. Then again, all Sydney schools would
have experienced a similar frustration. We have had our fair
share of successes and disappointments during the season,
the highlight of which would be the number of football teams
that came close to remaining unbeaten during the season.
Our Prep 2nds managed, however, to remain undefeated
while Prep 1sts and 11 As lost just the one match, that
against St Patrick’s College Strathfield. Thank you and
congratulations to our boys who always played valiantly
and showed good sportsmanship at all times, win lose or
draw. Our sincere thanks also go to our very loyal band of
parent supporters, especially parent helpers and managers
of teams.
In other sporting news, congratulations go to Robin
Pfister (Year 5) and Max Evans (Year 5), our number one
and two ranked Tennis stars who have gone from strength
to strength. In addition to Robin making CIS and State
Team, both the boys in various combinations have won a
number of tournaments contested for Primary school aged
children. What’s even more pleasing to note is that both
Robin and Max are still in Year 5. The athletics season has
just commenced with the team having been picked following
our Inter-House Athletics Carnival. While you can read the
details in the Sportsmaster’s section of the Aloysiad, I would
like to make a special mention of Olivier Wetzlar (Year 5)
and his achievements in shot put and congratulate him on
breaking the previous College record set by Matthew Purcell
(SAC 1991) in 1985. You will find in this edition, detailed
stories on Futsal and also a report from Mr Hayes that reflects
parents’ perspective on our sporting involvement and the
benefits that sport can deliver to the school community.
Finally, on a note that gives us our character and our
special identity as a Catholic and Jesuit school, this Term is
a special one for the promotion of our Community Outreach
Programmes. At our first assembly for this Term, we launched
our Arrupe Outreach Programme with presentations from a
number of people including Fr Ross Jones SJ, the Rector, Fr
Chris Middleton SJ, the Principal and the viewing of a very,
very special documentary produced by Joe Kiely, a Year 12
student on The Karuna Project that has resulted in the setting
up of an orphanage in Cambodia. The Karuna Project is the
brainchild or more like the response from the heart of Joe
and his family to what they encountered in one of the poorest
villages on the face of this earth. We are inviting all classes,
the boys and the parents to make a small commitment to
alleviating a little of the misery that’s being experienced by
our brothers and sisters near and far and especially put a
smile on the faces of children that have not a great deal
about which to smile.
Mr Martin Lobo
Deputy Principal – Junior School
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Year 6 Canberra Excursion
On 31 May one hundred and twenty-seven Year
6 boys and their teachers excitedly arrived at
Bradfield Park very early to get ready for our threeday
expedition to Canberra.
Matthew Cosgriff and Eliot Stuntz (Year 6) use some of the interactive
exhibitions at Questacon in Canberra
Names on the Roll of Honour at the National War Memorial in Canberra
At approximately 1.00pm we arrived at the National
War Memorial where we visited The Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier, the eternal flame and the exhibitions of the War
Memorial. We then visited the Electoral Education Centre
(EEC) near the Old Parliament House. We learned about the
Australian electoral system and the procedures undertaken
when elections are called. After leaving the EEC, we had
the opportunity to see all the different embassies as we
drove along Embassy Drive.
During our first night in Australia’s Capital Territory we
visited Telstra Tower, on Black Mountain. After watching
Nic Alexandrou (Year 6) dresses as the Clerk of the House of
Representatives at Parliament House
a presentation on the history of Telstra Tower we climbed
the stairs to the highest point in Canberra and enjoyed
the immensely beautiful view. We all headed back to the
comforts and warmth of our hotel.
On our second day we headed to the National Museum
where we saw a remarkable movie of Australia’s past and
saw a lot of Australia’s history. We also enjoyed K-Space,
a programme on a computer, which allows you to create
your own space station or space ship. We later had an
opportunity to see these as a short 3-D movie.
At the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), we saw the
different training facilities that are offered by the AIS. Our
next stop was the High Court of Australia where tour guides
explained some interesting facts about the process and the
history of the three courts. Next on the itinerary was some
free time at Regatta Point on the banks of Lake Burly Griffin.
Here we had the chance to see a life sized model of the
city and movie on the history of Canberra.
Back at the motel we had another delicious meal before
going to the National Dinosaur Museum of Australia. There
we learned numerous interesting facts about dinosaurs and
saw a variety of life- sized models. It was an interesting
experience filled with facts on the habits and habitats of
the dinosaurs.
Our final day in Canberra involved a visit to Parliament
House. There we had a tour of the Senate and the House
of Representatives. After that we had an educational visit
were we were allocated as members of the government
and opposition and we tried to pass laws. This was really
enjoyable and it was a great honour for us to be able to sit
in the parliamentary chamber.
Our last destination was Questicon, the National
Science Museum. We were given lunch and were allowed
to walk around in small groups. There were some very cool
rides, experiments and exhibits. At 2.00pm we were then
ready to leave Canberra and we started on the long ride
home. We arrived back at the College at 7.00pm and
greeted our parents. We couldn’t wait to tell them of our
adventures in Canberra!
Matthew Sindone and Louis Pointing (Year 6.4)
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Year 6 Art of Speech 2006
Each year our boys compete in a range of Public
Speaking Competitions such as the Year 6 North
Shore Historical Society Art of Speech Competition.
The Junior School Art of Speech finals were held in The
Bellarmino. Our theme this year was based on “People of
Eminence and Greatness in our Society”.
Breznik, Patrick Finnegan, Daniel Verschuer, William Scott
and Max Messenger, and their facilitator is Miss Leighanna
Miles (5.4 Teacher).
In the Maths Engineering Group are Ned Latham, Jean-
Luc Vrisakis, Tim Wheatley, Elliot Miller, Max Sherlock,
Declan Creek and Tim Spooner, and their facilitator is
Mr David Hegarty (5.2 Teacher). The boys selected in
the Social Science Group are Tim Humphreys, Matthew
Jepson, Tim Manion, Billy Hade, Joshua O’Toole, Conor
O’Mara and Harrison Boudakin, and their facilitator is Mr
James Lister (SAC 1997 and 4.1 Teacher).
The students will compete on Sunday 27 August at
the Regional Finals at the University of Western Sydney,
Macarthur Campus. We wish them all the best and hope
they make it to National Finals.
Ms Leighanna Miles
Fr Middleton SJ with some of the Year 6 finalists in the Junior School
Art of Speech Competition.
What is eminence? How is it attained? How is it
received in society? What is the measure of being famous?
What does it mean to be successful? Is achievement the
fulfilment of one’s gifts? How were they men and women
for others? These were all questions the boys had to answer
in their speech.
Thanks to Mr Lobo, Fr Middleton SJ, Jonny Garlington
(Gap Student) and Max Brady (Year 12) who were on our
Panel of Judges. Well done to the following finalists who
were outstanding and congratulations to our overall winner
Anthony Slaven (Year 6) who spoke movingly and whose
speech was based on Sir William Wallace.
Mr Joe El-Khoury
Debating Master
Tournament of the Minds 2006
Tournament of the Minds is once again starting. This is
a competition where the students are asked to present
a solution to a long term problem which they work
on over the six weeks. They are also given a spontaneous
problem on the day which requires them to present a
solution within a few minutes of hearing the problem. In the
Junior School we have three teams participating this year
in the divisions of Language Literature, Maths Engineering,
and Social Science.
Congratulations to the talented group of boys who have
been selected from Years 5 and 6 to participate in the three
teams. The boys who have been selected for Language
Literature are Ben Chapple, Jonathon Parker, Dominik
IGNATIAN VOLUNTEERS AUSTRALIA
Ignatian Volunteers go forth in Sydney
Following its launch in Sydney by the Provincial, Fr Mark Raper
SJ, in May, Ignatian Volunteers Australia has attracted numerous
enquiries from people in Sydney.
Committee member Christina James who, together with
Noelene Chandler and Ailsa Gillett OAM, have been meeting
with those interested, reports over twenty volunteers have
chosen areas for placement. “The response has been surprising”
Christina said. “I do not think any of the Pathfinding Committee
expected such an immediate uptake. The appeal of sharing with
the poor, together with the opportunity of participating in Jesuit
led Ignatian spirituality, have been the two key motivators.”
Placements for volunteers of all ages have been made with
the aged, refugees, homeless, prisoners, Aboriginal children and
in schools. “Although small, our operation is already making a
positive impact on people’s lives”, said Christian and “anyone
interested in seeking more information should simply email me
on kandcjames@bigpond.com. People who are already working
with the poor are welcome to become Ignatian volunteers.”
The first Ignatian gathering for volunteers and for those who
may be interested will be held at the Jesuit Church of St Canice’s
28 Roslyn St Elizabeth Bay on Tuesday 3, October 2006 from
10.30 am to 2 pm.
Mr Paul Tallentire
Chair
Sydney IVA Pathfinding Committee
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Fr Middleton SJ celebrates Mass on the roof of the College for the Year 6 Leadership Day
Year 6 Leadership Day
On Tuesday 9 May, Year 6 gathered together to
discuss and learn what leadership means in our
life. Our Activities planned on the day revolved
around the themes such as: Acceptance of Others, The
Masks We Wear and Bullying and Leadership Qualities.
The day began with a very special liturgy that was held on
the fourth floor of the College overlooking the harbour and
it was led by Fr Chris Middleton SJ, our Principal.
Afterwards, we went down to The Great Hall to
introduce ourselves to the Catholic Youth Services Team
and to the Year 12 Prefects who were going to lead the
day. The day involved getting to know each other through
games and fun activities. One of our sessions was about
accepting others and we were shown a clip from the movie
Shrek, and what our teachers and the CYS team were
trying to do was to make us understand that accepting
others is important.
We were also shown a small role-play on bullying and
how it can really affect others, which introduced us to our
next topic of wearing masks. The speeches and experiences
that the Year 12 boys shared with us really helped us to see
that we all wear different masks with different people and
that we should just be ourselves and that people will like us
for who we are.
Overall, the day was excellent and a great experience.
It really allowed us to meet new friends and to help us
realise that we are all leaders in the school and that we
must lead by good example.
Sam McGraw and Matt Jepson (Year 6.4)
Year 6 boys under the Harbour Bridge
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Junior School Sport Round Up
In what has been the wettest winter in recent years, winter
sport has been a mixed bag this last Term with some
great results in football, both in our JSHAA Competition
and in our first entry at the NSW Futsal Indoor Soccer
Championships. In cross country we excelled with the largest
number of boys making it to JSHAA level. The success in
football is mirrored by the success in rugby on their latest
trip ‘north of the border’ on the Annual Queensland Rugby
Tour where the Prep 1st XV accompany the 16As and the
First XV. Not only did the boys come away with their first
win but the friendships and bonds that were made between
the boys from all the teams carries on far beyond the end of
the Rugby season. Special mention must also be made of
the parents who week in and week out of the winter season
have contributed in so many ways to make the season
possible. From parent managers to linesmen in rugby and
to so many parents giving their time to assist in carnivals we
are very grateful. Special thanks to Mr John Hayes (father
of Gianluca 4.2) who has managed the 10b football team
this season beyond what was expected of the role.
Grant Jansson (Year 6) leads the pack
out with sixty-seven boys competing in the finals of shot
put in both the junior and senior age groups. These boys
were selected after competing in the heats which were
held during Term I PE classes. With a full programme of
events for most of the participating shot putters, it didn’t stop
Olivier Wetzlar (Year 5) from Campion House recording a
Athletics
Athletics went from strength to strength in a day where we
were extremely fortunate with the weather. The day started
Robert Joannides (Year 5)
massive throw of 11.21metres in the under 10s age group
which is a new College record. Olivier now holds both the
Under 10 and Under 9 College records.
Jerome Abeleda and Ollie Masters (Year 6) with Mr Martin Lobo
and the Junior School Athletics Trophy
Southwell House supporters!
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Well done to all boys on a day where the easy option
would have been not to participate or just to run in events
where they are comfortable. Throughout the day I saw boys
participating in events which are not their forte but did this
to assist the team.
Futsal State Championships Runners Up
In Term II we entered two teams to compete in the NSW
Regional Futsal Competition held at Dural. Futsal is a
version of Indoor Football (soccer). Participation in this
indoor tournament was a first for the College. Under 12s
were made up of ten players from the Prep 1st XI while the
under 11s came from 11As. We did exceedingly well with
our 12As going all the way to the final and winning the
regional championship.
L to R: Front row - Max Von Deventer, Ollie Masters, Grant Jansson, Chris
Anderson, Mitchell Arnold. Back row - Callum Pendleton (Year 11) coach,
Tom Craven, Scott Munray, Ben Crumpton, Declan McCarthy.
For the ten very excited boys making the State Finals
after winning the Regional Finals was an achievement in
itself. Heading to Penrith Indoor Stadium to take on all the
other regional winners for a place to go to Nationals was
a big task but one that the team and their coach Callum
Pendleton (Year 11) were happy to take on. With the
inclusion of Tom Goh (Year 6) and the continued support
from Mrs Jansson (food and beverage coordinator) the
boys played their first three pool games winning two from
three but managed to make the quarter finals. After some
initial nervous play the boys settled down to their regular
game and defeated a very tall Fig Tree Public School by
two goals. In the semi finals, it was all nerves from the
St Aloysius’ supporters as we got up by one goal over
Marsden Road Public School with Grant Jansson (Year 6)
scoring two excellent goals.
With the final about to start there were nerves all round.
Callum Pendleton settled the boys and spoke about the task
ahead and what each boy needed to concentrate on. Our
first goal came late in the second half to give us a lead
of 1-0 but as luck would have it St Andrews responded
with a goal with only seconds on the clock remaining.
Into five minutes of overtime and many attempts by both
schools saw a deadlock with the only option being penalty
shootout where despite our best efforts we went down 4-3.
In what was a great experience for the boys and a great
achievement for the school as runners up we now head to
Nationals later in the Term where we can hopefully repeat
our efforts at the State Finals and move up one ranking to
overall winners.
Mr Trevor Dunne
Sportsmaster
Junior Jesuit and Sacred Heart Schools Winter
Carnival
On 8 June boys from St Ignatius’ College Adelaide and
boys from Xavier College Melbourne arrived at St Aloysius’
College and were assigned a buddy for the duration of
the Jesuit and Sacred Heart Junior School Winter Carnival.
The girls from Sacre Coeur Melbourne and the girls from St
Ignatius’ Adelaide stayed with billets from the School of the
Sacred Heart, Kincoppal-Rose Bay.
After we were assigned our billets we each received a
juice and a muffin. Then we got to spend some time with
our billets and just getting to know each other. My billet’s
name was Jonathon Rossi.
That night it was my friend’s billet’s birthday so to
celebrate we all gathered and went to the Gourmet Pizza
Kitchen. The next day, Jonathan and I arrived at school
and all the billets and their hosts went to the Senior School
to look at the view of the city and Harbour Bridge and to
celebrate a mass together. We then walked across the
Bridge.
Our original plan for the day was to go to Manly on the
ferry and get fish and chips but because of the wet weather
we went to Plan B which was to go to AMF bowling and
play a few games.
The next day we were given a free day with our billet
to spend some quality time with them. I took Jonathan out
to breakfast and then we caught a ferry to Circular Quay
to see the Opera House and to meet up with some of our
friends.
On Sunday 11 June we went to Riverview for the
Jesuit and Sacred Heart Junior School Winter Carnival.
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junior school sport
At 9:00am we attended a Mass at the Dalton Chapel.
Following Mass we were scheduled to play football, but
due to wet weather, the match was cancelled so we played
a few games of water polo.
We then played dodge ball, which my team won.
After lunch we competed in a cross-country race and then
watched the movie Chicken Run. Then at 2:30 the carnival
presentations were made and we then farewelled our billets
as they headed home.
On behalf of all the boys I would like to thank Mr Dunne
and Mr Lobo for organising the Annual carnival; it gave all
the students the chance to meet students from other Jesuit
and Sacred Heart Schools and to understand that we are
all members of a very large Jesuit family.
Max Van Deventer (Year 6)
Junior School – 10B Soccer a Parents Perspective
This year the Junior School was able to field three Under
10 football teams, with teams selected over four days of
trials. The 10Bs turned out to be a good mix, with the boys
having a range of experience and lots of enthusiasm.
After a few training sessions with their coach, Mr Henry
Turner (SAC 2005), the boys were ready for their first game
against Sydney Grammar St Ives on 6 May. Naturally, there
was no sign of nerves among the players, while we parents
waited anxiously for the kick-off, all hoping that the boys
would do well and have fun. But we needn’t have worried;
the boys played as a team from the start: dribbling, passing
and tackling with confidence. And we didn’t have long to
wait for the first goal, which was greeted with celebrations
from both boys and parents. The match ended with a
comfortable win for St Aloysius’, providing a great start to
the season.
Following their victory over Sydney Grammar, the team
set about building on their early success with victories over
Sydney Grammar Edgecliff and Cranbrook School before
suffering a last minute 1-0 loss to St Patrick’s College
Strathfield. But this only served to spur the boys on to roll out
two more good wins over Knox Grammar and The Scots
College. So, at the half-way mark the boys have played six
games, won five and (just) lost one – a great effort.
In terms of their individual skills, the boys have generally
improved. But the greatest improvement has been in
developing their team play. After six games, they’re getting
a better idea of positional play (the whole team no longer
swarms around the ball) and are starting to develop a sense
for where other players are.
Every boy gets a game each Saturday, with frequent
substitutions so that no one has to sit out a match. At the
start of the season this also gave the boys a chance to
try out different positions and find out where they best fit
into the team. We have a strong attacking line-up with
Sam Adams (Year 4), Alex Giersz (Year 5 – who played
the six games with an arm in plaster!) and Chris Jammal
(Year 4). They are supported by a hardworking midfield
comprising Gianluca Hayes (Year 4), Lorenzo Benitez (Year
4), Dominic Giannini (Year 5), Hugh O’Donnell (Year 4)
and Hugo Vlachos (Year 4), who have been learning how
to cover in defence and to bring the ball forward to feed
their strikers. Equally crucial to the team’s success has been
the defending combination of Ben Fong (Year 5), Michael
Garnon (Year 5) and Joe Kendrick-Smith (Year 4), who,
together with Joshua Heddle (Year 4) in goal, have only
conceded one goal so far.
In closing, I’d like to say that being involved with the
team has been a really rewarding experience. As a new
parent to St Aloysius’ College, it’s allowed me to share
more closely in my son’s school life. It’s also made me
appreciate the effort that is put into the sports activities by
everyone at St Aloysius’ College including the staff, the
coaches, the parents and the boys.
Mr John Hayes (Father of Gianluca 4.2)
Team Manager
Cross Country Report
On 17 March (the Feast of St Patrick) I participated in
the College Cross Country Carnival. The race involved
a run across the Harbour Bridge and through the Royal
Botanical Gardens finishing near the Sydney Opera House,
all up about three kilometres. The boys who raced were
mainly from Year 5, with a few lads from Year 6 also
participating.
Membars of the Junior School Cross Country Team
The top ten placegetters were selected for the College
team to run at the JSHAA Cross Country Carnival held
at The Kings School on 1 April. There were about one
hundred and fifty boys in my race and I was feeling very
nervous before I was about to run. The course was around
their school and past their farming areas where I saw cows
and sheep. I ended up coming fifth in the race and was
happy with my result.
The first fifteen boys from the JSHAA Cross Country
Championships made up the JSHAA team who ran on 6
June at the Eastern Creek Raceway in the CIS Cross Country
Championships. The day of the race it was pouring with
rain and I for one didn’t want to get out of bed! But when
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we got out to Penrith, it wasn’t raining. My race was one of
the last ones, but I got to watch the older St Aloysius’ boys
running in their races which was great. Then I prepared for
my big race. My muscles were beginning to tense up and
I was getting very nervous, but as soon as the starter’s gun
went off I ran my heart out and left all those nerves behind
me. The top six runners plus two reserves were selected to
compete at the State Championships. Sadly I missed on
selection for the State team by one place.
I very much like Cross Country. The training regime
every morning with its runs across the Harbour Bridge with
the Senior School boys is one of the highlights of this great
sport. It is my ambition to be selected for the State Team in
2007 and I am already in training to achieve my goal.
Robert Joannides (Year 5)
Queensland Rugby Development Tour Report
On Sunday 9 July nineteen boys from the Prep 1st XV Rugby
Team joined forty boys from the Senior School at Sydney
Airport for the annual rugby pilgrimage to Brisbane.
After a good flight we touched down in Brisbane at
around 8.30am. The boys quickly changed into their
training gear for a session at St Laurence’s College and
some expert coaching from the 1st XV. After lunch it was
back to the hotel where the boys had time to explore, swim,
and go to the gym or just rest in their rooms.
Monday dawned and after the boys had prepared
their own breakfast, we were on the train to St Patrick’s
Shorncliffe for the first game of the tour.
The team started slowly which allowed St Patrick’s to
dominate the first half and score two tries and a goal for a
12-0 lead. In the second half, after some encouraging tips
from the 1st XV, St Aloysius’ started to grow in confidence
and began to run the ball. Jim Morrison (Year 6) had
a great game at scrum half and was supported in the
forwards by Will Hughes (Year 6). Although we lost the
match, it was an encouraging sign.
Wednesday was game day against Anglican Church
Grammar School (Churchie). With a brief warm up with
Mr Dunne and some encouragement from the 1st XV, the
boys ran onto the field determined to score the first try. After
five minutes Harrison Williams (Year 6) scored after some
excellent forward work. The boys celebrated like they just
won the grand final.
Churchie hit straight back with a blindside move from
the scrum and took a 7 – 5 lead. Jim Morrison, full of
confidence from the game against St Patrick’s scored a try
under the post, which was converted by Harrison Williams
and the score was 12 – 7 at half time.
St Aloysius’ defended well in the second half and every
time Churchie got into our half the boys were able to steal
the ball and defuse the attack. Alex Perkins (Year 6) was full
of running, leaving defenders clutching in his wake and the
forwards all worked well in defence. Churchie were held
try less in the second half and the team won the match.
The Tour proved to be a fantastic experience for all the
boys, something they will look back on with a lot of fond
memories in the years to come. Thank you to all the boys,
who played really well in both games and it was great to
see a number of parents come to Brisbane to support the
team.
Mr Paul Van der Meer
Prep First XV Coach
Junior School Swimming Report
In mid June of this year, two students from the Junior
School, Matthew Jepson (Year 6) and Olivier Wetzlar
(Year 5) represented NSW at the National Swimming
Titles at Homebush.
Olivier competed in two events: his speciality, the 50m
breaststroke in which he came seventh in the final and as
a member of the NSW 200m 10 age medley in which
NSW came fourth. Matthew had an exhausting week in
which he claimed two gold medals, two silver and three
bronze medals. The result, of which he is most proud,
was his win in the 200 IM in which he beat his personal
best time by two seconds. He also achieved gold in the
12years 4 x 50m freestyle relay. NSW has won this 4 x
50m freestyle three years in a row. His silver medals came
in the 12 yr medley relay and the 100m backstroke. His
three bronzes came in the 100m fly, which was a PB, the
all age relay and the 200m freestyle. Congratulations are
extended to both Olivier and Matthew for their dedication
to training and competing at the highest level.
Mrs Caroline Byrne
MIC Junior School Swimming
Visitor to the College
Br Roland Francart SJ teaches geography and religion at
the College of St-Michel in Brussels. In addition, he heads a
Jesuit ministry which produces multilingual religious comics!
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Footy Legends
On 9 May, St Aloysius’ College was given the
opportunity to see one of its Old Boys present his
first major film. A group of thirty students mingled
with celebrities and sponsors for the preview screening of
Khoa Do’s (SAC 1996) film, Footy Legends.
Being a first experience on the red carpet for Khoa
Do and his brother Anh (SAC 1994), the nerves weren’t
apparent. Many students got the chance of meeting both
of the brothers as well as ‘The Falcon’ former Rugby League
player, Mario Fenech. The experience also provided a
motivation, that anyone can do anything, if they put the
effort in.
Footy Legends is not a film purely about football. With
the main synopsis based around football, the film shows
an emotional approach to its audience, which wasn’t
expected, especially as the film is billed as a comedy.
Unashamedly, it is a very positive film.
The themes of friendship, family and mateship all meet
through the main central theme of the film, ambition.
Khoa Do, the Director and Writer of Footy Legends, is
a proud and loyal Old Boy of the College. Since leaving
the College in 1996, Khoa Do has proved to be a true
‘man for others’, working extensively with troubled youth in
Western Sydney. In 2005 he was named the Young
Australian of the Year. His talent for writing
and directing is evident in this film. The film
techniques that Khoa has used in Footy
Legends, such as the flash backs and
the camera shots, boost the films plot
to be one that can be very emotional
at times, even for fifteen year old
teenage boys.
Based around Luc Vu’s (Anh Do) relationship with his
eleven year old sister Anne, who he has total care for, due
to his mother’s early death, Luc Vu tackles the obstacle of
being unemployed. Being threatened by welfare agencies
who want to remove Anne from his care, Luc sets upon
a mission of finding a job. Luc comes up with the idea
of entering a football competition to win a ute with his
six mates, which will ultimately keep his family and life
together. Luc is challenged throughout the film of being
a failure, destroying his unorthodox family and his own
disappointment of winning a championship that he has
fought so hard for.
Set in the western suburbs of Sydney, many locations
can be recognised, with the Harbour Bridge set in the
background and the stories of Luc playing football at
“Brady.” The film incorporates a great set of morals and
beliefs that will surely give this film great reviews. Its great
storyline, accompanied with its superb directing and acting,
has all combined to make one legend of a film.
The film stars Claudia Karvan and Peter Phelps as well
as cameos from such former rugby league stars as Brett
Kenny, Brad Clyde, Cliff Lyons and Matthew Johns.
I would encourage everyone to see the film and support
this fine Aloysian.
Footy Legends world premiere was held in Sydney on
25 July, attended by a number of Old Boys and
Classmates of Anh and Khoa. The film opens at
cinemas across Australia in August.
Jake Dimarco (Year 10)
Khoa Do (SAC 1996) relaxing after the launch of his film, Footy Legends
Photo by Robert Pearce, courtesy of The Sydney Morning Herald
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Philippines Immersion Programme
During the three weeks of holidays between Terms II
and III, whilst many boys were relaxing and enjoying
a well-deserved rest, Fr Ross Jones SJ, Mr Joe El-
Khoury and eleven “immersionists” from Year 11 embarked
on an intense journey to the Philippines. Not only was it
an opportunity to experience a culture thoroughly different
to their own, but more importantly it was a chance to
see a different side to the world as they knew it, a world
where many are lucky to find one meal per day, lucky to
have a roof over their heads and a blanket, let alone a
bed. Ultimately, the experience was about finding God
in situations of hardship like these, serving to learn and
learning to serve.
The three weeks were divided into four distinctly
different experiences, the first major one being housebuilding
in Bagong Silang. Part of the Gawad Kalinga
(“giving care”) house-building project, Australia Village had
been home to about three hundred families of squatters.
However as part of GK’s aim to build seven hundred
thousand houses in seven years, many are now living in
such houses. We arrived as complete strangers to help
on three different houses that were at varying stages of
construction. Instantly upon arrival the immense generosity
and hospitality of the people in the community, who had
so little to give, was there for all of us to see. We worked
through hot and humid weather with the locals guiding us
and building with us, and during breaks we would return to
our sleeping/eating area to find a feast by any standards,
freshly cooked and waiting for us. During our time there,
we noticed the tangible impact of our services embodied
in the houses themselves. Although there were numerous
occasions when we could not work, eg when it rained
and when a particular national hero’s boxing match was
on, we managed to contribute a substantial amount to the
houses during the five days we were there. There were no
backhoes or jackhammers, simply the bare minimum – tools
such as spades and picks. However more important than
Tim, Jack and Troy with new-found friends
the houses themselves was the incredible role we enjoyed
in the lives of those from the community, especially the
children. It became daily ritual, after work had finished
for the day, for the eleven of us to walk outside and find
about fifty screaming kids waiting to play and spend time
with us. And yet despite the obviously huge influence we
seemed to have over their lives, the most amazing thing
for all eleven of us was how much the children taught us
about ourselves, more than we could have ever hoped for
or possibly imagined.
White warriors in the Cordilleras
To further our experience, we went to the large city
jail in Muntinlupa, where we spent four days visiting and
getting to know the inmates. On the first two days, we
attended the juvenile prison, housing twenty or so inmates
between the ages of 17 and 22. While playing many
games of chess, basketball and ping-pong, we were
able to develop close relationships with these young men.
However while participating in these fun activities and
developing friendships, we slowly learnt of the sad and
unfortunate existence these boys had experienced before
coming to prison. On the last day in the juvenile prison,
the prisoners shared the stories of their past life. We had
made friendships with these inmates and when told of their
histories, found it hard to believe that these people, our
friends, were murderers, thieves and other such men, who
are so often given such negative connotations that society
forgets they are actual people. People in need of love and
hope. After seeing the remorse these inmates showed,
we learnt how harshly these people have been treated,
often leaving them alienated from society and set aside as
outcasts. By visiting the prison, I think we brought a sense
of hope to the inmates. We showed them that people do
still care, that there is value to their life, and that in a couple
of years, when they are released there is hope for a better
existence.
Overall, the immersion program to the Philippines was
an experience that the boys will not likely forget. Not only
did we learn about the Filipino culture, but most importantly,
we learnt a great deal about ourselves. The friendships,
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generosity and hospitality shown to us was incredible and
really made true one of the tour’s mottos “no one is too poor
they cannot share, no one is too rich they cannot care.”
We learnt to appreciate the fortunate lives we Australians
live, realising the hardships many people must encounter,
day in-day out, particularly in the Philippines. Although our
trip was short, what we have learnt will stay with us for a
long time, changing the way we think, act and what we
say and do.
Learning to serve – serving to learn.
Alex Duncan and Jacques McElhone (Year 11)
JESUIT REFUGEE SERVICE
2006 MELBOURNE CUP LUNCHEON
Dockside, Darling Harbour
November 7 at 12 noon
Gather friends to enjoy this spectacular day at the races.
Sweeps, prizes, pink champagne, luncheon and racing
fun. Proceeds will support the JRS humanitarian works in
70 countries.
Cost $95 per person
Enquiries/bookings
Roberta Pavey: rpavey@hotkey.net.au
Ailsa Gillett: ailsa.gillett@staloysius.nsw.edu.au
in that long process of Jesuit formation. The setting itself was
significant, because by joining the Prison Ministry with the
Aloysian boys who went on the Programme, the two areas
of ministry and service that Fr Ross has been dedicated to,
came together to celebrate this momentous occasion. Mr
El-Khoury and all the Aloysius’ boys would like to offer their
congratulations to Fr Ross, and thank him for sharing such
an important part of his life with them.
Jacques McElhone (Year 11)
Fr Ross Jones SJ takes his final vows in the Prison Chapel
Father Jones SJ Takes Final Vows
The recent Philippines Immersion Programme was a
truly life-changing experience for all who undertook
it. Yet what made it all the more special was the
opportunity to witness Fr Ross Jones SJ take his final vows.
In the middle of the Maximum Security Prison, in a packed
church filled with Priests, Nuns and other members of the
Jesuit Prison Ministry, a beautiful choir and hundreds of
prisoners alike, we joined Fr Ross as he took the final step
The Year 11 boys together with Fr Jones and Mr El-Khoury after the Mass
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National Mooting Winners
On Friday 28 July 2006 the St Aloysius’ College
Mooting team consisting of James Johnston, Harry
Grace and Edwin Nelson (all Year 12) took to
the air and flew with Mrs O’Shea, their Mentor, to the
Gold Coast for the Finals of the Bond University’s National
Mooting Competition. The team had already qualified by
eliminating Knox Grammar School in the semi-finals on an
employment and vicarious liability issue.
Mooting began in the sixteenth century at the Inns of
Court in London and was the means by which law students
earned the right to eat with barristers. They would be given
a hypothetical ‘case’ and be expected to argue it with
eloquence and insight before their legal ‘masters’ at supper
time – the better their performance the better their meal!
With slightly different motives, our boys excelled throughout
the competition.
The topic for the Final, which was contested between the
top twenty of one hundred and thirty-eight schools, was on
the legal issues of the terms and conditions of employment,
vicarious liability and non delegable duty. This was a case
in Negligence and St Aloysius’ College was acting for
the Defendant, Halfway to Heaven Pty Ltd Nursing Home
which was being sued by the Executor of the Estate of one
Maisy Dotage (a demented elderly client who was under
the care of one of the workers for the nursing home). It was
alleged that our worker, who we had subcontracted after
serial complaints from relatives over the state of cleanliness
of clients, had defrauded Maisy Dotage of the sum of
$450,000 through the unauthorised use of her ATM card
and cheque book account. It was alleged that the Home
owed a duty to protect not only the physical and mental
well being of its clients but a duty for the economic loss so
incurred.
On Saturday 29 July 2006 at Bond University the
St Aloysius’ College team competed against All Saints
Grammar School. They proved to be formidable Appellants
and impressed us by their preparation and meticulous eye
for procedural accuracy. Our team performed extremely
well and responded with accuracy and alacrity to the
many and diverse questions fired at them by the Bench.
After this, the team was required to wait till 3.45pm for the
announcement of the two Grand Finalist teams chosen to
argue their case for the Grand Final.
All of the competitors assembled at 3.45pm promptly at
the Bond University Main Hall for the announcement of the
two teams chosen for the Grand Final. We were delighted
to be announced as one of the two Grand Finalists. They
were told to be ready to re present in sixty minutes. The
Appellant Grand Finalists were Somerset House, a school
renowned in Queensland for its overall excellence.
Bond University Library staff were wonderfully supportive
and in lightning fast time organised study rooms and
re photocopied the submissions for the Bench and the
Appellants. After scrutinising the evidence, affirming their
faith, the St Aloysius’ College team returned to the Main
Hall to contest the Grand Final before all of the assembled
contestants and mentors.
The Grand Final trial proved to be riveting, spine chilling
and intense. The questions from the Bench were firing
fast and furiously from the Bench and our boys cleverly
and accurately answered all of the questions. They also
learnt to pause and respond with a certain degree of care
and circumspection, showing that they were highly able
to adapt quickly to extremely stressful and intellectually
rigorous conditions. Harry Grace was a superb speaker,
carefully reducing the issues of quite a complex nature to
deceptively simple statements.
Somerset House proved to be past masters at procedural
presentation and presented a convincing argument on why
the Appellate Court erred in its prior judgments.
After the nail biting presentations for the Grand Final
were completed, the Bench retired and deliberated for the
next thirty minutes. After what felt like an eternity the Bench
returned and the Professorial Master of Bond University
Mooting announced the Grand Finalist winners for 2006
as St Aloysius’ College and the best advocate as Harrison
Grace. Then followed the formal presentations of the
medals, shields and the cheque for the College. As in the
tradition of a great moot, the assembled then joined the
masses for a celebratory formal dinner which was greatly
enjoyed by all.
For our boys to have had such a degree of success
in such an intellectually tough and rigorous arena is a
feat of which we can be truly proud, it was a significant
achievement. To all who assisted in training, skill, time and
sheer forbearance, thank you!
Nothing of this scale is ever achieved without the
contributions of the many and in no small part the
contributions of the many assured the boys’ victory. I would
especially like to thank Mr Gaeglar the Team Advisor and
Ms Lane the Team Coach for their generous input of both
time and skill. The complexity of the issues that had to be
argued and the simplicity and clarity with which the boys
presented their case was outstanding and reflective of
excellent preparation.
This year, with one hundred and thirty-eight schools
from around Australia competing, it was clearly evident
that schools are now placing considerable emphasis upon
advocacy and speaking skills generally, all of which have
always been a time honoured tradition and hallmark of an
education at St Aloysius’ College.
Ms Carolyn O’Shea
Mooting Master
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St Vincent de Paul Night Patrol
As part of the St Aloysius’ College St Vincent de Paul
Society’s work, the boys take part in Buddies Days
and Night Patrols regularly throughout the year.
Groups of boys from the Society volunteer to give up their
free time to take part in, and often organise these activities.
The boys give up their school afternoons, weekends and
holidays to receive only the reward of satisfaction and
accomplishment in knowing that they are helping those less
fortunate than ourselves in the community.
The St Aloysius’ group takes charge of the Night Patrol
van one Friday every month to go out to Martin Place and
back parts of St Mary’s Cathedral to supply food and
drinks to the homeless in these areas. The van leaves from
Chatswood at 7:15pm and arrives back there around
10:00 - 10:30pm depending on how many customers we
have and how much stock we have in the van. The patrol
is undertaken by two members of staff and two or three
boys.
I decided to join the Society after doing my service for
the Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award with my local St Vincent
de Paul store. After enjoying the work I did there I decided
I would like to stay associated with the Society but be more
involved with the less fortunate side of the community. I have
since been on about five night patrols since I joined the
group halfway through Year 10.
I have not had a similar experience on any of the Night
Patrols I have been on, in the sense that I have met different
people every time (there are the regulars but, on the whole,
the faces change every time), which means different stories
and recounts of many interesting lives and creative tales of
how they would like their lives to be as well as numerous
reasons for why they have ended up on the streets.
I have met people who were my age and people
who should be in a nursing home except they have no
family and no money to look after themselves and so
were forced to live on the streets. I have met people
who were spending their first few nights on the street and
found out about the van through another homeless person
they may have met or by someone who took them under
their wing to learn the ropes of living on the street, and
I have met people who have been living on the streets
for more than twenty years. I have met perfectly sane
and fairly bright people who after loosing their job fell
into depression and by the time they recovered it was to
late and they were forced on the street, and I have met
people who have lost their minds or are handicapped
and have no support.
The one thing that has been the same on every trip I
have been on, even though the faces are always changing,
is the respect between the homeless for each other and
for us (the Night Patrol volunteers). Not once have I had
to face anything but polite and extremely grateful people.
They treat us with respect and gratitude and not one person
I have met has treated me as though I was some private
St Vincent de Paul Night Patrol Team
school kid out to do this because I have to or because I feel
bad for them and decided I should do something to help.
If we have to leave earlier than usual they don’t moan and
complain – they just simply say good-bye and understand
we have our reasons.
I have also always been amazed at the kindness and
generosity they show among themselves in that barely
any of them are greedy and the more experienced ones
will always decline the food first until the new arrivals on
the street have eaten, before modestly taking some for
themselves. They never fight amongst themselves over food
or drink and no one ever seems willing to accept the last
biscuit or muesli bar.
I have found my experiences on Night Patrol not to be
life-changing experiences but rather eye-openers to another
world that I would never have noticed or payed attention
to if I had not joined the Society and participated in these
activities. I have been able to hear the tales of once regular
citizens living with family or in a house of their own with a
normal job only through some tragedy or unfortunate event,
had ended up living on the street, some with their escape
plans and some it seems who are just content with spending
their remaining years on the streets. I have experienced
the gratitude of strangers and been respected by people I
have never met. I have seen a world within the one which
I see myself living in, where fully grown men live off coffee,
biscuits and sugar and where one’s most prized possession
is a sleeping bag or thick blanket. I have seen a way of life
where one's nightly activities involve moving from location
to location to meet up with food vans and to find a place
to sleep.
I have truly enjoyed participating in the Patrols and
will continue to, until my time at the College ends and I
encourage anyone who is sixteen or older to come and
experience it for themselves.
Alexander Godbold (Year 11)
Vice President
SAC St Vincent de Paul Society
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Accidental Death of an Anarchist
In early February of 2006, the revolution finally came. A
group of Year 11 students, lead by the ever-innovative
director Mrs Heidi Quinn and maniacal lead actor
Kurt Menzies, began rehearsing for what would become
possibly the greatest Aloysian venture into anarchic political
comedy. The cast was primarily made up of boys who last
saw the stage (Jesus Christ Superstar aside) in the highly
successful 2005 production, The Love of Three Oranges.
They began their work on the genius playwright Dario Fo’s
Accidental Death of an Anarchist. The cast was chosen
on their ability to fit into the over-the-top, cartoon-like
flamboyant characters created by Fo in order to generate
comedy, and eventually raise social awareness.
The story is set in Milan in the late 1960s, following
the bombing of a railway station and the subsequent
interrogation of the innocent suspect – an anarchist. During
the interrogation, the anarchist fell out of the fourth floor
window of the police headquarters – thus ending his life
upon the pavement below. Was it suicide? Was it murder?
Or was it simply accidental? The events of the play itself
occur several weeks later, when a maniac (Kurt Menzies)
is brought into the headquarters for “histrionic mania” and
impersonation. He takes the identity of a high court judge,
and reopens the enquiry of the anarchist case. Characters
and personalities from around the headquarters all soon
get involved in a political satire, dealing with police force
corruption, that sends audiences into hysterics, while also
keeping a somewhat black subtext.
Characters also included the boisterous Superintendent
(Simon Lobascher), fragile Inspector Pissani (Tom Malek), the
ever-elusive constables (Luke Maurel and Henry Newton),
bomb-tech Inspector Giovanni (Michael Larcher), angerprone
Inspector Bertozzo (Oliver Sullivan) and democratic
journalist Martin Feletti (Michael de Waal).
Anarchist ran over two nights, 20 and 21 May, 2006.
It was overall a huge success for the cast, half of whom
were on stage for at least seventy-five percent of the show.
Thanks most go to Mrs Quinn for being such a wonderful
director yet again, stage crew, costuming, the girls at 3 Arts
Makeup, and of course the “pre-historic genius” himself,
Dario Fo.
students commented on the need for organisation skills to
produce the movie to a final product. Publication via the
web enables students to take pride in their work, as well as
display it to their parents at home or relatives overseas.
Mrs Marie Taylor
Head of Technology
Helicopter
On Thursday 28 April, a new air conditioning unit
was lifted into place on the roof of the Kircher
Library in the Senior School. Rather than block off
Kirribilli Avenue for most of the day and hire a large crane
to lift the unit into place, the College sought the services of
a commercial helicopter to do the job.
The Kawasaki HX117 removed the old unit and lifted
the new system into place without any effort, thus minimising
the disruption to the narrow streets of Kirribilli.
Michael de Waal (Year 11)
Year 8 Technology Project
Year 8 recently completed a technology project that
required them to make a movie that would teach a
young child to learn a basic task. This involved doing
a ‘needs analysis’ for the task, and then using complex
software (Macromedia Flash) to create the animated
resource. Each student assessed the work of some peers,
and wrote a detailed self evaluation. The boys found the
task stimulating, producing movies of a high quality that
are published on a web site via the College Intranet. Many
The helicopter descends into the quadrangle
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'Life for Kids'
‘Life for Kids’ continues with great enthusiasm, goodwill
and heart, thanks to our committed volunteers, supporters
and donors.
Jesse De Lisle (Year 11) enjoying a ride on the flying-fox at Life
Adventure Park
Our weekly Saturday breakfasts bring community to
our Aboriginal kids and families whose lives hold neverending
difficulties and despair. Extended activities in
support of education, drama and art classes, sporting
skills programmes (surfboard riding, football, mountain
bike riding, rockclimbing) and big days out to places
like the Life Adventure Park at Kurrajong, Narrabeen Surf
Club and Macquarie Sporting Skills Day have all brought
opportunities to gain confidence and dignity for our ‘kids’
with the wider community.
St Aloysius’ and Riverview boys doing their Faith in
Service programmes in Year 11 with Life for Kids have
created great friendships with our ‘kids’. A number of
the boys in Year 12 and young Old Boys continue to be
involved and we congratulate Shaun Lambert (Year 12)
for his great achievement in attaining his Gold Duke of
Edinburgh Award, his community segment of the Award
being fulfilled with Life for Kids.
The photos with this article highlight the wonderful spirit
brought by boys doing their Faith in Service. Our young
James Zwar (Year 11) assists Jo-Jo to participate in the Macquarie
Bank Sports Day
Aboriginal boy, Jo Jo, has no movement in his legs – he
came along to the Macquarie Bank Sporting Skills Day at St
Joseph’s College in his wheelchair – thanks to James Zwar
(Year 12), Jo Jo participated in every activity, met with all
the rugby league stars, was given a signed football – and
said he had the best day of his life.
If you’d like to have some involvement in our activities,
please contact me on 9936 5563 (work).
Mrs Ailsa Gillett OAM
Luke Swithenbank (Year 11) shows off his skipping talents at the
regular Saturday Breakfasts in Redfern.
St Aloysius' and Riverview boys preparing a BBQ breakfast in Redfern
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Inspection Report
Non-Government schools are required to obtain
approval from the Board of Studies (BOS) to be
registered as a school and accredited to award
the School Certificate and Higher School Certificate.
St Aloysius’ was last inspected for Registration and
Accreditation in 2000. That Registration expired in 2006.
Thus like one hundred and forty other schools this
year, we had to prepare documentation for the BOS and
undergo a two-day inspection on May 23 and 24. Six
BOS Inspectors came to the College, inspected the site,
reviewed the College’s policies and procedures, examined
teaching programmes and assessment schedules and
surveyed samples of students work from all subjects across
Years 3 - 12.
I am pleased to report that we met all mandatory
requirements and have been granted Certificates of
Registration and Accreditation for a further five years, the
maximum length that is now granted.
In many ways the Inspection process was a valuable
experience for the teaching and learning enterprise at the
College. It gave the impetus to thoroughly review all our
Michael Rogan puts the final touches to the material for the Board
of Studies Inspectors.
teaching programmes. Given the significant changes to all
syllabi since 2000 this was a worthwhile exercise.
While the process is designed largely to ensure
compliance with legislation and BOS syllabi thus responding
to “accountability” concerns of the government, there were
numerous wider benefits for the College. These benefits
include:
revision of all teaching programmes;
introduction of common assessment programmes for
Years 7 – 9;
improved processes for teachers (and students) to
review the effectiveness of programmes;
improving the Mandatory Technology programme in
Years 7 and 8;
greater emphasis on quality feedback to students; and
revision, streamline and collation of all College policies
and procedures.
Preparation for Inspection involved a good deal of work
especially by Mrs Caroline Byrne in the Junior School and
Heads of Department in the Senior School. I would like to
thank them for the many hours of work they undertook in
revising teaching programmes, coordinating student work
samples and encouraging their colleagues. They have
played a key role in not only enabling St Aloysius’ to
comply with mandatory requirements, but to improve the
educational opportunities for all our students.
Mr Neville Williams
Director of Curriculum
Some of the material presented to the Inspectors.
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Year 10 Visit to St Edmunds School
On Thursday 22 June, a selected group of Year 10
students set off on a train to Wahroonga Station,
to visit St Edmunds College, a school for visually
disabled children run by the Christian Bothers. When we
arrived we were greeted by one of the schools employees.
She began with an introduction informing us on what to
expect from children with disabilities. She then gave us the
opportunity to experience what it is like to have a visual
impairment and experience the troubles in society, by
providing us with a blind fold and cane. We then walked
from the railway station to the school. This proved to be a
difficult task, noticing how important sight is, as well as the
need for help from others. Most boys thoroughly enjoyed
this new experience.
Throughout the day we learnt what it was like to have a
disability, with the College placing an emphasis on being
blind. We were shown how to use brail and this showed us
how difficult a simple task like reading can be to a visually
impaired person. We also participated in blind sport in
their gymnasium such as blind cricket and handball. Both of
these activities were much enjoyed by the boys.
We were then given the rare opportunity to get to know
these children through playing well known games like Uno
and Monopoly. This personal one-on-one experience with
the children was a truly powerful and emotional time for us.
The students enjoyed interacting with us greatly, some even
showing off with their special talents.
After this day we reflected on the rare experience we
were allowed to be part of. For many of the boys, this was
a day they will never forget. We began to truly understand
the lives of people, and especially children with these
disabilities. Thank you to Miss Moran for providing this
unique experience.
Peter Bardos and Jake Dimarco (Year 10)
Debating
Congratulations to Harry Grace, Tom Haremza, James
Johnston, Nic Sunderland (all Year 12), Lachlan
Umbers, Jacques McElhone and Matt Martorana
(all Year 11) on perhaps the finest set of debating results
in recent years. In Term II, the First III brought home the Fr
Charles McDonald SJ Cup in our annual ‘friendly’ against
St Ignatius’ College, Riverview and the following night won
a place in the ISDA Grandfinal, beating Trinity Grammar
School. In the adjacent room our Senior B team had a
victory over Riverview in the seconds’ section of the ISDA.
The ISDA competition is open to all Independent schools
and so includes CAS and GPS representatives and many
more. To reach the grandfinals is an amazing achievement
and for both our Senior teams to have reached this position
at their respective levels, is a feat of which the College
can be truly proud. The teams’ coaches, Aaron Rathmell
(SAC 2001) and Nik Kirby (SAC 2001) also deserve our
sincerest thanks and congratulations for their significant
contributions.
Debating and Public Speaking at the College are
indeed in a very healthy state. We have regular successes
in both the Senior and Junior School competitions and
more boys than ever are seeking to become involved in
the programme at the College. Testimony to the health of
debating at the College is the selection of Harry Grace
(Year 12) not only as a member of the NSW Schools
Debating Team, but his selection as the Team Captain. The
Team competed in the National Competition in Darwin and
ended the Competition as runners up after going down to
Queensland in the final. An outstanding effort from our State
Team and some impressive speaking from Harry.
Mr Mark Norton
Debating Master
World Youth Day 2008
The Ignatian World Youth
Day Programme, Magis,
is in its formative stages
with Ed Shuttleworth taking up
the full-time Chief Executive
role in September.
Ed was born and raised
in India but was educated in
England. He is a Chartered
Accountant and came to
Australia ten years ago
with considerable financial
experience having worked in
senior management teams.
Ed Shuttleworth
His role will be to form the Magis programme, which
will bring together young people from around the world at
World Youth Day in Sydney 2008.
World Youth Day will be held over a two week period in
July 2008, but Ed says it’s important to focus their attention
on the long term, not just that two week time frame.
“World Youth Day provides an opportunity to expose a
large number of people to an experience that is an entry
point into a longer journey and not simply another one-off
experience without concrete connections” he says.
Ed will be supported by Jenni Winters who has
recently been appointed Formation Director for the Ignatian
Programme. One of her tasks is to form the experiences
or ‘experiments’ that young people will be involved with
around World Youth Day. She will also assemble a team
of volunteers and group leaders to be involved across the
different states.
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The JRS Winter Solstice Ball
There is a great paradox attached to the annual Jesuit
Refugee Service (JRS) Winter Solstice Ball. While it’s
the social event of the year – “the party-to-end-allparties”
(to borrow the words from one of this year’s guests)
– the night focuses on remembering the 30 million refugees
and forcibly displaced people living in tragic poverty.
Lachlan Rose (SAC 1998) and Tara Huier
Andrew Bangura (SAC 1998) and friend at the JRS Ball
But young people – many of whom are Old Boys of St
Aloysius’ – come back year after year not just to see old
friends and hit the dance floor. They return knowing the
answer to human misery is action, not despair. For the three
hundred and seventy people who came to this year’s JRS
Ball, at Darling Harbour on Saturday 1 July, it is not a matter
of whether we want to be involved in the ethical challenges
of global poverty and the plight of refugees. Rather, we
leave with a deep sense of questioning what the depth of
our own contribution will be.
All of us know simply being at the JRS Winter Solstice
Ball is contributing, less through the thousands of dollars
raised, and more through seeing the measure of our worth
in the wider context of international justice and humanity.
Our Master of Ceremonies, renowned comedian Julian
Morrow (SAC 1991), humored us, while reminding us the
night was about pausing to reflect on those whose lives
are a daily struggle at the same time acknowledging the
splendid work of JRS spanning twenty-six years.
The head of the JRS Australia, Fr David Holdcroft SJ,
kept us informed of current projects. All of us were moved
watching snapshots from throughout the world of JRS
Derek Allan (SAC 1998) and Josh Brock (SAC 1998)
volunteers at work, fulfilling a mission to accompany, serve
and defend the rights of refugees and forcibly displaced
people. We took great delight too in seeing the completed
houses in Indonesia’s tsunami-devastated province of Aceh,
built from the money raised from last year’s JRS Ball.
Helping us consciously recognise that each refugee and
asylum seeker is not just a mere statistic – but a fellow human
being – was this year’s Guest of Honour, 2005 Young
Australian of the Year, Khoa Do (SAC 1996). He was just
two years old when he arrived in Australia as a refugee and
Khoa’s closing words touched us all to the core:
“The past few years have taught me that while I’ve had
some difficulties in my life, there are always others who
have had even more difficult lives. And no matter how hard
our lives are, even if we’re broke, unemployed and poor
as anything – life is still wonderful. And one reason it’s wonderful
is because we live in a country that has, at its heart,
incredible generosity and compassion among its people.
I have experienced and have been the recipient of this
generosity and compassion. This has put me in a position
to help out those less fortunate than myself. I believe all of
us here have the opportunity to help out those less fortunate
than us, to give them a chance, and to give them a voice.
I believe that within all of us, is incredible potential, for we
live in a country where anything is possible. If a former
refugee with no shoes can be Young Australian of the Year,
then anything is possible. It’s possible because of the quality
of soul that’s within all of us”
Khoa’s story reminds us that refugees, who may for a
time appear weak, are, in the long term, the strength of
our nation. Moreover, he also forces us to recognise the
overwhelming imperative that all the millions of refugees
and asylum seekers be saved, and be given lives worth
living. The JRS Winter Solstice Ball can hardly be claimed
as a ‘big victory’ in helping alleviate the human misery of
refugees, but we know that simply engaging in the struggle
is itself worth doing. And bringing that struggle to an end
is not impossible. It requires a global revolution in thinking
and practice, particularly in affluent countries like Australia.
The challenge is not an easy one. But those of us attending
the JRS Ball each year know it can be achieved, and know
what a real party that would be!
Daniel Street
JRS Winter Solstice Ball Committee
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A Jesuit Scholastic
Friday, 4 August 2006,
2.30pm and I have just
returned to my desk this
afternoon having had what
is known at St Aloysius’ as
an ‘extra’ – in other words,
I took a class for a teacher
who was absent for the day
on an in-service programme.
The class was Year 9
Religious Education and the
Tom Reimer SJ
students were investigating
Buddhism and Judaism. I’m
sure that at one time or another over the last six months I
have passed all the members of the class in the corridors
or stairwells, or during play-ground duty or in bus lines.
Some of them I knew already; but in the case of others, I
was putting names to faces for the first time. For the period
immediately after lunch on a Friday afternoon, they worked
quite well. I wandered around the classroom, making sure
that at least some of the set work was being completed,
and this gave me an opportunity to chat for a few minutes
with the students, to hear about their plans for the weekend,
to learn about their sporting teams and other co-curricular
activities and share the occasional joke.
My experience at St Aloysius’ this year has been
overwhelmingly positive, but I think this aspect – the
interaction with students in the classroom and in the other
activities in which they are occupied – has been the most
rewarding. There is something special about the student
body at St Aloysius’ – they are friendly, generous in their
relations, neither too familiar with nor too distant from the
adult members of the Aloysian Family. They are alive to the
many blessings of the world and of the lives we have been
given, while also sensitive to the suffering they see around
them, and sometimes experience.
I am a bit of an oddity for the students, and it is a
favourite (if genuine) classroom diversion for them to quiz
me about how it is possible for me to be a Jesuit while not
being a priest. I joined the Jesuits in 2001, eight years
after leaving school. I am Sydney born and bred. My early
schooling took place first at Mosman Public School and
then at the Marist Primary School beside the Sacred Heart
Church at Mosman.
In 1986 I started at Riverview, a fact I have assiduously
(if unsuccessfully) tried to conceal from my students this
year! There were probably around seven or eight Jesuits on
staff at Riverview during those years, and, like some of my
current St Aloysius’ students, we were perplexed by those
who were clearly and identifiably Jesuits without being
priests. We soon learned that technically these people
were referred to as Scholastics – Jesuits in training for the
priesthood who spent a number of years working in one
of the Jesuit ministries. Over my time at Riverview we were
blessed by the presence of five or six of these scholastics.
Some left the Society; others are now priests working in a
great variety of ministries. I had inklings of a vocation to
the Society while at school; I vividly remember an address
given by the then headmaster, Fr Greg O’Kelly SJ, to Year
11 students in which he encouraged us not to dismiss
without consideration the possibility of religious life or the
priesthood. But Year 12 has its own dynamic, and the
necessity of getting through the HSC examinations quickly
pushed the idea of a vocation from my head.
I had no real ideas about what I wanted to do after
school, and I nominated law as one of the preferences with
the Universities Admissions Centre without any belief that I
would get sufficient results to be offered a place. (I should
point out here that I was deeply lazy at school until half
way through Year 11.) As luck would have it, I managed to
avoid all the questions in the HSC examinations for which
I had done no preparation, and much to my surprise I was
offered a place at the University of Sydney’s law school as
part of a combined Arts/Law programme.
I never had an ambition to be a lawyer but almost despite
myself I found that I enjoyed the studies, and so I completed
degrees in Law and in Arts (majoring in mediaeval history). I
had some diverse experiences during my time as a solicitor
– I spent eighteen months at a city law firm representing a
fast-food chain in some commercial litigation, and I was
lucky enough to spend a year as the legal researcher for a
Justice of the New South Wales Supreme Court. The judge
for whom I worked heard a number of serious criminal
matters and criminal appeal cases, and all the assumptions
I had made about criminality and the sorts of people who
committed crimes were demolished by that experience. In
so many cases what had started as a simple argument
quickly and unexpectedly got out of hand and led to a
death or a serious injury.
While I was studying and working, the idea of a
vocation continued to lurk at the back of my mind. I was not
a particularly pious or religious person – I went to mass of
a weekend, and when I was based at the Supreme Court
I would occasionally make it to Saint Mary’s Cathedral for
the lunchtime mass, but that was about as good as it got.
I remember thinking that I could quite happily continue to
work as a lawyer in some form and live a very fulfilled
life – but there remained a sense that I was looking for
something more. For a long while it was hard to articulate
what that ‘more’ might be, but I sensed that somehow the
answer lay firstly in a deeper and more intimate experience
of the presence of the Lord in my life. I started going for
lengthy walks during the lunch hour, after work and on
weekends as I tried to think the issue through. And then
one day, as I was walking at lunch time around Bennelong
Point and into the Botanical Gardens, I was overcome with
what I can only describe as a sense of deep peace and
contentment associated with the idea of the religious life.
That night I wrote to a Jesuit priest whom I knew, and soon
I was in contact with the Jesuit vocations promoter.
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I met with this Jesuit for the next twelve months, learning
about the Society of Jesus, Ignatian spirituality and the
sort of work in which the members of the Society were
engaged. I felt a resonance with the Society’s insistence
on the promotion of justice as a necessary condition of the
service of faith, and I was very much drawn to the Ignatian
focus on experiencing the reality of Jesus – that is, on the
personal, intimate encounter with the living God.
There were, of course, ups and downs during the course
of that twelve months. Often enough I would wake up of
a morning and ask myself what on earth I thought I was
doing. But towards the end of the year I could honestly
say that I felt deeply drawn to religious life in the Society
of Jesus, and I joined the Society in February of 2001.
The first two years of life within the Society of Jesus is
known as the Noviceship. It is a period firstly of spiritual
formation – of exposure to Ignatian and Jesuit spirituality
and prayer – but it also gives newcomers an opportunity
to see the Society of Jesus up close. About half of the
Noviceship period is spent directly experiencing the
work of the Society. During my time, my fellow novices
and I spent time at a hospice for alcoholic men; we
lived for two months in a remote Aboriginal community
in Western Australia; we worked in Jesuit schools; and
we undertook various forms of pastoral work. At the
end of the two year period (in February of 2003), we
took our first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience,
formally became members of the Society of Jesus and
took on the title of scholastics. We moved to Melbourne
to undertake the first three years of theological and
philosophical studies at the Jesuit Theological College in
Parkville. And now we have been let loose on the world
in our first sustained period of pastoral activity. In a few
years we will return to Melbourne for a second period
of theological studies and then, God willing, we will be
ordained to the Priesthood. It’s easy – already Jesuits, but
not yet priests!
I am immensely grateful for the chance to be at St
Aloysius’ College and to have, once again, the opportunity
to meet and to get to know a wonderful group of people
– students, teachers, staff, coaches, parents, Old Boys and
friends. It is, for me, such a privilege to be able to have the
chance to accompany others on this part of their pilgrimage
to the Father. People often ask me whether life as a religious
is harsh or onerous; and I am delighted to be able to say,
quite honestly, that for me it is a life of enormous privilege.
Every day is an experience of grace and of the presence of
the Lord with us, sharing our joys and our sufferings. There
has, of course, been the usual range of ups and downs
over the six years since I joined the Society. A wise Jesuit
said to me early in the piece that a vocation is something
that one must choose each and every day, and I have
discovered the wisdom of these words. Because there is so
much at St Aloysius’ to be thankful for, it makes that daily
choice somehow easier.
Nick Lavan (Year 10) in ‘pilot mode’ at Bankstown Airport
This is Your Captain!
Nick Lavan (Year 10) is learning to fly and now has
over seventeen hours of flying under his belt. In
the recent school holidays, Nick took his first solo
flight. Nick is using his flying training to meet the skills
development requirements for the Duke of Edinburgh Award
which he is undertaking at the College.
Jonny Garlington, Ollie Pell and Fergus McKeagney the 2006-2007
Gap Students at the College
New Gap Students
The College warmly welcomes Ollie Pell, Fergus
McKeagney and Jonny Garlington as Gap Students
at the College 2006 - 2007. The lads arrived at the
College in July and will work throughout the College for the
next twelve months. Fergus is from our brother Jesuit School,
Clongowes Wood College in Ireland, Jonny hails from
our brother Jesuit School, Stonyhurst College in northern
England and Ollie is from Rugby School in the English
Midlands.
Tom Riemer SJ
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drama
This year the Year 11 Drama class performed two full
length plays in the Miguel Pro Playhouse.
dominated the stage when called for with considerable
enthusiasm – a very impressive performance.
Of the ten boys in the cast, five had not done Drama
before and the commitment from most of them made
the production a joy to experience in rehearsals. Jack
Macauley, Antonio Martin, Tom Rolfe and Vincent Stokes
played a number of various characters that the lads meet
along the way with creative flair and humour. Old hands
Frank Esparagga, Nick O’Sullivan and Rocco Pirrello, who
made considerable impact in Year 8 with their production
of Lockie Leonard; Human Torpedo, filled in admirably
the rest of the zany characters that are encountered along
the way.
Frank Esparagga, Renata Dare (PLC Sydney), Nick de Lorenzo, Toby
Johnstone and Vincent Stokes (all Year 11)
Passing Places is a contemporary coming-of-age play
written by young Scottish playwright Stephen Greenhorn.
Originally written to be a movie script, Stephen re-wrote it
as a ‘road movie’ for the stage. It follows the story of two
young men who set out on a journey to avoid loosing their
kneecaps after they cross a local Glasgow gangster. The
two lads leave the working class suburb of Motherwell after
they steal a prized surfboard from the shop where one of
them, Alex, is abused by his boss, the gangster Binks – very
brave move indeed. Alex is accompanied by his best mate,
Brian, a philosophical teen who likes books. They ‘borrow’
Brian’s brother’s old Lada and drive to Thurso, the surfing
capital of Scotland, in search of T.L.C. and someone to buy
the board and free them from their worries.
Nick de Lorenzo and Toby Johnstone played the two
lads with great commitment, truth and audience appeal,
demonstrating their natural flair and command of the stage.
They kept the play moving along with excellent timing
and humour. Morgan Ferrier, a newcomer to Aloys Drama
played the psychopathic Binks with tremendous vitality and
Jack McAuley, Toby Johnstone and Nick de Lorenzo (all Year 11)
Frank Esparagga and Morgan Ferrier (Year 11)
The cast were helped out by two Year 11 Drama
students from PLC Sydney. Renata Dare successfully took
on the very demanding job of playing the third lead
and romantic interest Mirren, while Gabrielle McGrath
made a wonderful contribution to the collection of minor
characters.
The cast did a great job of overcoming the troubles of
learning lines, gathering props, and painting the car bodies
used in the play. A special tribute needs to go to Mr Simon
Turner who created not one, but two great Lada cars for
the set.
This was a brilliant play from Stephen Greenhorn and
was expertly directed by Mr Peter Gough, without whom
the production would not have run as smoothly as it did. Ms
Jacqui Field worked with the vocal projection and accents,
Adam Pasfield (Year 10) was a very competent Stage
Manager and the crew did a great job under pressure with
over thirty scene changes to manage. Passing Places was
a great play to work on and was thoroughly enjoyed by
all the cast.
Rocco Pirrello (Year 11)
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Gerroa Scriptwriters Camp
It is easy to see why the Gerroa Scriptwriters Camp
continues as an integral part of the St Aloysius’ Drama
calendar. The free-flowing style of the camp gives
scriptwriters and film makers alike the ability to plan, write,
workshop and discuss their individual works with one
another. It gives students who attend the opportunity to ‘get
away from it all’ and be able to focus solely on their works.
The location of this camp is the main reason why the camp
works so well. The camp is held at Gerroa, a sleepy
beach town on the South Coast of New South Wales. The
accommodation itself, Jesuit Villa House is a Jesuit owned
property and is literally a two minute walk from Seven Mile
Beach which the house also overlooks.
Tom Rolfe (Year 11), Michael Larcher (Year 11), Luke Maurel (Year
11) and Mr Malcolm Frawley shooting a video
Jack McAuley (Year 11 and Frank Esparraga (Year 11) fine tune their scripts.
The camp is also staffed with Timothy Daly who assists
the scriptwriters and Malcolm Frawley who assists the film
makers. Each is a well known and highly sought after
man in his respective field. Timothy Daly’s play Beach: A
Theatrical Fantasia went to stage at the Parade Theatre on
the 22 June, this year.
Nick O’Sullivan (Year 11), Bill Sunderland (Year 10) and Kurt Menzies
(Year 11) working on scripts.
My time spent at Gerroa developing my play, Old
Friends to the Rescue gave me the insight and Timothy
gave me the direction I needed to be one of the eight
selected plays in this year’s Young Dramatist’s Page to
Stage Competition. Each selected play is assigned a
professional director to help students touch-up and direct
the play during rehearsal in order to prepare the play
for their performances later in the year. I was assigned
Lisa Peers to direct my production. After all the finalists
had been told their plays had been selected we were all
invited to meet with the other script writers and directors
at North Sydney Council Chambers.
After brief introductions we then got the opportunity to
do a ‘cold reading’ of each of the plays as a group; then
a brief discussion would follow at the end. Overall the
commentary from all the directors was that it needed a few
amendments but nothing too major needed to be done.
The beauty of the way the Page to Stage Competition
operates is that even if directors have things they would like
to change in your script, the script writer always maintains
the executive decision. However, you obviously cannot be
too precious about your work.
The next step was the casting of my play which was
done by my director, (I could not be present due to the
Cadet Unit Passing out Parade). I am yet to meet the cast
members of my production but my director is very happy with
them and on that note I’d invite all dramatists at St Aloysius’
to audition for roles in next year’s productions. Over the
next few weeks I added these touch ups so my play was
ready to be published by Currency Press by the due date
of 10 July.
The future of my production? I hope to attend rehearsals
and see the final production on 3 and 4 September at the
Ensemble Theatre in Sydney.
Frank Esparraga (Year 11)
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senior school sport
Members of the College Snowsports Team at Perisher Valley
Snowsports Camp and Interschool
Championships 2006
During the recent school holidays forty boys from St
Aloysius’ College from Years 5 through to Year 12
attended the annual Snowsports Training Camp
conducted at Perisher Blue from 6 to 9 July.
While snow and weather conditions had an impact on
the quality of training available, the boys, particularly those
involved in race training for the Interschools Championships
conducted the following week, worked hard on honing
their skills in the various disciplines in which they compete.
A great time was enjoyed by all and I would like to
particularly thank the teaching staff that assisted throughout
the camp, Ms Marianne Busuttil from the Junior School, Mr
John Frare and Mr Gary O’Neill from the Senior School.
As far as the racing in the Interschool Championships
which followed the camp, all boys skied extremely well,
especially the boys who were first timers at racing.
The Year 7 boys competed in the Alpine Event in
miserable conditions and the Year 10 boys had the
experience of competing at night in both Alpine and
Snowboarding as races were rescheduled to Front Valley
at Perisher as there was insufficient snow to open the usual
race courses.
Due to lack of snow the cross country races were
cancelled and the Year 12 boys have been invited to
compete at the State Championships in August. The
Boardercross and Skiercross events for the older boys were
also cancelled with teams able to compete at the State
Championships. The skiers (Baden Hunt Year 10, Matthew
Cowle Year 10, Ben Sweeney Year 10, James Boyd Year
9 and Chris Hewitt Year 10) and boarders (Nick Cooper
Year 10, Jeremy Gooden Year 10 and Alistair Hunt Year
10) are all planning to compete in these events.
Most importantly the boys and their parents all seemed
to have a good time skiing together and cheering their
fellow Aloysians in their races.
The highlight of the week was the performance of the
Year 10 boys.
Ben Sweeney, Baden Hunt and Matthew Cowle won
their Moguls event with Ben gaining third place individually.
This is a great result as each of the boys had one of their
best performances ever in this event. At this level, they are
competing against boys who are training with the Australian
Development Team (and are based in the snow full time) so
for our boys, who take their other school commitments so
seriously, it is a fantastic performance.
These three then teamed with James Boyd (Year 9) and
came third in the Alpine event. James Boyd was the second
fastest boy in this event (by less than a second over 2 runs). In
addition Baden won the award for the fastest skier who has
not held a racers licence (most of the top skiers at this level
are members of either Thredbo or Perisher Race Clubs and
ski most weekends – James is the only boy in our team who
does this). In addition Baden, Ben and James had competed
in the Redlands Cup and missed third place by 0.7 sec over
the combined time of their six runs down the hill.
Year 10 Boarders
Nick, Jeremy and Alistair were ninth in their first race and
at night.
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Year 7 Boys
Daniel Boyd, Daniel Siew, James Kingston and Luke Hewitt
were placed tenth in Alpine with Andrew Mowbray
also skiing. Daniel Boyd was our fastest competitor and
was placed eleventh. In Skiercross Daniel Boyd, Daniel
Siew and James Kingston came eighth. The other team
Andrew Mowbray, Angus Knoblanche and Luke Hewitt
did not complete the course. Daniel Boyd was third
fastest boy in this event and has been invited to the state
championships.
Junior School
Our little ones had a fun time skiing with each other and the
parents and trying the beat the ever increasing lift queues!
In Alpine the Year 5 team of Mason Yates, Zachary
Sweeney, Tim Spooner and Sean Harris came eighth in
the Alpine event. As first time competitors they skied well
and overcame the first time nerves. Max Baume skied as
an individual and came thirty-third. Max, Zachary thirteenth
and Mason Yates fifteenth, are planning next year’s event.
In Skiercross Mason, Zachary and Sean were also
placed eighth. Max was placed twenty-fifth individually.
William Boyd (Year 4) skied by himself in the youngest age
group. His individual results were twenty-sixth in Skiercross
and seventeenth in Alpine.
All in all the team performed remarkably well given the
conditions and limited preparation. Particular thanks go to
the Blue and Gold army of parents on hand to support their
boys and the team in at times miserable conditions.
I have no doubt a parent’s love is truly tested standing at
the bottom of the slopes at night in sub-zero temperatures!
We wish those competing at the State Championships in
August all the very best. A very special thankyou goes to
Mrs Joanne Pastega and Mrs Dominique Cowle for the
impeccable organisation of the Snowsports Camp, and
their enthusiastic management of the St Aloysius’ Race
Team during the race week. None of this would have been
possible without their help and support.
Mr Michael Rogan
MIC Snowsports
and best senior students from all sports. George is a quiet
achiever always ready to help his fellow students.
George has also equally applied himself to his studies,
where he is achieving great success in all his subjects.
Mr Michael Cronin
PDHPE Staff
From the Weights Room
George Bullen (Year 12) - A success story in
Self Motivation and Training
George Bullen (Year 12) commenced working out in
the Weights Room at the beginning of 2004. His
training every morning in the weights room got him
well prepared to play Rugby and was chosen to play in
the First XV in 2005, coming from the 16Bs the previous
year, an enormous achievement. He continued to improve
in playing and skill levels in 2006, again representing the
College in the First XV.
He continued his rigorous training programme into
2006 achieving No 1 Ranking out of seventy four boys in
the Cardio Plyometric Fitness Programme against the fittest
George Bullen (Year 12) in action
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jesfest 2006
Mosaic of St Aloysius' donated
by The College to the new Chapel
of the Holy Name at St Ignatius'
College, Adelaide
Celebrations are
being held across
the world during
2006 to mark the 500th
anniversary of the birth
of St Francis Xavier and
St Peter Fabre, (two of
the first companions of St
Ignatius) and of course the
450th Anniversary of the
death of Ignatius. Early
in 2005 my colleague
the Director of Music
at St Ignatius’ College,
Adelaide Mr Ian Gale
suggested that the four
Jesuit Colleges in Australia
might mark this special
year with a convocation of
student musicians. What
more fitting way it was
reasoned for us to signify this anniversary year than to hold
a second Jesfest? (The first Jesfest was held in Adelaide on
the occasion of the Sesquicentenary of the Australian Jesuit
Province). It seemed appropriate that the student musicians
from the four colleges get together on another significant
anniversary for the Jesuits in Australia.
Preparations
During the following months the Directors of Music
from the four Australian Jesuit Colleges Ian Gale (SIC
Athelstone), Greg Carey (Xavier College Melbourne),
Dev Gopalasamy (SIC Riverview) and myself met regularly
(and exchanged an endless stream of emails) in order to
plan for the event.
The statistics were daunting
Four Jesuit Colleges from across Australia and their
respective music staffs to be accommodated
Three hundred young musicians, boys and girls ages
ranging from nine years to eighteen years to be
accommodated with billeting families
Air and land transport for everyone
Two hundred host families at St Ignatius’ College
Athelstone and Norwood campuses
A Combined festival Mass with massed choir and brass
to be arranged
Three major concerts featuring all musicians to be
planned
Six hundred hamburgers to be cooked at Sevenhill
Cellars
A Chinese meal for four hundred in Chinatown Adelaide
Twelve hundred other meals to be prepared by
volunteer parents
The Combined Jesuit Schools Choir at Adelaide Town Hall
A combined choir of one hundred and sixty boys and
girls to be constructed ‘remotely’
A Concert band of one hundred and twenty to be
constructed ‘remotely’
Symphony orchestra of one hundred and forty to be
constructed ‘remotely’
Repertoire to be chosen and rehearsed independently
for these combined ensembles
Final dress rehearsals of all large ensembles in
simultaneous venues to be organised on arrival in
Athelstone
All to be put together with minimal rehearsal time
The event was to be hosted once again by the
students, staff and
parents of St Ignatius’
College Athelstone in
Adelaide from Thursday
to Sunday 11 – 14
May and despite the
daunting statistics it
proved a great success
at all levels. It is indeed
amazing what people
of like minds and spirit
can achieve.
The two major focal
points of Jesfest 2006
were the Festival Mass
in the recently completed
and very beautiful
chapel at St Ignatius’
College Athelstone and
The Combined Jesuit Schools Choir
at Adelaide Town Hall with soloist,
Harrison Collins (Year 7).
the Gala Festival Concert held in the grandeur of the lovely
Adelaide Town Hall on the final evening of the festival.
With such large numbers of students it was decided at the
outset that each college would provide one or two featured
music ensembles which could perform in their own right in
the concert and in addition would contribute to a number
of large combined ensembles.
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concert was held in the beautiful St Aloysius’ Chapel. It
was just one of those events which all who were present
will always remember – the atmospheric chapel, a chilly
evening, falling twilight and stunning performances from our
talented boys and girls from across Australia. Wonderful!
Zipoli Choir perform at Sevenhill
St Aloysius’ College was represented by the Zipoli
Choir of thirty five boys from Year 5, 6 and 7 whose
performances proved a highlight of the concert programs
and the equally spectacular rock band Spindrift comprised
of Year 10 students Liam Gibson, Tom Trevaskis, James Flint
and James Daly. A number of other senior musicians (total
of fifty-three students in all) represented the College and
participated with great merit in the combined ensembles of
choir, concert band and symphony orchestra.
The Zipoli Choir perform at the Adelaide Town Hall
The Festival concert held in the Adelaide Town Hall on
Saturday evening was also a most memorable and moving
musical experience for students and audience alike.
Following a late night and then a very early Sunday start
all returned home safely to a welcome Mother’s Day lunch
and afternoon nap! My thanks to our Jesfest participating
students and the staff Mrs Eleanor Koh (Music Administrator),
Mr Peter Kneeshaw AM (Organist and Accompanist), Mr
Philip Chu (Orchestral Manager), Mr Scott Hardgrove (Tour
Manager) and Mrs Narelle Hissey (Zipoli Choir Director)
for their untiring efforts in helping to realise the dream of
Jesfest 2006 and for their many, many lost hours of sleep.
Mr Michael Hissey
Director of Music
Combined Choir in chapel
Following a stunningly beautiful Festival Mass celebrated
by the Headmaster of St Ignatius’ College Adelaide, Fr
Greg O’Kelly SJ AM, which tested the acoustics of the new
chapel to their limit; on the late afternoon of Friday May
12 a fleet of coaches descended on the magnificent and
historic Sevenhill winery just outside the town of Clare,
three hours from Adelaide. Set amongst autumnal vineyards
this beautiful chapel (the birthplace of the Australian Jesuit
tradition) proved a perfect environment for a lovely informal
concert. Following a BBQ meal for the multitudes, a twilight
Members of the Jesfest touring party
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SAC-SBS combined concert
The College Choir performing with the SBS Youth Orchestra in The Boys Chapel at the College
A Story of Musical Collaboration and
Two Monumental Musical Works
On Sunday 28th May 2006 the College Music
Department and a large contingent of our community
combined forces with the magnificent SBS Radio
and Television Youth Orchestra to present a public concert
held in the Chapel and Great Hall.
Conducted by Mr Matthew Krel Director of the SBS
Orchestra, the concert featured two vastly contrasting major
works performed in two venues: The glorious Coronation
setting of the Mass by W A Mozart presented in the
College Chapel was followed in the Great Hall by the
monumental Symphony Number 7 Leningrad by Dimitri
Shostakovich.
A total of over two hundred and fifty young musicians
took part in this concert. The College Choir, Chamber
Choir, Zipoli Choir and Junior School Choir all contributed
as well as the St Mary’s Cathedral Singers augmented
by a large number of chorister parents and community
supporters. The soloists in the Coronation Mass were Ms
Catherine De Luca of the St Mary’s Singers (soprano),
Jonathan Chan (Year 7) (alto), Mr Philip Chu St Aloysius’
College Orchestral Director (tenor) and Mr Andrew
Quniane St Aloysius’ College Senior Music Teacher and
Year 9 Coordinator (baritone).
The SBS Orchestra for the Leningrad Symphony was
comprised of one hundred and fifteen superb young
players which numbered in its ranks a current student
(trombonist Jesse De Lisle Year 11) and Old Boys, violist
Dominic Meagher (SAC 2003) and violinist Victor Wu
(SAC 2003).
This was indeed an afternoon of memorable music
making by the Aloysian Family and a great experience for
those boys who took part in such a memorable and highly
successful event.
Mr Michael Hissey
Director of Music
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gap student news
Gap Student Reflection
Jerome Doraisamy (SAC 2005) has just returned from the
remote regions of Vanuatu, where he undertook a fivemonth
GAP placement doing volunteer teaching in a high
school. The following is a reflection of his time and feelings
on being home.
Jerome Doraisamy (SAC 2005) with students from the school he
worked at in Vanuatu
Having been in the Third World for five months, I
have found re-adjustment hard, even though people
do not seem to have changed much. For the first
week back, the amount of cars, lights and people was
overwhelming, not to mention the cold. But it has thrown
new light on my thoughts and reflections of Vanuatu, and
how I feel about my life.
Having lived in poverty for so long, I have had to consider
‘what am I myself poor in?’ I am not sure if there is anything
in which I consider, or considered, myself ‘poor’. Perhaps a
different way to look at it is what am I too ‘rich’ in. Here I can
think of a number of things where I am, in a sense, spoiled.
Paama Island, in thirty square kilometers, has a grand total of
four televisions and eleven telephones. My house in Sydney
consists of two TVs and ten home and mobile telephones.
Comparing the two lifestyles, we have (seemingly) too much
material possession. It does not seem like that when we are
here, but reflecting on it when we don’t have it, it certainly
seems that way. So, to answer the question, perhaps we as
a society, not just me, are poor in our knowledge of other
cultures, as those items, which we consider essential, are in
fact just luxury, such as a mobile phone.
This experience has re-shaped my view of the world
insofar as I now have a greater understanding of the third
world. I would not say that I was naïve, but I can now
fully appreciate living conditions of such places, having
lived there myself. I can fully appreciate the difficulties of
such a life, rather than just pass it off every time I see an
advertisement for World Vision. As far as commitments to
the future go, I would like to think that I would be more
conservative with hot water and electricity, but I do not think
that is going to happen. Instead of trying to save what we
have here, I will do the opposite and try to bring a little
bit of our world to them. By this I mean keeping in contact
with the people I care for, providing them with the bare
essentials, such as warm clothes for winter, and education.
The school in which I was placed, over Easter, suspended
all students who had not paid school fees, which consisted
of about sixty percent of the school. Not only did this
meddle with our teaching regimes, but also it eliminated
some of our best students. Michael (the other Gap student
from Britain) and I thought how ridiculous it was to see
bright kids miss out just because their parents cannot afford
to send them to school. Thus, each of us decided to sponsor
one child each, on the basis of their intellect and poverty.
$550 per annum is not a lot for me, but it is definitely going
to help Eva Iman, who tops the Year 7 classes and can now
go to school every day. In that sense this is a new resolve
for me; being able to provide the chance of education,
which perhaps in hindsight, we take for granted.
I am not sure about identifying or naming an experience
of “God’s Spirit” in my life, but some ‘Spirit’ was certainly
alive in the ni-Vanuatu, and in a form that I have never
witnessed in Australia. What I mean by that is life is much
more centered on religion; everyday decisions have more
moral weighting, and the Bible is taken more literally (in
some cases, unbearably literally). However, it can be
argued that God was ‘revealed’ to me in that I was exposed
to a different way in which Christians are supposedly meant
to live. In that thinking, I had a religious experience where
I witnessed a culture so influenced by Bible teachings, so
I was able to get a broader perspective on how religion
affects different people in the world.
When I think back on my time, and what I am missing
most, I think of seemingly trivial things. I remember the smile
of one of my Year 7 girls, I remember sitting on the beach
at night with Michael, I remember listening to the students
singing songs in such beautiful harmony before they go to
bed. Seeing as all of these times involved people, I deduce
that I miss the people included in my experience the most.
That’s not to say that I don’t miss the location. But it is the
people whom I think of first, and it was with them that I was
at my happiest while I was there.
I wanted to do a GAP year that would challenge me.
There are many attractions to a European placement, no
doubt, but I felt that there was a deeper learning to be had
from working in a different culture and with people who
are in some ways marginalised and/or on the edge. The
great thing about my placement is that others got a lot out
of my presence, just as I gained much from being there.
I highly recommend Vanuatu for those who feel up to a
real physical, emotional and psychological challenge. It
involves a lot more than a bamboo hut, rice-based diet
and teaching subjects you learnt two years earlier, but
with the greatest location and people in the world, it’s
well worth it.
Jerome Doraisamy (SAC 2005)
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cadets
The College ANZAC Day service was held in early
Term II on Wednesday 3 May. The Service honoured
the fortieth anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan and
the memory of the only Old Boy to die in the Vietnam War,
Peter Murray (SAC 1965).
The guest speaker at the Service was Jock Murray (SAC
1966 and a Member of the College Council) a retired
Army Officer. Jock also spoke of his grandfather’s service
and the sacrifice that people had made for their nation.
The Catafalque Party in action.
Jock Murray (SAC 1966) speaks at the ANZAC Day Service in
The Boys’ Chapel.
The Catafalque Party form a Guard of Honour in The Boys’ Chapel.
L to R: The College Captain, Andrew Haylen; The Chair of Council,
Eric Goodwin; The Old Boys' President, Scott Tracy (SAC 1982) and the
President of the P & F , Jane Smith lay wreaths in The Boys' Chapel.
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from the registrar
All interviews for prospective students and their
parents for entry to the College in 2007 and for
Year 7, 2008 have now been completed and all
places have now been filled with waitlists for all Year levels.
Over one hundred and forty-five interviews took place over
two weeks during Term II. Scholarships and Bursaries have
also been awarded for students entering Year 7 and Year
11 next year.
Sometimes notice of a student withdrawing is received
late in the year and this creates some movement in our
waitlists. If vacancies become available, we may run a
late entrance examination around November for last minute
applications if necessary.
Orientation Day for new Junior School students and
Year 7, 2007 students starting next year will be held on
Wednesday, 8 November from 8.45am till 1.00pm. Early
in Term IV a package will be sent to all parents of new
2007 students with information on uniforms, books, music,
co curricular choices, travel pass applications as well as
lots of other information about the College.
Entrance examinations for students wishing to enter
Years 3, 4, 5 and 8 to 11, 2008 as well as Year 7,
2009, will be held in March next year. In mid February,
these applicants will be notified of the details of entrance
examination days. Open Day will be held in early March
next year, normally on the first Sunday of March, 12noon
to 3pm. The date will be published on our website later in
the year.
If you would like more information on enrolments,
please contact the Registrar on (02) 9936 5535 or
email: registrar@staloysius.nsw.edu.au. Alternatively, this
information can be accessed on the Admissions page of
our website: www.staloysius.nsw.edu.au
Mrs Anne-Maree McCarthy
Registrar
Reflections on Fr Schneider SJ
The photograph of Fr Schneider on the front page of
the Autumn 2006 Aloysiad brought back memories of
one day in 1966 or 1967 when that unfortunate Jesuit
educator was tasked with taking a class group of thirteen
and fourteen year-olds (of which I was one) to some sort of
Anzac Day or Armistice Day Commemoration event at the
Shrine of Remembrance in Hyde Park, in Sydney.
Perhaps conveniently, I do not recall everything that
happened that day, but I clearly remember the anguish
reflected in the face of Fr Schneider SJ when he arrived at
Milsons Point Station only to see a substantial part of the
group for which he was responsible, perhaps twenty or
thirty boys, leaving on the train for Wynyard and leaving
the other half or thereabouts at Milsons Point Station.
I now understand that losing half your group of students
is a potential disaster for a teacher on a school excursion
– duty of care and all that. Fr Schneider’s anguished look
indicated a concern that he might never again see the
advance party of students. Still, as best as I can recall, our
group did reunite at Wynyard or Town Hall Station, whence
we proceeded to the Cenotaph.
Armed with ice creams and soft drinks (even though
eating in uniform in those days was a reportable offence)
we descended on the Pool of Remembrance where a
number of us noticed there was a considerable amount of
pocket money (from somebody’s pocket, at least) lying at
the bottom of the pool, apparently unclaimed, and, like
abandoned golf balls in a water hazard, fair pickings.
Some undignified reaching into the pool and poking
at coins then took place as students attempted to secure
windfall funding for a ‘thick-shake’ as an added bonus for
the afternoon’s freedom from the classroom.
Fr Schneider was a very kindly and compassionate man
L to R: Ben McCann, Fr Schneider SJ, Tom Stephenson, John Booth and
Joshua Pierre
and although clearly appalled by what he was witnessing,
did not react in anything other than dignified disgust. How
he managed to control himself when all around him was in
chaos I have no idea. Quite frankly, a lesser person would
have justifiably pushed a goodly number of us into the Pool
of Remembrance and held our heads under water until we
were forgotten!
I hope those young blokes in the photo with Fr Schneider
realise what a fine person he is. I think he used to support
Hawthorn in the AFL, so if he is still a supporter, he will need
regular cheering-up.
Please pass on my best wishes and congratulations on
his 60th Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood.
Pete Barr (SAC 1970)
Darwin NT
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from the archives
1906: Student group – note the knickerbockers.
One Hundred Years Ago ...
In the early 1900s, Town and Country Journal entertained
readers on a vast number of topics. Their large photographs
were plentiful and are a researcher’s dream in providing
professional illustrations of people and places of the period.
Town and Country’s issue of 17 October 1906 featured
a double-page spread on St Aloysius’ College, with six
regular-sized photographs and one sweeping panoramic
view of the Harbour taken from the College. A fragile copy
is one of the special treasures in the College Archives.
For my final Aloysiad contribution before I retire, I
can think of nothing better than a selection of these Town
and Country photographs to illustrate the rich variety of
documents, photographs and memorabilia documenting
the College history, all safely preserved in the Archives for
posterity.
1906: The Jesuit Masters – Back row: Rev W Gwynn SJ,
Rev H Cock SJ, Rev L Murphy SJ, Rev J Pfeifer SJ and Rev T McGrath SJ
Front row: Rev C Nulty SJ, Rev T Fay SJ, Rector and Rev C Delaney SJ
I should like to thank the Old Aloysians and their families
for their generous donations of memorabilia and their willing
assistance in my research projects over the past fourteen years.
Best wishes
Mrs Gerri Nicholas
College Archivist
One could hardly let this final Aloysiad contribution
from our Archivist go by without some tribute paid
to Gerri Nicholas.
Gerri’s service at the College for fourteen or so years
has been both generous and professional. In particular,
I have greatly valued and appreciated the help she has
given me personally since I arrived. Whenever I was unsure
of an incident from the past, the contribution made by an
ancient Jesuit or Laymaster, the relationship of this one to
that, then Gerri seemed always to have the answer at once
and at hand.
Gerri Nicholas will be remembered for many things,
but perhaps with most gratitude for writing Men for Others,
the story of those Aloysians who had given their lives
in conflicts from the Boer to the Vietnam Wars. No one
who reads that text or dwells on the photos can remain
untouched. This account picks up the perennial Aloysian
leitmotif of service in the past, and puts it before the present
generation of boys in an inspirational and moving way.It is
a wonderful testament.
Thank you, Gerri, for that gift to us especially, and for
much more. Ad multos annos.
Fr Ross Jones, SJ
Rector
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from the aloysian family
P&F Report
There is no doubt about it, it is difficult to keep up with
the social life of the St Aloysius’ College parents as the
school year has continued at a hectic pace with many
events happening either by way of Class Functions and
Class Masses or informal gatherings and social outings.
The SAC Luncheon Club is now up and running, and
happy to have new members. The groups meet on a regular
basis which can either be at a dinner or lunch. The initiative
was well received as it provides an opportunity for parents
to socialise in smaller groups and catch up on news.
In May the P&F hosted the annual Mothers’ Day Lunch.
As usual it was a lovely day and hopefully the mothers
who attended felt a little bit spoilt. Mrs Ailsa Gillett OAM
was our guest speaker and enthralled the guests with her
amazing achievements particularly her involvement with Life
for Kids.
The traditional Mother and Son Mass was also held in
May. It is evident that we have some very talented boys in
the school, with a few beautifully expressing their feelings
for their mothers in speech and song.
The P&F, together with former parent Mrs Anne Scollon,
organised the annual St Aloysius’ College Card Day.
About twenty six groups of women enjoyed a sumptuous
lunch and tackled the task of playing bridge. New card
players are always welcome to attend.
The second P&F Forum was held in June. Mrs Deirdre
Agnew, the College Careers Adviser, was the guest speaker
and her focus was to address and canvas ideas on how
we as parents can maximise our sons’ career opportunities.
The feedback from the parents who attended was extremely
positive and showed that there is a keen interest in such
relevant topics.
The major P&F event for the year will be the St Aloysius’
Five Star Ball, which will be held at the InterContinental on
Saturday 26 August. The P&F have had an overwhelming
response and within one week after the due date the Ball
was a sell-out. We hope everyone attending has a great
night and sorry to those who unfortunately have missed
out.
Finally, a reminder to the Year 12 parents that the P&F
introduced the ‘Graduation Ring” last year. It is available
from the uniform shop and provides a lasting memory of
your son’s years at St Aloysius’ College.
Mrs Jane Smith
P&F President
News from POPS
On June 4 we had a very happy gathering for our
winter Mass and BBQ. We were delighted to
have four concelebrants at the Mass – Fathers
Bruce SJ, Middleton SJ, Schneider SJ and Smith SJ. It was a
great reunion and all caught up with lots of news from our
previous Headmasters.
Our next function will be the Christmas Cocktail Party on
Sunday 3 December. We really would love to have some
new young members join us. None of last year’s parents
came in June in spite of many enquiries and expressions of
interest.
For those who haven’t caught up on POPS there is
a form on this page for your information which, if you
complete and mail back, will put you on the mailing list.
We are a (deliberately!) non profit organisation – really
just a group of people who like to get together twice a
year to keep in touch with the activities of the College after
our boys have left. We have members from most classes
until 2001. Maybe the younger parents think we are all
geriatrics – some of us are, or will be soon, but we still
enjoy meeting and hearing school news and seeing old
friends.
Hope to see more of you at the Christmas Cocktail Party.
Invitations will be sent to those on the mailing list closer to
the time. If anyone would like to ring around a particular
class, please let me know - 9144 2587 (home)
Mrs Pat Kennedy
POPS Cordinator
Parents of Past Students
Membership Form
Name: ....................................................................................
Name of sons: ........................................................................
Years attended SAC: ..............................................................
Address: .................................................................................
...............................................................................................
Telephone No: .......................................................................
Fax No: ..................................................................................
Email: ....................................................................................
Please complete and return to:
Mrs Pat Kennedy 47 Upper Pitt Street,
Milsons Point NSW 2061 or fax to 02 9929 6414.
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from SACOBU
larger number of homeless people. Nugacity are looking
for a few extra people to help run the shelter so if you have
some spare time and would like to help out, please contact
James Woodward at jameswoodward@mail.com
Your assistance will be greatly appreciated.
Laurie Byrne (SAC 1923) turns 100!!!
The College would like to extend our congratulations to
Laurie Byrne (SAC 1923) who celebrated his 100th
Birthday on 6 April this year. Laurie celebrated the
milestone with a party for family and friends at the College
Oval.
Some of the Class of 2005 at the BBQ
2005 Year 12 BBQ
A
BBQ
was held for the 2005 Year 12 students at
the College Oval on Sunday 23 July 2006. After a
week of rain that saw all Saturday sport cancelled,
we were blessed with a spectacularly sunny day which
made for a very enjoyable afternoon. A game of soccer
or touch football on the very damp College Oval seemed
to heighten the boys’ appetite and thirst. The BBQ is often
the first time the class has an opportunity to get together as
a group since leaving school. As the photo clearly shows,
the boys are not quite as well dressed or groomed as when
they were at school. Special thanks to Kevin Emanuel (SAC
1967) and his band of BBQ helpers for their efforts in
organising the day.
SACOBU Rector’s Fund
It was recently agreed that a new fund be created by
the St Aloysius’ College Old Boys Union to provide
assistance to the families of those students who find it
difficult for their son to participate in a particular College
activity because of their current financial situation. The
SACOBU Rector’s Fund will provide support to any boy
who, in the opinion of the Rector, will benefit from an
activity which he would otherwise not be able to join. The
initiator of the Fund was Michael McCoy (SAC 1963),
who is to be congratulated on his efforts, along with the
Union for their understanding outreach.
Men for Others
The work of a group of SAC 2003 students deserves
a special mention. James Woodward, Tom Borger,
James Harrison and Nicholas Mueller are part of a
group called Nugacity, a team of Aloysius’ Old Boys,
running a shelter for the homeless each week at St Canice’s
in Kings Cross. The parish priest for St Canice’s is Fr Steve
Sinn SJ (SAC Staff 1979 – 1982). Once renovations are
completed, the shelter will be able to accommodate a
Elizabeth Moorehouse and Laurence Byrne (SAC 1958) accept the
birthday cake on behalf of their father
Members of The Gonzaga Society (Old Boys who left
the College more than forty-nine years ago and their wives
and the widows of Old Boys from the period) planned
to surprise Laurie at their Mass and Lunch on 14 June,
but sadly Laurie was unable to attend due to a fall (I am
pleased to advise that Laurie has fully recovered from the
accident and is back in his own home). Cutting the giant
cake on Laurie’s behalf were his daughter Mrs Elizabeth
Moorehouse and his son, Laurence Byrne (SAC 1958).
Congratulations Laurie, we hope that good health
continues to follow you.
Mr Murray Happ (SAC 1985)
Director of Development
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2006 Annual Dinner
The 2006 Annual Dinner was held on Friday 23 June
at North Sydney Leagues Club. The Club proved to
be a popular venue with the younger Old Boys as a
significant number of young Old Boys were in attendance.
Our special guests for the evening included Fr Ross Jones SJ,
Rector of the College, Fr Chris Middleton SJ, Principal of the
College and Fr Geoffrey Schneider SJ who is celebrating
his 60th year as a Jesuit Priest.
Bernie Egan, Quentin Evans and Greg Lambert (SAC 1967)
1997), Paul (SAC 1999), John (SAC 2001) and Anthony
(SAC 2005) all attending.
Paul Haylen (SAC 1978), Dom Haylen (SAC 2003), Bernard Haylen
(SAC 1970), Peter Haylen (SAC 1979) and Andrew Haylen (SAC 2006)
It is often not appreciated by our younger Old Boys that
they will be Old Boys of the College for five to six times
longer than they were students. The Annual Dinner this year
saw Old Boys from the class of 1938 to the class of 2005
attend. Given the significant numbers from the 1950’s,
1960’s and 1970’s that attend the dinner each year, one
can only assume that you never really leave a school like
Aloys.
Bernard Haylen (SAC 1970), Richard Cavanagh (SAC 1976),
Kevin Emanuel (SAC 1967)
Peter Moore (SAC 1975) is to be congratulated for
organising the dinner again this year. It was a great night.
The 2007 Annual Dinner will be held on Friday 22
June, 2007. Put it in your diaries for next year.
Year 12 students Tom Cavanagh, Jimmy Emanuel, Andrew Haylen,
George Bullen, Toby Dibble and Edwin Nelson.
The Dinner proved to be very popular with the Haylen
family. Bernard Haylen (SAC 1970) was joined by his
brothers Paul Haylen (SAC 1978), Peter Haylen (SAC
1979) and his sons, Dom Haylen (SAC 2003) and
Andrew Haylen, Captain of the College for 2006. The
Donohoe family was also well represented on the night
with Michael (SAC 1967) and his four sons, James (SAC
Julius Daru (SAC 1955), Michael Peters (SAC 1955),
Gordon Rorke (SAC 1955), Peter Ford (SAC 1954)
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Class of 1986 Twenty Year Reunion
I
have
to say, what a night! A truly magnificent turn-out of
seventy Old Boys from a total class size of one hundred
and twenty. I had initially hoped for forty or fifty to get
together, but preparation and persistence was the key. It
dawned upon me, that little did we know how strong a
bond was formed from such a young age, and how vital
it is to be open minded in such a cynical and material
society.
Michael Ryan, Terry Tang, Justin Harris and Sean Carmody
It really made me proud to see such diverse backgrounds,
skills, knowledge and growth these men have achieved.
Some have changed in physical appearance, but that’s
what a good life can do to some, some have lost hair
(well, quite a few) although what has not changed was
their vibrant personalities that were formulated so long ago.
The comedians are still comedians and the quiet ones were
stronger and more confident than twenty years ago.
There were quite a few celebrities from this Year that
deserve a mention, along with the many that travelled
so far to join us. They were Simon Harrison (Philippines),
Geoff Thompson (Asia Correspondent for ABC Television),
Simon Clarke (Canada), Tristam Smyth (Northern Territory),
Matthew Cusick (Ranger NT), Murray Frangs (WA), Terry
Lerner (Queensland), Cyrus Katrak, Michael Houlihan, and
John Spender (all from Victoria), Simon Jones (Orange),
Paul McDonald and Duncan Hayward (Canberra), Derek
Shying (Katoomba), Michael Ryan (celebrity and personal
trainer to the stars) and Adam Spencer (ABC Radio and TV
presenter).
The evening was conducted at the Commodore Hotel in
North Sydney (owned by an Old Boy, Damian Reed SAC
1989); a small group attended the Rugby at the College
Oval earlier in the day. I can happily describe the Reunion
as a party like no other – a party where you actually
AMDG
Class of 1956 and 1957
– 50 Year Reunion
Michael Delaney (SAC 1957) and Tony Bland (SAC 1957)
propose to organise a 50th Reunion for both 1956 and 1957
leavers on the second weekend in March 2007. The format
presently proposed is a Mass at the College on the Saturday
evening at 6.00 am and a dinner on the fourth floor of the
College with access to the roof terrace overlooking the Harbour
and the Bridge following the Mass.
On the Sunday morning brunch is proposed at the Royal
Sydney Yacht Squadron together with wives and family
members who may care to be present. The brunch is designed
to make the event a matter of some interest to members who
may be bringing their wives for long distances for a weekend
in Sydney.
Matthew Hardyman, Peter Baumgart, Simon Van De Veld,
Simon Clarke and Michael Crowe
Any other suggestions will be readily considered.
Please communicate your interest to Michael Delaney at
mjd@delaneylawyers.com.au or (02) 9230 1500,
or to Tony Bland at tony.bland@optusnet.com.au
or (02) 9955-2940.
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Simon Jones, Tristam Smythe and David Velthuysen
knew every single person, but with initial faded memories
pouring back over time with a cheeky grin. There were no
regrets, no grudges and we were born for greater things
– friendship.
I would like to thank everyone for attending the Reunion
and sincerely hope we all remain in touch as we grow
old.
I have made available all the photos taken that night
available at the following website: http://www.flickr.
com/photos/83386113@N00/ Photos can be freely
downloaded from the site.
I look forward to seeing everyone again in five years
time for the Twenty-Five Year Reunion.
James Smyth (SAC 1986)
Reunion Organiser
AMDG
Class of 1976 - Thirty Year Reunion
The Class of 1976 is holding a 30 Year Reunion!
When:
Friday 20 October 2006 commencing 7.00 pm
Where: Sebel, Pier One, Millers Point
Who:
Cost:
All members of the Class of 1976, including those
who left the College prior to Year 12
$50 includes a buffet dinner. A cash bar will
operate throughout the night
We want to make sure we have contacted all the guys many
of whom are now flung far and wide. If you would like to
receive an invitation or know somebody who would, please
drop an email to Simon Rice (SAC 1976) or Bryan Jenkins
(SAC 1976) staloysius1976@hotmail.com
We look forward to a wonderful night and reviving
many old friendships.
Newport Rhode Island to Bermuda
Centenary Year Race
A
series
of circumstances saw Michael Delaney (SAC
1957), Geoff Hill (SAC 1962) and Stephen
Wall (SAC 1964) meet on the same boat for the
centenary year race from Newport Rhode Island in the
USA to Bermuda. The Aloysians teamed up with seven other
Australians and four Americans for the 637 nautical mile
race, one of the four major ocean races in the world.
There were two hundred and sixty-seven starters in the
race and the Aloysian flag was held high as their yacht
attained third place in their division. The balance of the
crew were somewhat bemused by the rendering of the
complete version of The Blue and Gold Forever and the
College War Cry, but were suitably impressed.
AMDG
Marriages in The Boys’ Chapel
The College congratulates the following Old Boys
who have been married in The Boys’ Chapel this year.
11 March 2006
Garry Ng (SAC 1997) and Suzanne Carruthers
1 April 2006
Michael Clear (SAC 1992) and Christina Gea
8 April 2006
Robert Kneeshaw (SAC 1994) and Nichola Groves
3 June 2006
Michael Delaney (SAC 1957) and Sharon Forster
17 June 2006
Robert Samuel (SAC 1993) and Catherine Dolle
8 July 2006
Charles McNamara (SAC 1984) and Danielle Stramandinoli
24 June 2006
Peter Sumner (SAC 1985) and Donna Durante
15 July 2006
Tim Sill (SAC 1995) and Donna Pollitt
5 August 2006
Richard Fox-Smith (SAC 1988) and Anna Sale
Congratulations to the following children who have
been Baptised in The Boys’ Chapel this year.
26 March
Aston Loic Yuen, son of Jonathan (SAC 1983)
and Colleen Yuen
Kent Anthony Churcher, son of Guy (SAC 1987)
and Mary-Kate Churcher
9 April
Noah John Saunders, son of Chris (SAC 1986)
and Christofili Saunders
Any Old Boy or member of the Aloysian Family wishing to use
The Boys’ Chapel for a wedding, baptism or funeral is asked
to contact the College to make arrangements.
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Old Boys News:
Father Roger McGinley SAC (SAC 1937)
1937celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of his
Priesthood on 20 July. Father McGinley is a Pallottine Priest
based in Melbourne. The Pallottine Fathers and Brothers, or
more formally, The Society of the Catholic Apostolate, identify
themselves with SAC after their name, thus Father McGinley
is Roger McGinley SAC (SAC 1937)! During his career,
Father McGinley has worked with Aboriginals, worked in
missions in India and has been involved in Parish and retreat
work. Until his recent retirement from active ministry, he ran
an ashram in Victoria where people of all faiths could go for
peace and quiet and meditation. The entire Aloysian Family
congratulates Father on his jubilee and prays that he may
continue his priestly work, spreading the news of God.
Barney Mungoven and co-author Greg
1941Dening have written a history of the Parish
of North Sydney. Wallumetta – The Other Side sets out
the establishment of St Mary’s Parish 150 years ago. The
book has a number of beautiful historical photographs and
sketches. Stories included in the book cover the establishment
of the various parish schools, the involvement of parishioners
and the architecture of the churches in the Parish. Wallumetta
– The Other Side is available from the Parish Office at St
Mary’s North Sydney.
Jim Reilly (father of James SAC 1991) was
1955awarded an Honour Cap by the Australian
Rugby Union at a gala dinner held at the Hilton Hotel
in Sydney on 28 July to launch the 2006 Bledisloe Cup
Season. The dinner was attended by more than one
thousand people and included current and past greats of
the game from Australia and New Zealand. Jim is a former
international rugby referee, he oversaw the 1972 Brisbane
Test between Australia and France, and has refereed more
than one hundred first grade games and twenty representative
matches during his career. His most embarrassing moment
came when, during a televised match, he ran into the goal
posts and knocked himself out! A resident of Grafton for the
past fourteen years, Jim works as an accountant and remains
a passionate supporter of the ‘game played in heaven’.
Michael Delaney married Sharon Forster on
19573 June 2006 in the College Chapel. The
Sharon and Michael Delaney in St Aloysius' Chapel. Attendants from
left: Best Man, Tristan Delaney (SAC 1990), Jessica Delaney, Skye
Heman and Damian Heman (Michael's Children and son-in-law)
wedding was conducted by Father Tony Smith SJ (SAC Staff
1985 – 2003). The College Junior School Zipoli Choir
entertained guests. Tristan Delaney (SAC 1990) was the best
man. Daughters Skye Heman and Jessica were attendants,
together with Michael’s son-in-law Damian Heman. Present
at the nuptial mass and reception were Old Boys; Peter
Delaney (SAC 1955), David Sheil (SAC 1957), John
Buckley (SAC 1956), George Crowley (SAC 1956), John
Bowie AM (SAC 1957), Peter O’Donnell (SAC 1956),
Michael Bartlett (SAC 1957), Tony Bland (SAC 1957),
Greg Schneider (SAC 1957), Col O’Connor (SAC 1962),
Br Bruce Roberston SJ (SAC 1959), Stephen Tait (SAC
1979) and Michael Gillis (SAC 1979).
After nearly twenty-six years of serving the
1968finest fish and chips to countless thousands of
students and local residents, Brian Clarke has sold Kirribilli
Seafoods to pursue other interests and to improve his golf
game. Brian’s shop was a favourite haunt of the Year 11 and
12 boys, Jesuits, staff, parents and Old Boys.
Steve Wiblin and his partner Jane Willson
1973own Neagles Rock Vineyard in the Clare
Valley of South Australia. Steve and Jane have recently
added a range of beer to the line up of beverages they
produce. Neagles Rock Dog House Wheat Beer is a cloudy
style wheat beer with fresh fruity aromas and a slight citrus
edge. Stock of the beer, along with their full range of wine,
is available direct from the winery.
Greg Murray is a Professor of Dentistry at
1974Sydney University, where his wife, Tania, is
also a lecturer. Greg and Tania have two children, Kathryn
(aged 10) and John (aged 6). The family recently spent
twelve months sabbatical at the faculty of Dentistry at the
University of Toronto in Canada.
Roger Comfort worked for the mining industry
1981over the last twelve years, and now works for
United Group in their infrastructure division. Roger moved
recently to Hawkesbury Heights with his wife Roslyn and
their five children.
Andrew Leavey recently appeared in the
1985Sydney Moring Herald’s special report into
Corporate Responsibility. Andrew has bee involved in a trial
literacy programme assisting six to eight year olds at Ashcroft
Primary School in Sydney.
Michael Taylor is teaching PDHPE at the College. In 1981
Michael was a member of the College Under 13A Rugby
Team coached by Paul Rowland (SAC 1973 and SAC Staff
1976 - Present). As part of his co-curricular duties at the
College, Michael now coaches his old team, the Under
13As. In an interesting twist, Michael now coaches Matthew
Rowland (Year 7), the son of Paul Rowland! Sadly, Michael
has four daughters, so there is little chance of the tradition
continuing.
Andrew ‘Herb’ McDermott is working for ABN AMRO
in Hong Kong. Herb and his family recently returned to
Australia for a three week holiday and he managed to
squeeze a game of golf at the Aloysian Golf Day on 10
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August. Herb reports that the family appreciated the holiday
back home with the wide open spaces, a nice break from
the chaos and crowds of Hong Kong.
John Healey and his partner Liz Winters (Monte Saint
Angelo 1985) would like to announce the birth of their
first child Angus James Healey born Sunday 9 April 2006.
Angus weighed in at mighty 4.1 kilos and his parents expect
him to join the Wallaby squad by 2024.
Dr Carsten Palme graduated from Medicine
1986at Sydney University 1993. He completed
specialist training as a Head and Neck Surgeon and spent
two years living and working in Toronto, Canada. Married
to Anne Morris, with one child Emilie, Carsten was recently
appointed to Westmead Hospital as a Head and Neck
Surgeon.
Daniel Lapaine recently returned to Australia
1988to present his big-screen writing and directorial
debut, 48 Shades. The movie, an adaptation of the book
48 Shades of Brown by Nick Earls, was one of the feature
films at the Brisbane International Film Festival. Daniel, who
starred in the great Australian movie, Muriel’s Wedding,
describes 48 Shades as a comedy about unrequited love.
Daniel has lived and worked in London since 1999 and
hopes to spend more time both behind and in front of the
camera in the years ahead.
Pierre Huetter and his wife, Meegan Fitzharris,
1988are proud to announce the birth of their son in
April 2006. Alois Huetter (the German version of Aloysius)
was named after Pierre’s father’s favourite uncle.
Andrew Jensen has lived overseas since
19891998, when he first headed to Chicago USA,
working in the conference and events industry. Andrew has
been involved in setting up, developing and running
businesses in North America and Europe, including cities
like Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, London, Berlin
and Prague. This was all with a company called Marcus
Evans. Most recently he was Chief Operating Officer of their
business in Canada. Andrew has just left them to join a new
company, IQPC, as Managing Director for a new venture
to be launched in North America (still in the conferences
and events space) in early September. This will be based
out of Toronto, Canada where Andrew lives with his wife
Sandra and his one year old daughter Miah. Andrew is also
involved in two other companies, one property investment
company, Qadrant Properties in the UK, and another called
Australian Boutique Beverages, a relatively new company
formed initially to represent small brewers across Australia,
soon branching in to other beverages as well, including
wine and spirits, and looking to open their first retail outlet in
Melbourne, The Australian Beer Bar.
Major James Murray returned in July from a year in the USA
as the Australian Army student at the US Army Command
and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Whilst there, he and his wife Roxanne were blessed with
the birth of their first child – a little American/Australian son,
Austin. James is now posted as a Senior Instructor at the
Royal Military College, Duntroon in Canberra.
Luke Barnett and his wife Denise are both
1992doctors and have just completed their final
Anaesthetic Specialist exams and are hoping to work for a
year in Hong Kong.
After a couple of years (well, many), Nick
1994Paul received his PhD in Marine Biology from
the University of NSW, Sydney. He is currently enjoying
some tropical marine science activities up on the Great
Barrier Reef, working at James Cook University, Townsville,
where he has a postdoctoral fellowship till 2009.
Greg Hickey is a real estate agent for McGrath Real Estate,
specialising in the Burraneer, Cronulla and Oyster Bay
area.
Father Thomas Brancik has returned to
1995Australia after completing his Doctorate in
Canon Law in Rome. Father Brancik has been appointed
a lecturer in Canon Law and Early Church History at the
Seminary in Wagga Wagga, the Diocese in which he is
incardinated.
Robert Flynn is a Captain in the Australian Army and is
currently serving as an instructor at the Royal Military College
Duntroon in Canberra.
Ken Hall and his wife Zara recently graduated
1996with Masters of Real Estate from the University
of NSW. Ken currently works for The Starlight Foundation
based in Sydney.
1997
The Manly Food and Wine Festival can be
quite a haven for those who like a bit of
celebrity spotting, fine food and wine and of course some
great music. This year’s festival was certainly no different.
And so, a lazy afternoon sipping wine by the beach turned
into quite a reunion for a number of members of the Class of
1997. Daniel Dewar was fresh off the plane from his latest
stint in the UK, when Rob O’Brien dusted off some red dirt to
buy a jovial young lady a couple of “wine sponges for the
road” from Dan’s cake stall. Soon after, Matt Godwin (SAC
1998) strolled past with a full glass of Chardonnay and a
very tanned London girl by his side. About six hours later,
after braving icy cold conditions along the beachfront, not
only were the boys still going strong – but they were also
lucky enough to re-unite with a number of other colourful
characters. Joey Moule (SAC 1997) was there, talking about
the highlands of Nepal, while Craig Freeman (SAC 1997)
took pride in drafting a strategy to clean up the pool table
despite the addition of a very tricky water trap. As James
Meagher (SAC 1997) reminisced about bamboozling the
opposition in the successful 15As cricket side, Paul Ortega
(SAC 1997) was only a block away from his new office
at Manly Council, and was contemplating the potential
sociological implications of his future as a pilot. But when
Patrick Barrow (SAC 1997) assessed the foundations and
relaxed over a few quiet “post Poland” local beers, the
illustrious Anthony Handley (SAC 1997) and Mark De Tullio
(SAC 1997) were enjoying a number of local brews as well!
Whilst memories of the evening are a tad foggy, they all
recall that there was a lot of man hugging involved and that
all participants were glad to reunite after almost ten years!
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Daniel McGirr has recently purchased a
1999chicken shop in Baulkam Hills. Hills Chooks
specialises in all types of poultry and game and caters for all
types of events and parties. Daniel would love to hear from
any members of the Aloysian Family living in the area and
can assure them of the best quality food and service.
Matthew Sherry is the Head Cadet at the Royal Military
College Duntroon and graduated with the Sword of
Honour in mid-June. Matthew was the RSM in the College
Cadet Unit. He was a College Prefect and was involved
in a very broad range of activities during his life at the
College, including sporting, academic and social justice
issues. Since leaving school Matt has also been involved
in refereeing rugby at the College. In his Valete biography
in the 1999 Aloysian he describes his ambition “To
develop an unwavering self-belief so that I may reach the
heights that so many men dream of, yet so few achieve.”
It sounds like Matt is well on his way to achieving that
ambition.
Philip Jensen (brother of Andrew SAC 1989)
2000works for the Hyatt Hotel chain. After working
at the Hyatt Sanctuary Cove in Queensland, he recently
moved to the Grand Hyatt in Melbourne where he is the
Assistant Manager of the hotel’s award winning cocktail bar,
Bar Deco.
Pete Greene is a pilot with Qantas flying 747s internationally
for the airline. Pete has been with Qantas for the past
four years after completing his pilot training through the
Qantas Cadetship Programme based at Parafield Airport in
Adelaide.
Bosco Wu has been offered a place in
2001graduate Medicine following his studies in
Medical Science.
Victor Wu (brother of Bosco SAC 2001)
2003has been awarded two prizes by Sydney
University for coming first in both the School of Electrical and
Information Engineering and the Department of Electrical
Engineering. He received his prizes in May. Victor continues
his involvement with the SBS Youth Orchestra who played
a concert in conjunction with the College Orchestra on 28
May at the College.
Paul O’Byrne and his fiancée, Cheryl Frank were married
on 26 August at St Gerard Magella Church, Carlingford.
Cheryl hails from Norwalk, Connecticut, USA. Paul and
Cheryl met when they both were working at our brother
Jesuit School, Xavier High School, on the Island of Chuuk
in Micronesia. Paul spent twelve months on the island as
a Micronesian Scholar and Cheryl was a Jesuit Volunteer,
teaching at the school.
Ashley Fontana is studying Finance at Cornell University in
New York, USA. Ashley is looking forward to attending the
Aloysian Reunion in New York in November 2006.
James Boyers graduates in September with Bachelor of
Law (Hons) from Bond University. James suspects he is the
first Aloysian to do so and the first graduate as an Aloysian
Participating Schools Scholar.
John McCormack recently travelled to the
2004United States to compete in the World Scholar
Athlete Games in Rhode Island. The keynote address was
presented by the Former President of the United States and
Jesuit Alumnus (Georgetown University), Bill Clinton. The
games consist of an academic and sporting programme,
with John playing rugby at the Games.
Two of last year’s HSC class were accepted
2005into the NSW State Conservatorium of Music.
Earlier this year each of them was awarded a scholarship
for excellence in their respective fields. James Goldrick was
awarded the Board of Governors Scholarship (Musicology)
and Cameron Hissey received the Helen Meyers Scholarship
(Vocal Studies).
Past Staff News:
Greg Foley (SAC Staff 1975 - 1988) lives in Houston, Texas
in the United States where he works for a company involved
in oil and gas development as an IT professional. Greg is
currently the President of the Australian American Chamber of
Commerce in Houston and is the Immediate Past President of
the national umbrella body ANZACC (Australian and New
Zealand American Chambers of Commerce). Greg sends his
regards to former pupils and invites any Old Boy travelling
through Texas to make contact with him (please contact the
Development Office at the College for contact details). Greg
recently hosted a party to coincide with Australia’s match
versus Brazil in the Soccer World Cup, but he is quick to
add that rugby is still his number one game!
Deceased Old Boys:
Laurence Timmony (SAC 1931) died on 15 August 2006.
Father of John (SAC 1960), Geoffrey (SAC 1962) and Bill
(SAC 1966) and Grandfather of Scott (SAC 2000).
John Powell (SAC 1935) died on 26 June 2006. Husband
of Margaret (SAC Staff 1970 – 1986) and Father of
Michael (SAC 1971), Mark (SAC 1974), Robert (SAC
1978) and Richard (SAC 1980).
John Irwin (SAC 1945) died on 28 April 2006, buried
from the College Chapel on Friday 5 May 2006. John was
a member of a large Aloysian family. He leaves behind
his wife Esma and brothers; Brian (SAC 1946), Jim (SAC
1951), Michael (SAC 1956) and Grandson Craig (SAC
1991)
John Moore (SAC 1945) died on 18 May 2006
Gerard Horton (SAC 1950) died on 19 July 2006 and
was buried from Our Lady Star of the Sea, Kirribilli on 24
July 2006.
Rodney Arrand (SAC 1954) died on 13 February 2006
John Healy (SAC 1981) was tragically killed in a train
accident in late May.
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Obituaries
The College is saddened to hear of the passing of the
following Old Boys of the College. We ask you to remember
them and their families in your prayers.
Wilfred James (Jim) Young (SAC 1928)
Wilfred James Young,
better known to
everyone as Jim, was
born in 1910. Jim and
his family lived in a home
at the rear of the School
of Arts in Mount Street
North Sydney and he
spent his early education
at the Convent School in
Lavender Bay.
Jim commenced his
education at St Aloysius’
College in 1920 and left after the Intermediate Certificate
in 1926. In an interview with the College’s oral historian
in 1991, Jim noted that he had to leave school to earn
some money. His seven years as a student at St Aloysius’
established Jim’s life long passion for the College and
everything Aloysian. Until his death on 26 June 2006,
Jim was a regular spectator at the College 1st XV games
at Willoughby and a regular attendee of The Gonzaga
Society events at the College. Jim loved the College and
was a passionate supporter of everything Aloysian and
the Jesuits, men whom he said he owed so much for who
he was.
Testimony to his affection for the College and the Jesuits
was a comment he made in the Oral History interview
in 1991 when he said: “The outstanding part of a Jesuit
education is they teach you a set of principles that you
never forget. Yes, a Jesuit education I think is second to
none.”
It was those guiding principles that made Jim Young the
man he was throughout his life – one of life’s truly great
gentlemen.
Jim’s sporting prowess and love of all sports was founded
at St Aloysius’. He was an excellent cricketer, playing in the
College First eleven in 1924 at the age of 14, as well as
the 1925 and 1926 seasons. As an athlete he won all six
Under 16 events at the CAS Carnival in 1925, breaking
four records and equalling two. But his number one passion,
in fact, dare I say his life long obsession was Rugby Union.
Jim played in the College 1st XV in 1925 and 1926 at a
time when football boots cost one pound a pair.
After leaving school Jim worked in the advertising
industry, a job that developed his passion for sales and
his love of interaction with people that continued right to
the end.
In 1927 he signed on with Northern Suburbs Rugby
Club, a team he steadfastly and passionately supported
throughout his life. In 1930 he was selected for the NSW
Team for their tour to Queensland. Unfortunately he was
working for the American advertising company, J Walter
Thompson and his boss, an American, would not release
him from work to travel on the tour. With much regret,
Jim had to decline the opportunity to represent his State.
He was selected in the 1931 NSW Team that toured
Queensland undefeated.
In 1932 Jim applied for a job as editor of the Rugby
News – his career in advertising and great success in
rugby providing him with suitable qualifications for the role.
Sadly his role with NSW Rugby prevented him from being
selected in the 1933 Wallaby Tour of South Africa. There is
a delicious irony that his employer, the NSW Rugby Union,
banned him from firstly playing the game, but also from
being selected as a Wallaby in the first tour to South Africa
by the national side. But like the ban imposed by J Walter
Thompson Advertising, Jim took the ban on the chin and got
on with life. Winning the 1933 Sydney premiership with
North’s was one of Jim’s great rugby highlights.
In all Jim played for NSW on ten occasions, and of
course until his passing was the oldest former player of both
NSW and North’s Rugby. He was honoured to have been
recognised by both organisations over recent years for his
role as oldest past player.
In 1935 Jim joined the NSW Fire Brigade, mainly so
he could play with their team in a mid-week competition as
well as playing for North’s on the weekends. For sixteen
years Jim played Rugby for North’s on the weekend, Rugby
with the NSW Fire Brigade Team, edited the Rugby News
and was an active Fire fighter – and we think that we are
busy in our modern world!
Jim fought the biggest fire in Australian history in
September 1935 when the Goldsborough Mort Wool
Store in Pyrmont caught fire. The fire burnt for four weeks
and caused an amazing £750,000 worth of damage.
Whilst Rugby, advertising, newspapers and fire fighting
were big interests of Jim’s, it was real estate that was
his great work passion. His first venture in real estate
occurred in 1938 when he purchased a block of land in
Northbridge for £105 with a 5% loan over five years. He
purchased the block from another Old Boy of St Aloysius’,
Sid Raper. During the War, Jim, who worked in a protected
occupation, dabbled in real estate sales – of course whilst
still fighting fires and playing rugby.
In 1951 he took over a real estate office from Sid Raper
in Castlecrag and so started an intimate 40 plus years
association with the people of Castlecrag, Castle Cove,
Middle Cove and Northbridge. Jim Young Real Estate was
established in Castlecrag for over forty years. During this
time he built the Castlecrag shopping centre that still stands
on the corner of Eastern Valley Way and Edinburgh Streets.
Jim really opened up the Castlecrag and Middle Cove
areas developing and selling 166 blocks of land in Middle
Cove and a further 87 blocks in Castlecrag.
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Jim’s time as a property developer encouraged him to
run for Willoughby Council. Jim served eleven and a half
years as a Councillor on Willoughby Council and was
active in the local progress association for many years.
Jim adored his family and has been a pillar of support
and love for all their lives. He wife Lois died in 2002 and
he is survived by his daughter Carolyn, son-in-law Tom and
grandson, Cameron.
Rugby player, advertising executive, fire fighter, real
estate agent, property developer, councillor, husband,
father, grandfather and dear friend, Jim was a man who
loved his life to the full and certainly made the most of every
opportunity. Our faith tells us that he is in a better place;
let’s just hope that Jim has a great view of the game, right
on halfway!
Murray Happ (SAC 1985)
Director of Development
Eternal Rest grant to them O Lord
and let perpetual light shine upon them,
may their Souls and all the Souls
of the faithfully departed Old Boys of the College,
through the mercy of God, rest In Peace. Amen.
St Aloysius, pray for us!
AMDG
Overseas Reunion
Reunions for Old Boys, Parents, Past Parents, Future
Parents, Past Gap Students/Grumitt Scholars and
Friends of the College will be held in the following
cities/regions in late 2006:
Hong Kong/Asia
San Francisco/West Coast USA
Washington DC
New York
Boston/New England
UK/Europe – London
Saturday 28 October
Sunday 29 October
Wednesday 1 November
Saturday 4 November
Thursday 9 November
Saturday 18 November
Invitations will be posted to every member of the Aloysian
Family who currently receives the Aloysiad direct from the
College (as opposed to receiving the Aloysiad via a family
member in Australia). Invitations will also be e-mailed to those
people we have addresses for.
Anyone who would like to receive information about the
Reunions, or those who would like to nominate someone
living in these regions who would like to attend any of
the events, is asked to contact Murray Happ (SAC 1985)
at the College on 9936 5561 or murray.happ@staloysius.
nsw.edu.au
Aloysian Golf Day
The 2006 Aloysian Golf Day was held on Thursday
10 August at Manly Golf Club. Over one hundred
members of the Aloysian Family played on the day,
including four boys from the College who put many an
older golfer to shame!
Congratulations to Greg Lambert (SAC 1967) for his
organisation of the day. The 2007 Aloysian Golf Day will
be held at manly Golf Club in August and will be advertised
in the Aloysiad in early 2007.
Daniel Kissane, Andrew 'Herb' McDermott, Andrew Slattery and
Tim Sidgreaves (all SAC 1985) at the Aloysian Golf Day
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