Autumn 2007 - St Aloysius

ALOYSIA D
The Magazine of St Aloysius’ College • ‘Men for Others’ • Issue XLV • Autumn 2007
The Sydney Harbour Bridge - 75 Years
The College by the Harbour - 128 Years

from the rector
As I pen these lines we are celebrating the seventy-fifth
anniversary of the opening of the Harbour Bridge,
in the shadow of which our community dwells and
underneath which our boys recreate.
Rigger Trevor Monks (third from left), grandfather of Timothy (SAC
1999), Jeremy (SAC 2003) and Michael Curtin (Year 11) enjoying
a “smokoe” during Bridge construction.
As if it was not a momentous enough occasion,
Captain Francis De Groot was caught on all the newsreels,
swooping down from his horse to cut the ribbon “on behalf
of decent and loyal citizens of New South Wales” (as he
said), declaring the bridge open before Premier Jack Lang
could do the honours. De Groot was a member of the
New Guard, an ultra right-wing political group which soon
passed from the scene. Another member of that group,
there on the day and probably having a hand in De
Groot’s derring-do, was the Mayor of North Sydney, Hubert
Primrose, on whose namesake patch of turf many
an Aloysian has since played.
Of interest is that Francis De Groot
was Jesuit-educated at Belvedere
College in Dublin (where last year’s
College Captain, Andrew Haylen
SAC 2006, is now a gap student).
The records suggest that De Groot’s
time there was short-lived. But
in that brief period he seems to
have at least appropriated that
characteristic of Jesuit formation: a
certain level of rhetoric and
degree of disputation.
At his trial, De
Groot was charged
with carrying an illegal
weapon, but as a
former member of the
Hussars who fought
on the Western
Front in the First
World War he had
been awarded a
ceremonial sword
and De Groot claimed he had a right to bear it. The charge
was dropped. So he was then charged with offensive
behavior, a crime that only applied to public property.
So the prosecution argued it was public property. But De
Groot successfully argued that if it was public property, it
was the King’s Highway. Furthermore, under common law,
his Majesty’s subjects were entitled to remove any obstacle
which would bar free progress along the King’s Highway
– even ribbons! In exasperation, the court at last fined
him £5 for trespassing. Never one to give up, following
the court case, he sued for wrongful arrest, since a police
officer had no right to arrest an officer of the Hussars.
Surely he must have won colours at Belvedere for debating!
There was an undisclosed out-of-court settlement. De Groot
later returned to Ireland and died in 1969.
Whilst all this was happening, our Aloysian boys (who
had been given a holiday on the eve of the opening) and
their families were enjoying a garden party at the College
from ten till noon, with some seven hundred present. The
Junior School (then on the present main campus) was
beflagged and illuminated. It could very well have been
that the Rector of the time, Fr Austin Kelly SJ, had known the
swashbuckling De Groot on the Bridge above as a fellow
student at Belvedere some thirty years earlier.
The Bridge opening had a huge impact on the College.
Sadly, it resulted in the demolition of many hundreds of
houses in the area, the homes of working-class people
– quite a number of whom had boys at the College. Yet, at
the same time, it opened for us a link with another shore,
and access to families and many more potential students. A
greater sphere of influence. So the Harbour Bridge opening
had a sense of ambiguity – celebration and politicizing,
cheers and scuffles, evictions and connectedness. It is
simply the story of the human condition.
One of the Pope’s titles is Pontifex Maximus (borrowed,
in fact, from the high priest of ancient Rome). It means “Great
Bridgebuilder” – presumably between this world and the
next. Every teacher could style him- or her-self a pontifex.
When we teach, we build bridges. We build a bridge into
the world of the student. Or we take them across bridges to
new experiences and new cultures. Or we make bridges
so that our school will be open to as many as possible
– not raising a drawbridge, so to speak, to protect social
and economic status. And as students grow and have to
face decision-making, we help them discern which bridge
to cross and which to burn. Teaching is always a ministry
of meaning where we forge connections, spanning ideas,
making networks with knowledge. And central to that quest
for meaning is, of course, faith-formation or religion which
literally means “a linking of things together”.
Sometimes though, our advance, our bridgehead is not
welcomed. The young may defend their shore and want no
visitors. Or we make the links, but the audience is reluctant
to explore them. Occasionally our enterprise may feel a
little shaky underfoot, not unlike those suspension bridges
our cadets are given to launching over gullies! The human
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Jesuit formation in action. Appropriating Jesuit poet Gerard Manley
Hopkins: “In his riding of the rolling level underneath him steady air,
and striding high there... the achieve of, the mastery of the thing!”
condition yet again. But those who choose to work with the
young are never limited by the human condition.
One of the many descriptors of Jesuit education is that it
is “world-affirming”. That is, it never resiles from engagement
with the world. It is a bridge. It links faith and reason as
well as grace and nature. There are no disconnected twin
shores of the sacred and the secular. There is harmony and
wholeness in God’s creation. Our spirituality is testament to
this; it espouses “finding God in all things”. The Examen is
a prayerful way of discovering how the tell-tale traces of a
transcendent God can be revealed in the ordinariness of
the day. Our style of pastoral care is another bridgehead,
moving sensitively and respectfully into others’ lives, as
Ignatius says, “going in by their door and bringing them out
your own”. Our pedagogical style reveals yet another link.
Ignatius quaintly called it “joining virtue with letters”. We
might describe it today as connecting values with curriculum
wherever possible. Nothing is to be “value-free”. Like our
neighbour-Bridge, an overarching of ideals that sustains the
way and direction of those who travel below.
Tourism promotion or postcard pictures boasting the
Bridge quite clearly proclaim “where we are”. If we are true
to the Gospel we follow, our bridge-building will be largely
liberating, always life-giving and loving, and drawing people
into relationship. It will then proclaim “who we are”.
Fr Ross Jones SJ
Rector
THE ALOYSIAD
Executive Editor: Fr Ross Jones SJ
Editor: Murray Happ (SAC 1985)
Assistant Editor: Trish Flynn
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St Aloysius’ College
Senior: 47 Upper Pitt Street, Milsons Point NSW 2061
Telephone: 02 9922 1177, Fax: 02 9929 6414
Junior: 29 Burton Street, Milsons Point NSW 2061
Telephone: 02 9955 9200, Fax: 02 9955 0736
Website: www.staloysius.nsw.edu.au
Cover pic: Mr Chris Saltos (SAC Staff)
Jack O'Donoghue (SAC 2006) with Father Rector and Father
Principal with the book of Illustrated Gospels presented to the College
by the Class of 2006.
AMDG
number of members of the Aloysian Family were
A promoted in the Prime Minister’s Cabinet reshuffle in
late January.
Congratulations to:
The Hon Joe Hockey MP (SAC 1983), who was made
the new Minister for Employment and Workplace
Relations and a member of the Expenditure Review
Committee.
The Hon Andrew Robb MP (Past Parent) who
was promoted to the Outer Ministry as Minister of
Vocational and Further Education.
The Hon Tony Abbott (SAC 1975) continues to serve
as Minister for Health.
The Hon Dr Brendan Nelson MP (Past Parent) will
continue as Minister for Defence.
Senator The Hon John Faulkner (Past Parent) continues
to serve as a Labor Senator for NSW.
In the NSW State Election in March:
The Hon Sandra Nori MP (Past Parent), the Labor
Member for Port Jackson and Minister for Tourism,
Sport and Recreation and the Minister for Women
retired.
Paul Crittenden MP (Past Parent) the Labor Member
for Wyong retired.
Jonathan O’Dea (SAC 1983) was elected as the
Liberal Member for Davidson.
Peter Shmigel (Current Parent) was the Liberal
Candidate for Balmain.
The Hon Henry Tsang MLC (Past Parent) was re-elected
as a Labor Member of the Legislative Council.
Hon Frank Sartor MP (Past Parent), was re-elected as
the Labor Member for Rockdale.
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from the principal
The Academic Life and Mission of
the College
The College is committed to the academic enterprise
within an approach to schooling that is holistic
and formative in nature. We bring to this task
the Jesuit tradition in education reaching back some
four hundred and fifty years, and lived out here at the
College over the last one hundred and twenty-eight
years. Ignatian educational philosophy and pedagogy,
underpinned by Ignatian spirituality, lie at the heart
of this educational tradition, and thus must inform the
academic enterprise.
The academic programme offered at St Aloysius’
is basically that of a liberal humanities orientated
education. Subjects offered at St Aloysius’ essentially
reflect this programme: they are drawn from what might
be termed the mainstream academic disciplines of
English, Mathematics, Science, History and Economics/
Geography, and from the creative arts (Music, Drama and
Art). There is an emphasis also on Languages, including
the requirement for an Asian language to be taught.
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
(PDHPE) has also become a strongly performing part of our
programme here, not inappropriately, given that a focus
on the physical in education was first found in the early
Jesuit schools. Subjects relating to Information Technology
and Technology are recent additions to our programme.
Together with Religious Studies, which is constitutive of our
identity, these subjects form our academic curriculum, and
through our enrolment procedures the students best able to
take advantage of it.
With many education studies confirming the significance
of school ethos or climate for academic achievement, and
the significance of relationships in education, especially
in the formation of boys, St Aloysius’ places great
importance on being an educational community, and on
developing a strong relationship between staff and students
that is personal, somewhat informal but also respectful.
An emphasis is placed on the cura
personalis of all members of the
school community. The community
aspect of our education also
values and encourages parental
involvement across all areas of
school life.
The academic curriculum
itself remains the core of the
wider school curriculum that
includes the religious
life of the school,
its large and
diverse coc
u r r i c u l a
programme,
and our
commitment to the formation of our students as young men
of “competence, conscience and compassion”.
Over the last few years emphasis has been placed
on developing in the College a stronger Middle School
curriculum, while not opting for a specific Middle School
structure in the classic sense. The bigger Departments have
Assistant Heads with a focus on curriculum in Years 7-9.
Ms Suzanne Leahy’s role as Assistant Director of Curriculum
(Middle School) has brought new focus to programmes,
assessment and study methods to Middle Year schooling.
The new role of Year 7 Academic Coordinator, under Mrs
Margaret Loomes, has complemented this approach and
brought closer attention to issues of transition of students
into High School.
Academic competition, understood as students pushing
each other to achieve their best, is an integral part of
schooling at St Aloysius’. There is a pragmatic aspect to
this focus: it helps prepares them for the HSC (and one
might add, for the harder realities of life after school). In
boys’ education, healthy competition also provides an
added element of motivation. Additionally, the emphasis on
competition meshes with our philosophy – competition can
encourage students to strive to achieve their full potential,
an aspect to the Jesuit tradition of the magis, of striving
for the best. The various state and national competitions,
as well as State mandated testing (Ella, Snap, School
Certificate and HSC), impact significantly on our academic
programme. We are committed to maintaining a strong
internal examination system across the school – Junior
and Senior. Acknowledging academic excellence through
the annual Prize-Giving Day remains a highlight of the
school calendar. Departments are also encouraged to
have internal challenges that combine competition with
extension such as the Matthew Reilly (SAC 1992) Creative
Writing Competition and the Hopkins Reading Challenge
in English.
Both the 2006 HSC and School Certificate results
were the best results achieved by the College since both
external examinations were revamped by the Government.
There was significant achievement at the top end across
all disciplines, but also a significant improvement has
been achieved in reducing by half the number of Band
2 and 3 results in individual subjects. To ensure that we
are not simply driven by league tables and results, and to
complement the motivation provided by students competing
with each other, we do need to develop further a culture
in which the focus is also on the student striving to achieve
his best personal result, particularly for those boys of very
considerable ability who know they can’t top their classes
but can sail fairly easily through their schooling with quite
reasonable results. This year we are looking at introducing
an element to our reporting that reflects an emphasis on
achieving one’s personal best to complement the existing
ranking against other students. Professor Andrew Martin’s
work in this area will be the starting point.
Study methods need to be an area of increased focus.
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In 2006 Ms Leahy and Mrs Loomes introduced Mrs Prue
Salter and her seminars to large numbers of our parents and
boys in Years 7-10, which has proved popular. There is a
hunger amongst our families for a systematic approach to
study that is suitable to our programme here at St Aloysius’,
and this is a goal for 2007.
The introduction of students to High School in Year 7 is
an important initiation both into the school community and
into High School education. Along with the emphasis on
renewing our Middle School curriculum, a refocusing on
the Year 7 experience is important in ensuring that good
foundations are laid. The move towards having a more
specialist Year Coordinator position in Year 7, along with
the appointment of a Year 7 Academic Coordinator to aid
the transition process and to support the delivery of the
curriculum, has the goal of enhancing the experience of
transition for students, parents and staff alike.
Across the country, the Year 9 experience is often one
marked by a sense of students standing still, boredom
or wasted years, and schools are responding in various
ways. We need to work at addressing this both in terms
of curriculum and outside curriculum. New subjects such as
Digital Media, Drama, Sports Science, etc have provided
some opportunity for students to experience new challenges
and to be more engaged. Outside the curriculum itself we
will look at measures such as having a more distinct SRC
for Years 7-9, Middle School assemblies run by Year 9 and
the like. The Nambucca Heads exchange is one example
of something new being focused on this year.
The outstanding results in the 2006 School Certificate
appears to indicate progress in moving Year 10 to be
more of a pre-HSC year. The initial trial of Accelerated
Mathematics at the end of Year 10 appears to be going
well (combining Year 11 and 12 2-Unit Mathematics into
one year’s study). The move to Year 10 sharing classroom
space with Years 11 and 12 has assisted in this changing
focus on Year 10.
A significant trend emerging across the State is the
growing diversity of entry points into the tertiary sector. In
addition to fee-paying entry, universities are offering more
scholarships and are selecting students whose UAI may
be lower than the cut-off but who are strong in particular
subjects. There are also the various special access schemes.
Other forms of early entry are emerging. There is some
move towards a more American College style approach
(Melbourne University is trialing this) and some others are
doing this in the Health Sciences area. The implications of
any Australian Certificate of Education for the HSC are still
to be seen. Some universities are offering up to 5 UAI points
for elite sport. My guess is that the HSC will become less
important over time in terms of university admission and that
universities will pursue still greater flexibility in Admissions
policy. It is critical that our students and families are up to
date with the possibilities and a strong Careers office with
a particular focus on university entry has a key role to play
– academically it can only be a help if students are clearer
on their goals and motivation in this regard. It may be too,
that the changing pattern of university admissions will favour
our more holistic approach.
In the last couple of years there have been some changes
in the area of classes and the infrastructure underpinning
the academic programme. Others will occur over the next
couple of years, though some will depend on the space
provided by the building associated with the Master Plan.
On attaining this additional space we plan to move to two
Year 3 classes of twenty-three and two Year 4 classes of
twenty-five so reducing class size, rather than increasing
overall numbers in the Junior School. In the important
transition year of Year 7 we will aim to have six homerooms
of twenty-four to twenty-five students. In Years 8 and 9 we
will move towards six streams in English and Mathematics
within the next few years (we already have achieved six
streams in Year 9 Maths). In Year 10 six streams have been
largely implemented over the last couple of years.
The proposed Master Plan for the College will significantly
affect the delivery of our academic programme. Additional
classrooms will enable us not only to move to smaller
classes in some parts of the school, but will allow us to
continue to move towards having more specialist or teacher
homerooms – we have some already in History, Geography,
Economics and Languages, and Mathematics and English
rooms for Years 10-12, are a start. Refurbishment of Middle
School rooms will take into account aesthetics, technology,
and furniture more appropriate to boys of this age. A Junior
School extension will provide a classroom for an extra Year
3 class, a large multi-purpose room, new music rehearsal
rooms, sports storage, a space for Science, and possibly
increased recreational space.
In the main campus, Music and Drama will be
consolidated on the fourth and fifth and lower ground floors
respectively. PDHPE will be based in the proposed new
stadium complex, with weights room and attached office
and classrooms. With regards to technology, electronic
Smartboards (or interactive whiteboards) and digital
projectors are being rolled out across the school. A new
Technology Room for Years 7 and 8 is also provided for in
the Master Plan.
There are four areas of school life that together with the
academic programme shape the nature of the College, and
which have an impact on the academic life of the College
within our commitment to holistic education.
We are a Faith-based school. Our academic programme
includes a commitment to religious literacy and conveying a
knowledge/familiarity of the tradition, as well as promoting
the ability of our students to think ethically and to reflect
intelligently on issues of justice and the common good.
We seek to provide all students with significant experiences
of liturgy, retreats and prayer, so nourishing their spiritual
lives. The voluntary four-day Kairos Retreats in holiday
time, introduced in 2004, and held four times a year,
and involving about one hundred of our senior students
per annum, have become a very significant experience
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from the principal (cont'd)
for many of our boys. The promotion of the Awareness
Examen as a characteristic way of praying here, and the
use of fallow time in the Junior School for the Examen (the
Five Stars), have added to the spiritual life of the College.
Classes begin with prayer or a time for silent reflection.
Liturgy continues to play a central role in College life.
Emphasis on providing a quality liturgical experience that
engages the boys as much as possible has a priority in the
calendar. The role of the Music Department in supporting
this has been a key resource.
The mission of the school includes the formation of Men
for Others as part of the Jesuit commitment to a faith that
does justice. The Arrupe Outreach Programme in the Junior
School has given clearer direction to the involvement of
the boys in a faith and justice approach. The Nambucca
Heads exchange hopefully will bring the school into
greater contact with regional and indigenous Australia. The
compulsory Faith and Service Programme, over the next
year, is moving from Year 11 to Year 10. The Philippines
Immersion Experience occurs twice a year. Its timing will
move to the end of Year 10 and the middle of Year 11.
Both of these moves in time are aimed at lessening the time
pressures in the last twelve months of a boy’s education
here. The work of our St Vincent de Paul and Amnesty
International groups are also an important living out of
what we teach. The growing involvement of students and
recent students, along with families and staff, in service
and justice areas is a pleasing extension of the mission of
the College: for example the Micronesia Scholarship, other
GAP placements, Nugacity and Life for Kids.
We aim here to provide effective pastoral care of
our students, within an environment where every boy is
known and valued. Such a priority relates to our mission
of formation, but indirectly also affects our academic
effectiveness. A sense of connectedness, of belonging, and
the relationships that can develop in a school have been
shown by numerous researchers to have significant impact
on academic performance. I find Professor Andrew Martin’s
definition of pastoral pedagogy useful here.
Pastoral pedagogy implies that education is more
than simply the transmission of curriculum content and
the development of skills and competencies. It implies
that although these are necessary conditions for quality
pedagogy, they are not sufficient. Indeed, the research
summarized above in relation to teacher-student relationships
clearly shows that when the social and emotional needs of
students are met, they are likely to be more engaged with
the process of information and skill transmission. (Dr A
Martin, Measuring and Enhancing Student Motivation and
Engagement, p.34.)
Among the practices that Dr Martin identifies as being
encompassed by pastoral pedagogy are: developing a
sense of community amongst students; nurturing resilience in
students through relational connectedness; being optimistic
for students and aiming for mastery of skills and subject
wherever possible; maintaining positive home-school links;
and respecting, affirming, and getting to know students.
I would hope that this is a real feature of St Aloysius’ as
a teaching and learning community. The Tutor System is
integral to providing pastoral care in the High School.
It has the positive role of bringing together students from
across all six Year levels, and provides opportunities for
Senior students to lead. Pastorally, the Tutor can be another
significant adult in the student’s life at school. Some Tutor
groups have also brought together families socially and
liturgically. This year, building on some previous examples,
the College has asked some members of staff to be an
academic mentor to specific students.
Discipline is exercised within the parameters of the
philosophy, tradition and ethos of the school. There are a
number of issues that we need to reflect on, some of which
I have asked a discipline committee to report on later this
year. All members of staff have a role to play in implementing
discipline and all share a responsibility towards the boys
and to their colleagues. The need to have procedural
fairness in investigation and implementation of discipline is
an area where we can expect increasing expectation from
parents and society. As educators investing in the formation
of the boys, a priority must be to inculcate personal
responsibility and not simply control. Personal responsibility
does include a clear sense that actions have consequences.
Another aim of discipline within the school is creating a
climate of mutual respect. While consistency and rules
have value, priority is given to the individual’s circumstances
and to a more personalized approach to implementing
school rules. Compassion and gentleness should guide our
dealings with the boys entrusted to our care. The continued
development of student leadership roles (Prefects, SRC) has
a role to play in developing an educational environment in
which our students are active partners.
The Co-curricula Programme shapes much of the life of
the school. Studies have shown a link between academic
performance and co-curricula involvement. Moreover,
our focus on Cadets, Debating, Drama, Music and
Sport reflects our commitment to holistic education. The
commitment to excellence and the use of one’s talents, an
emphasis on involvement and team work, respecting one’s
body and fitness, the cultivation of the imaginative and
the aesthetic, and the ability to articulate and express, are
just some of the benefits to be gained from a vibrant cocurricula
programme.
Fr Chris Middleton SJ
Principal
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from the foundation
Philanthropy, the efforts and generosity of benefactors,
lies at the heart of the growth of the St Aloysius’
College Foundation. The Rector, Fr Ross Jones SJ,
and the Principal, Fr Chris Middleton SJ, are very fond of
reminding the Aloysian Family that the bulk of developments
at the College have been made possible by the generosity
of previous generations. St Aloysius’ College has grown
to the shape and size, character and reputation that it
enjoys today thanks to the continuing generosity of many
supporters and benefactors in the Aloysian Family.
For us who oversee this process today, it is a privilege
to handle the charitable donations that are made to
the College. Friendships ripen with Aloysius’ donors;
connections flourish. Our satisfaction is seeing their hardearned
contributions being spent to good use for the
advancement of St Aloysius’ College and the enhancement
of opportunities for current and future generations of students.
Their satisfaction, so they tell us, is being kept in touch with
our boys’ many achievements and being involved in the
progress of the College. We express grateful thanks to all
of them!
These funds will ensure that the College is able to
provide our boys, both current and future, with the best
educational facilities possible.
Murray Happ (SAC 1985)
Director of Foundation and Development
Building Fund Donations
These funds will be directed to the ongoing capital
development of the College, specifically the new
Pledge Donors
Mr & Mrs E Abeleda
Mr & Mrs C Adams
Dr & Mrs P W Anderson
Mr F J Argent &
Mrs O Stosic
Mr & Mrs R Ashton
Anonymous
Mr & Mrs J J Barry
Mr & Mrs J P Bartolotta
Mr & Mrs A K Betts
Mr & Mrs M W Birrell
Mr & Mrs D G Blues
Mr & Mrs T M Blythe
Mr & Mrs L Boueri
Mr & Mrs B V Bourke
Mr & Mrs G H Braid
Mr & Mrs R Brennan
Mr & Mrs A J Breznik
Mr K J Brotherson &
Ms L M Byrnes
Mr & Mrs P Bryant
Mr & Mrs P Burke
Mr & Mrs T G Caristo
Dr & Mrs T Carroll
Dr & Mrs T Carroll
Mr & Mrs K Chan
Mr & Mrs G R Chapple
Dr & Mrs C Cheng
Ms S Cheung &
Mr K Chan
Mr & Mrs D J Chick
Mr & Mrs C Chow
Mr & Mrs A Chow
Mr & Mrs C J Collins
Mr & Mrs M Conlon
Mr & Mrs P L Cornelius
Mr & Mrs D P Courtenay
Mr S Cray &
Mrs M Austin Cray
Mr L J Creek &
Ms H M Barrett
Mr & Mrs L Crisanti
Anonymous
Mr & Mrs A C Dainton
Mr & Mrs P J Darwell
(SAC 1981)
Mr & Mrs P J de Gail
Mr & Mrs P De Lucia
Mr & Mrs R A de Waal
(SAC 1980)
Mr & Mrs M L Depangher
Mr & Mrs L J Diamond
Mr & Mrs D G Dixon
Dr & Mrs T D’Netto
Mr & Mrs E Doraisamy
Mr & Mrs J Doyle
Mr & Mrs M N Eather
Mr & Mrs D M Ebbs
Mr & Mrs P M Ellis
Mr & Mrs S Fan
Mr & Mrs A Farmakis
Mr & Mrs J O Ferreira
Mr & Mrs J Field
Mr & Mrs M I Fitzgerald
Mr & Mrs M Fong
Mr & Mrs A Francis
Mr & Mrs D J Fraser
Mr & Mrs T J Freed
Anonymous
Mr & Mrs J S Garnon
Mr & Mrs S Gatehouse
Mr & Mrs P J Gibson
Mr & Mrs F A Giugni
Mr & Mrs B T Gouw
Mr & Mrs S J Graham
Mr & Mrs R Greves
Mr & Mrs B Grundy
Mr M G Hand &
Ms R Stanley
Mr & Mrs M J Happ
(SAC 1985)
Mr & Mrs M W Harte
Mr & Mrs M T Hawkins
Mr & Mrs A F Haworth
Mr & Mrs B J Heddle
Ms J A Hewett &
Mr V P Ruehl
Mr & Mrs W C Hilder
Mr & Mrs A J K Hioe
The Hon J B Hockey MP &
Ms M Babbage
(SAC 1983)
Mr & Mrs A M Hogan
Mr & Mrs C J Holmes
Mr & Mrs P J Humphreys
Mr & Mrs M J Humphreys
Mr & Mrs R A D Jackson
Mr & Mrs W J Jammal
Mr & Mrs B J Jenkins
(SAC 1976)
Mr & Mrs G Jones
Anonymous
Mr & Mrs J Karbowiak
Mr & Mrs S Kim
Mr & Mrs D King
Mr & Mrs P J Kingston
Mr & Mrs D A Klarich
(SAC 1979)
Mr B K S Koh &
Mrs E Wong-Koh
Mr J Koumarelas &
Mrs K L Dundas
Mr & Mrs W Krygsman
Anonymous
Mr & Mrs M S Lam
Mr & Mrs A Lavorato
Mr & Mrs T Lee
Mr & Mrs A Leung
Mr & Mrs P A Lewis
Anonymous
Mr & Mrs J A Martorana
Dr J A Masson
Mr & Mrs B F Maurel
Mr & Mrs C J May
Mr & Mrs M F McAlary
Mr P J McAuley
Mr & Mrs S P McCarthy
Mr & Mrs D G McCreton
(SAC 1979)
Mr & Mrs P McKenzie
Mr & Mrs M G McMahon
Mr & Mrs P J McNab
Ms N Mencinsky
Mr & Mrs R Mendoza
Mr & Mrs A V Mills
Mr & Mrs M S Morgan
(SAC 1973)
Mr & Ms D H Morrison
Mr P G Mouatt &
Ms T Daly
Masterplan which will be released to the Aloysian Family
in mid-2007.
Mr & Mrs T E Moult
Dr & Mrs R W Mowbray
Mr & Mrs G Munday
Mr & Mrs A A Murray
Mr & Mrs E K Mytkowski
Mr & Mrs Z Nalbandian
Mr & Mrs M Nissen
(SAC 1983)
Mr & Mrs P Noone
Mr & Mrs G O’Hare
Mr W O’Mara &
Ms L J Booth
Mr & Mrs D J Parker
Mr & Mrs R S Pearsall
Mr & Mrs R J Pelletier
(SAC 1968)
Mr & Mrs F Peronace
Mr & Mrs P W Pindsle
Mr & Mrs B A Pirola
Mr & Mrs M J Pittman
(SAC 1979)
Ms M Pitton &
Mr L Hereward
Mr & Mrs J P Prosser
Mr R V Quirk &
Ms R A Davies
Mr & Mrs R J Reynolds
Mr & Mrs J M Righetti
Dr & Mrs G Riisfeldt
Mr & Mrs I P Robinson
Mr & Mrs G A Russell
Mr & Mrs J A Santarosa
Mr & Mrs H Sarkissian
Mr & Mrs R Sequeira
Mr & Mrs P A Sheldon
Prof & Dr A P Sindone
Mr & Mrs D R N K Siow
Mr & Mrs M C Smith
Mr K G Smith &
Mrs L M Wallwork
Mr & Mrs J Soerjoko
Dr & Dr R M Sorial
Mr & Mrs E D Spooner
Mr & Mrs J J Stapleton
Mr & Mrs A E Stephenson
Mr & Mrs R J Suffield
Mr & Mrs G Surman
Anonymous
Mr & Mrs C Z Tan
Mr & Mrs P Tapp
Ms J Taylor
Mr & Mrs A Tcharlassian
Mr & Mrs R A Tesoriero
Mr & Mrs W D Thomson
Mr M E Tooth &
Mrs N R Hodson-Tooth
Mr & Mrs S D Tracy
Mr & Mrs J Tripodi
Mr & Mrs M T Tsang
Mr & Mrs N Velcic
Mr & Mrs P Vergara
Mr & Mrs E Vozzo
Mr W G Wade &
Ms P McCarthy
Mr & Mrs J L Walker
Mr & Mrs S B Walters
Dr & Mrs P A Wells
Mr & Mrs D A Wunder
(SAC 1970)
Mr & Mrs M J Zwar
2006 Annual Giving
Building Fund
Mr C F Aboud (SAC 2005)
Mr & Mrs V Aboud
Mr & Mrs D Acton
Mr & Mrs R M Aldridge
Dr P Bannon (SAC 1944)
Mr & Mrs T Barakat
Mr A Baume &
Mrs R Arthur
Mr & Mrs A Baumgart
Mr N Bennett (SAC 1946)
Mr & Mrs J R Bergin
(SAC 1957
Dr G Boffa OAM &
Mrs L Boffa
Mr & Mrs M G Boffa
Rev Fr J H Boland
(SAC 1932)
Mr J F Bourgeois (SAC 1959)
Mr & Mrs A Bouris
Dr M Branley FRACO, FRACS
(SAC 1979)
Mr & Mrs R Brennan
Mr & Mrs R Buckingham
Dr & Mrs G M Buckley
Mr & Mrs G J Bulters
Anonymous (SAC 1968)
Mrs F Byers
Dr & Mrs A P Cahill
(SAC 1935)
Mr & Mrs A J Capito
Mr & Mrs D P H Chan
Mr & Mrs M D Chavez
Mr & Mrs R Chen-Chow
Dr R M Chin
Mr B J Clarke (SAC 2000)
Mr & Mrs D J Clarke
Mr M R Cockburn &
Mrs R Crowe
Mr J Coombs QC &
Ms A Wallis (SAC 1953)
Mr & Mrs P F Cordi
Mr P Cornwell &
Ms C Rice
Mr & Mrs A J Cowle
(SAC 1977)
Mr & Mrs K J Craft
Mr K Cranney
Mr & Mrs L Crisanti
Mr L P Crowley (SAC 1942)
Mrs P Cunningham
Mr P G Currie (SAC 1948)
Dr S M Danieletto
Mr & Mrs J B Dargaville
(SAC 1970)
Mr & Mrs J C David
Mr & Mrs P J de Gail
Mr P de Lasala (SAC 1975)
Mr & Mrs R Dennett
Dr & Mrs R A Denny
(SAC 1984)
Mr & Mrs P B Donnelly
(SAC 1944)
Mr & Mrs P Downs
(SAC 1987)
Mrs M C Duncan &
Dr R Baber
Mr & Mrs B M Egan
(SAC 1967)
Mr V Egan OAM (SAC 1935)
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from the foundation (cont'd)
Mr & Mrs D H Emanuel
(SAC 1962)
Mr & Ms R P Emery
Mr G Firth & Ms M Sloane
(SAC 1970)
Mr P F Flynn (SAC 1972)
Mr & Mrs P T Ford
(SAC 1954)
Dr & Mrs M France
Dr & Mrs P Freeman
(SAC 1968)
Mr & Mrs D Galanos
(SAC 1985)
Dr L E Georgeson OAM
(SAC 1944)
Mr & Mrs M Georgeson
Mr & Mrs R L Giannone
Mr & Mrs R Gilchrist
Mr J P Gormly SC &
Mrs C Gormly
(SAC 1971)
Mr & Mrs D J Grace
(SAC 1988)
Mr & Mrs J B Grant
Mr D Green
Rev Fr J F Grumitt SJ
Mr & Mrs M J Happ
(SAC 1985)
Assoc Prof & Mrs B T
Haylen (SAC 1970)
Mr M D Healey &
Mrs M A Hamilton
Dr M P Hennessy &
Dr F M Boyle
Mr & Mrs A M Hogan
Dr R Honner (SAC 1952)
Mr C Iacono (SAC 1954)
Mr & Mrs P Iliffe
Mr P M Irvin (SAC 1944)
Mr B J Jenkins (SAC 1943)
Mr & Mrs L Jeyaraj
Mr & Mrs F B Jolley
Mr & Mrs S Kafes
The Hon J Kearney QC,
KCSG & Mrs M Kearney
(SAC 1938)
Mr R Kelly & Dr M Byrne
Mr & Mrs P M Kiely
Mr & Mrs A Kinnear
(SAC 1983)
Mr C Kitching (SAC 1981)
Mr J R Kitching (SAC 1941)
Dr & Mrs A J Knox
Mrs D Landers
Mr & Mrs G Leahy
(SAC 1944)
Mr & Mrs K A Leighton
Mr & Mrs M S Lindsay
(SAC 1978)
Mr T Martin &
Mrs T Smits
Mrs V Maruno
Mr A C Masson (SAC 1988)
Mr M E Masson (SAC 1995)
Mr & Mrs R J Masson
Mr & Mrs N Maurer
(SAC 1984)
Mr & Mrs T Mazaraki
(SAC 1986)
Mr & Mrs M J McCann
Mr & Mrs M McClatchey
Mr & Mrs J I McCormick
Mr C McNamara
(SAC 1984)
Emeritus Professor
J F Miller AC FAA FRS
(SAC 1948)
Mr & Mrs R Mimmo
Mr & Mrs S P Mitchell
(SAC 1985)
Mrs M Molloy
Mr & Mrs P Mouret
(SAC 1984)
Mr & Mrs W Mueller
Dr J Muller (SAC 1940)
Mr W F Nichol
Mrs J Nysen
Mr P M O’Donnell
(SAC 1978)
Mr & Mrs M D Olds
Mr & Mrs B O’Loughlin
(SAC 1987)
Mrs M O’Loughlin
Mr G O’Neill (SAC 1956)
Dr K O’Shannessy
(SAC 1960)
Mrs E M O’Toole
Mr & Mrs R Paul
Mr & Mrs I W Perkes
Mrs H Petry
Mr T D Petry &
Ms J Gordon (SAC 1979)
Mr & Mrs V Pham
Mr & Mrs J J Playoust
(SAC 1949)
Mr H J Polin (SAC 1936)
Rev Fr P Quilty (SAC 1954)
Mr R V Quirk &
Ms R A Davies
Mr & Mrs W E Rathborne
(SAC 1965)
Mr P L Richardson
Dr J S Roarty (SAC 1941)
Mr & Mrs P J Roberts
Mr A Robertson (SAC 1942)
Mr & Mrs J Rogge
Mr M Rohanna (SAC 1975)
Mr & Mrs I Russell
(SAC 1948)
Mr R T Ryan (SAC 1943)
SAC Jesuit Community
Mrs G W L Sam &
Mr J R Pierre
Mr J B Scroope (SAC 1942)
Professor A G Shannon AM
Mr J H Sherwin (SAC 1945)
Mr P Shmigel
Mr S C Shortis (SAC 1945)
Mr & Mrs C S Shum
Prof & Dr A P Sindone
Mr A N Sochacki (SAC 1962)
Mr P Sotiriou (SAC 1968)
Mr & Mrs K Steggles
The Hon Mr Justice T J
Studdert QC &
Mrs J Studdert (SAC 1952)
Mr & Mrs L Sudarmana
Mr & Mrs K Szymanski
Mr & Mrs R Tai
Mr J Teng (SAC 2001)
Mr & Mrs G M Thompson
(SAC 1949)
Mr P A Thompson
(SAC 1948)
Mr & Mrs L A Ticehurst
(SAC 1979)
Mr & Mrs A Tracy
(SAC 1981)
Mr & Mrs R J Vincent
(SAC 1990)
Mr & Mrs R von Gutzeit
Mrs Y Walker &
Dr D Walker
Mr V M Walsh (SAC 1948)
Mrs C Waters &
Mr S Waters
Mr & Mrs S P Welsh
Mrs J Wilkinson
Dr W L Williams
(SAC 1940)
Mr T Wilson (SAC 1976)
Mrs G Wong-Davies &
Mr C W Davies
Mr P G Wyatt (SAC 1963)
Mr C J Yee (SAC 2003)
Mr & Mrs K Yee
Mr & Mrs J Yuen
(SAC 1983)
Library Fund Donations
Gifts to the College Foundation Library Fund will
enable the College to purchase additional educational
2006 Annual Giving
Library Fund
Mr J F Bourgeois (SAC 1959)
Prof L Burke
Mr & Mrs W P Burton
(SAC 1944)
Ms H J Carr
Mr & Mrs P H Cearns
(SAC 1960)
Anonymous (SAC 1980)
Mr & Mrs P Choy
Mr & Mrs M D Collins
Mr P Cornwell &
Ms C Rice
Mr & Mrs L Crisanti
Mr & Mrs B Cubis
(SAC 1975)
Dr J Cunningham
(SAC 1988)
Mr P A De Baun (SAC 1955)
Mr D J Dignam (SAC 1964)
Mr & Mrs X Droulers
(SAC 1947)
Mr & Ms R P Emery
Mr P Evans (SAC 1964)
Mr P I Farmer
Mr & Mrs D Findlay
Mr R J Flitcroft & Ms M
McCluskey (SAC 1976)
Mr B Foley (SAC 1958)
Dr G Gibson (SAC 1945)
Anonymous (SAC 1969)
Mr & Mrs C P Gall
Anonymous
Mr D I Hamilton (SAC 1948)
Mr & Mrs M J Happ
(SAC 1985)
Mr A Haylen (SAC 1965)
Mr G J Hickey &
Ms T S O’Donoghue
Mr & Mrs W C Hilder
Mr R L S Ho & Mrs E I Lie
Mr & Mrs A M Hogan
Mr A Hyde (SAC 1955)
Mr & Mrs A G Johnston
Mr & Mrs G Jones
The Hon J Kearney QC,
KCSG & Mrs M Kearney
(SAC 1938)
Mrs G M Kennedy
Mr & Mrs P Knoblanche
Mr & Mrs P Lau
Mr J A Law (SAC 1948)
Mr & Mrs J Le Gras
(SAC 1953)
Mr & Mrs G Leahy
(SAC 1944)
Mrs R Leung
Anonymous
Mr & Ms M Maneschi
(SAC 1979)
Mr M Marriner
Dr F Martin AM &
Mrs M Martin
Mr & Mrs D P McCarthy
(SAC 1944)
Mr & Mrs R Meagher
Mr & Mrs G J Michel
Emeritus Professor
J F Miller AC FAA FRS
(SAC 1948)
Mr B Mungoven (SAC 1941)
Mr & Mrs K J Murray
Mr & Mrs A J Murray
Mrs S S Nash &
Mr J Johnson
Mr & Mrs A Nicotra
Professor Emeritus
Sir G Nossal AC CBE
(SAC 1947)
Mr G Parry (SAC 1956)
Dr & Mrs H Patapanian
Mr & Mrs F Peronace
Mr & Mrs J J Pfister
Mr S R Raisin
Mr & Mrs W E Rathborne
(SAC 1965)
Mr A T S Ryrie &
Ms S M Sherwood
Mr & Mrs P W A Sherlock
Mr J H Sherwin (SAC 1945)
Mr B S Shum (SAC 2005)
Mr & Mrs C S Shum
Prof & Dr A P Sindone
Mrs S Y Soohoo
Mr C Still (SAC 1975)
Anonymous (SAC 1999)
Mr & Mrs G M Thompson
(SAC 1949)
Mr & Mrs A Tracy
(SAC 1981)
Mr N Tuckfield (SAC 1981)
Mrs G J Veersema
Mrs C Waddle
Mrs S Weress
Rev Fr B C Yates (SAC 194)7
Mr & Mrs C Yee
Year 6 Library Appeal
2006
Mr & Mrs E Abeleda
Mr & Mrs S Addicoat
resources (books, CD-Roms and computer programmes) that
would not have been possible under budgetary limitations.
Mr & Mrs A Alexandrou
Mr A Baume &
Mrs R Arthur
Mr & Mrs A Baumgart
Mr & Mrs M G Boffa
(SAC 1982)
Mr K J Brotherson &
Ms L M Byrnes
Dr & Mrs E S K Chan
Mr & Mrs G R Chapple
Mr & Mrs A Chow
Mr & Mrs D A K Cohen
(SAC 1977)
Mr P Cornwell &
Ms C Rice
Mr & Mrs D P Courtenay
Mr & Mrs M C Daly
Mr C W Davies &
Mrs G Wong-Davies
Dr & Mrs T D’Netto
Dr & Mrs P J Dunkin
Mr & Mrs V Eymont
Mr M P Furlong & Mrs M I
Alexanderson de Furlong
Dr & Mrs J Goh
Mr & Mrs I D Gray
Mr & Mrs M J Hade
Mr & Mrs M J Humphreys
Mr & Mrs G N D Jowitt
Dr & Mrs A J Knox
Mr P J Latham &
Ms S M Leahy
Mr & Mrs P Lau
Mr & Mrs S Lee
Mr C J Manion &
Mrs C M Logan
Mr & Mrs M J McCann
Mr & Mrs M J McCarthy
Mr & Mrs P J McNab
Mr & Mrs S Miller
Mr & Mrs J G Morgan
Mr & Mrs M S Morgan
(SAC 1973)
Mr & Mrs B Moscaritolo
Dr & Mrs G M Nicholson
Mr & Mrs J G O’Malley
Mrs E M O’Toole
Mr P S Parker &
Mrs C M Kennedy-Parker
Mr & Mrs M Perkins
Mr & Mrs S G Perks
Mr & Mrs F Peronace
Mr J R Pierre &
Mrs G W L Sam
Dr & Mrs B A Pirola
Dr & Mrs J K A
Prendergast
Mrs F A Quaglia &
Mr R Lee
Mr & Mrs S R Raisin
Dr & Mrs R Sahagian
Mrs J M Scarf &
Mr G F Scarf
Mr & Mrs S Sims
Mr & Mrs J P Sinclair
Mr & Mrs A M Sindone
Mr & Mrs P W Stuntz
Mr & Mrs W D Thomson
Mr & Mrs S Trovato
Mr & Mrs J M Tweedie
Mr & Mrs N Velcic
Year 12 Library Appeal
2006
Dr & Mrs S Allnutt
Mr & Mrs R Ashton
Mr & Mrs G Ashton-
Maxwell
Mr & Mrs E Badilescu-
Buga
Mrs A Barudi
Mr & Mrs A K Betts
Mr & Mrs F Bogovic
Mrs W J Boon
Mrs C E Boyd &
Mr A L Boyd
Mr & Mrs G J Bryant
Dr & Mrs G M Buckley
Mr & Mrs M C Bullen
(SAC 1972)
Mr & Mrs G J Bulters
Mr & Mrs M D Chavez
Mr & Mrs E Cheuk
Mr & Mrs P P Couch
Mr & Mrs N David
Mr C S de Bhaldraithe &
Mrs M M Feehan
Dr & Mrs M N Eather
Mr & Mrs P M Ellis
Dr N Farag & Mr Farag
Mr & Mrs P Favretto
Mr & Mrs G T Fitzpatrick
Mr & Mrs P Flint
Mr & Mrs I D Forrest
Mr & Mrs A Gaudioso
Mr & Mrs P N Geldens
Dr & Mrs A G Gillin
Dr & Mrs J Goh
Mrs D A Grech &
Mr L J Grech
Mr & Mrs J M Hartigan
Mr & Mrs S P Hipkin
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Mr & Mrs D R Hunter
Dr & Mrs D O Irving
Mr G Jarrett &
Ms T Bennetts
Mr & Mrs A G Johnston
Mr & Ms G Jones
Mr G S Kim
Mr & Mrs M Lau
Mr & Mrs S D Levy
Mr & Mrs B Lim
Mr & Mrs M McClatchey
Mr J McLenaghan
Dr & Mrs H P McNeil
Mrs L M Milanich
Mr & Mrs C E Mullan
Mr & Mrs L A Newton
Mrs L M Nicol
Mr & Mrs J D O’Donoghue
Mr & Mrs M D Olds
Mr & Mrs I A Pavey
Mr & Mrs P Perera
Mr & Mrs J Pirozzi
Mr & Mrs S M Purcell
Mr & Mrs M L Raicevich
Dr & Mrs I R Sewell
Dr & Mrs M W Size
Mr & Mrs A Son
Mr P Sotiriou (SAC 1968)
Mr A M Sunderland &
Ms J M O’Keefe
Ms J Taylor
Mr & Mrs J J Telfer
Mr & Mrs P A Thompson
Mr & Mrs B C Tombs
Mr & Mrs M J Trochei
Mr & Mrs G Tweedie
Mr & Mrs E Uy
Mr M A Wright &
Dr A Wignall
Mr & Mrs P S P Yeung
Education Fund
Gifts to the College Foundation Education Fund support
the ongoing provision of means-tested bursaries at the
Education and
Bursary Fund
Mr & Mrs R M Aldridge
Mrs E Beechworth
Mr & Mrs A P Bentley
Anonymous (SAC 1967)
Prof L Burke
Mrs P Cahalan
Mr D P Cavanagh
(SAC 1950)
Mr D C Collins
(SAC 1962)
Mr & Mrs A Coulton
Mr H W Driver
(SAC 1993)
Mrs M C Duncan
Mr & Mrs D V Goldrick
(SAC 1949)
Mr & Mrs M J Happ
(SAC 1985)
Mr J Hurney (SAC 1948)
Mrs I Koutsos
Mr & Mrs G Leahy
(SAC 1944)
Mr D Mackay
(SAC 1961)
Anonymous (SAC 1999)
Mr & Mrs P Marosszeky
Rev Fr R McGinley SAC
(SAC 1937)
College. The Foundation currently funds eighteen bursaries
at the College and through the ongoing generous support of
the Aloysian Family; this number is set to rise each year.
Mr & Mrs P J Moore
(SAC 1959)
Anonymous (SAC 1983)
Mr C H Norville
(SAC 1944)
Dr K O’Shannessy
(SAC 1960)
Anonymous (SAC 1951)
Mr S Porcaro &
Ms N Ackarie
Mr B Rathborne
(SAC 1953)
Mr & Mrs A P
Robertson (SAC 1954)
St Aloysius’ College
Jesuit Community
St Aloysius’ College Old
Boys Union
Mr & Mrs R A Tesoriero
Mr & Mrs G Toemoe
Mr & Mrs M J Wall
Mr P Wallington
(SAC 1962)
Mr J Walker-Powell
(SAC 1983)
2007 Annual Fund Appeal
St Aloysius’ College is highly respected for its academic,
co-curricula and spiritual education, developing the mind,
body, spirit and heart of our boys. To enable the College
to remain at the forefront of boys’ education in Australia, we
need to continually upgrade the facilities and educational
aides on offer to all our boys.
The College first launched an Annual Giving Appeal in
1998. The Appeal approached every member of the Aloysian
Family (Parents, Past Parents, Old Boys and Friends of the
College) for their vital financial support.
In 2007, after ten years of success, with over $1.5million
being donated by over 3,000 members of the Aloysian Family,
we have decided to re-name the Annual Giving Appeal, The
Aloysius’ Annual Fund.
We invite everyone who holds the College in esteem, who
values the importance that an Aloysian education has had on
their life and that of their family, who wants to see the College
continue to grow from strength-to-strength, is asked to make
an annual gift in support of our work by contributing to The
Aloysius’ Annual Fund.
The ongoing financial support of the entire Aloysian Family
is a crucial part of our ongoing success.
Our success in the 2006 Higher School Certificate, where
the College was placed as the best performing non-selective
CAS or GPS School and the best performing Catholic boys or
co-educational school in the State is something that we can all
celebrate.
In order for us to remain number one, we need your support
and financial help!
The Aloysius’ Annual Fund provides annual financial
support for the College’s highest priorities. Gifts made
to The Aloysius’ Annual Fund will be spent in the year
that they are donated. These gifts make the purchase of
additional equipment, beyond the normal College budget,
possible.
Gifts to The Aloysius’ Annual Fund support a number of
ongoing programmes and strategic new initiatives such as:
The provision of six more electronic Smartboards (or
interactive whiteboards) and three data projectors to
classrooms in the Junior and Senior School.
Adam Pasfield at the Smartboard
The purchase of new, state-of-the-art cardio machines
(treadmills, rowing machines and spin bikes) and other
related equipment for the College Gymnasium and
Weights Room.
The provision of new computer technology and computer
programmes.
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from the foundation (cont'd)
The purchase of new educational aids (books, DVDs, CD-
Roms etc) for the Junior and Senior School Libraries
The provision of more means tested bursaries, so those
who would not normally be able to attend the College,
may have the opportunity to benefit from an Aloysian
education.
How you can support the 2007 Annual Fund:
Please complete the gift box and return it to the College,
alternatively, please call the Development office on
(+61 2) 9936 5561 to make a credit card gift over the
telephone.
All gifts to the College (Building Fund, Library Fund and the
Bursary Fund) are tax-deductible.
Yes, I would like to support the 2007 Annual Fund Appeal
I would like to make a gift of:
$100 $250 $50 $500 $350
$750 $1,000 Other $ ........ to the
Building Fund – for the new Masterplan works
Library Fund – Library materials and new computers
Bursary Fund – Bursaries and Scholarships
Enclosed is a cheque made payable to the
St Aloysius’ College Foundation
Please debit my Credit Card
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AMDG
The College congratulates the following members of
the Aloysian Family who were recognised in the
2007 Australia Day Honours List.
Michael L’Estrange AO (SAC 1972) was made an
Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia
(AO) for his contribution to the development of public
policy, particularly that of national security and foreign
policy, and to the fostering of international relations
through diplomacy, trade and culture. Michael currently
serves as the Secretary of the Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade and is Australia’s former High
Commissioner to the United Kingdom. He served as
Secretary to Cabinet from 1996 to 2000. A graduate
of Sydney University, Michael was awarded a Rhodes
Scholarship in 1975 and studied at Oxford University
where he won two Blues for Cricket. In 1986 he was
awarded a Harkness Fellowship and studied at the
Jesuit University, Georgetown in Washington DC, and
the University of California at Berkeley for two years.
Michael is the son of the late Dr Jim L’Estrange (SAC
1937) who served as the College Doctor for over thirty
years and Mrs Iris L’Estrange and brother of Father Peter
L’Estrange SJ (SAC 1966), Jim (SAC 1974) and Patrick
(SAC 1982).
Mr David Murray AO (SAC 1966) was made an
Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia
for service to national and international finance through
strategic leadership and policy development, and to
the financial education of Australia’s youth, by fostering
relations between institutions and industry, as well as your
work in the community as a fundraiser for cultural and
church organisations. David serves as the Chairman of the
Future Fund, the organisation established by the Federal
Government to provide financial security for Australia’s
unfunded superannuation. Prior to his appointment to the
Future Fund, David worked for the Commonwealth Bank
for forty years, culminating in his service as Managing
Director and CEO of the Bank from 1992 to 2005.
Under his leadership, the Commonwealth Bank was
privatised in 1996. David was awarded the Centenary
Medal in 2003 for services to banking and corporate
Australia Day Honours
governance. David is the son of Dr Joan Murray (SAC
Staff 1958 – 1972) and brother of Jock (SAC 1966 and
Member of the College Council), Colonel Don Murray
CSC (SAC 1967) and Tony (SAC 1969) and father of
Richard (SAC 2005).
Father Peter Norden SJ, AO was made an Officer in
the General Division of the Order of Australia for service
to community development through social research and
programmes aimed at assisting marginalised young
people and offenders, to the mental health sector, and
to the Catholic Church in Australia. Father Norden was
awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001 acknowledging
his work with disadvantaged children, youth and
families in Victoria. He serves as the Parish Priest of the
Jesuit Parish in Richmond, Victoria and also works in the
Brosnan Centre in Melbourne, a centre for the support of
people in prison. He was one of the people who fought
long and hard for the life of Van Nguyen, the Australian
man who was hung in Singapore for drug possession
in 2005 and presided over his funeral at St Patrick’s
Cathedral in Melbourne, following his execution by the
Singaporean Government.
Mr Guido Belgiorno-Nettis AM (SAC 1975) was
made a Member in the General Division of the
Order of Australia for service to the construction
industry, particularly through the management of big
infrastructure projects, and to the arts in executive and
philanthropic roles. Guido is the Managing Director
of Transfield Holdings and is the former Managing
Director of Transfield Pty Ltd. A great lover of the arts,
Guido is the Chairman of the Australian Chamber
Orchestra and a Trustee of the NSW Art Gallery. He
also serves as a member of the Australian Graduate
School of Management Advisory Committee. Guido
is the son of the late Franco Belgiorno-Nettis AC CBE,
and Mrs Amina Belgiorno-Nettis and brother of Marco
Belgiorno-Zegna AM (SAC 1970) and Luca Belgiorno-
Nettis (SAC 1971)
Their service to Australian Society, along with the
service of those who go unrecognised, is one of the
great cornerstones of our nation. True Men for Others.
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2006 HSC report
2006 HSC Report:
The Class of 2006 have received a most pleasing set
of results in the HSC. One of the easiest points of
comparison in performance is the number of students in
the Merit List. To be eligible for that list a student must score
90 or more in a 2 unit course, or 45 or more in a 1 unit
course. While this is a limited comparison as it only looks at
the top performing students, it is the one used by the press,
as these results are made public.
Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total students sitting 126 119 124 109 144 134
the HSC at
St Aloysius’ College
Distinguished 82 117 134 83 131 165
Achievers
One hundred and sixty-five mentions is easily the highest
proportion of merits achieved by St Aloysius’ since the
inception of the ‘new’ HSC, being twice that achieved in
2001. An outstanding result by a group of hard-working
students. Another pleasing aspect was the performance of
the cohort as a whole. One measure of this is the numbers
in the bottom bands. In 2005 there were forty student
results in the bottom two bands in a particular subject. In
2006 this number was reduced to twenty. While we have
not yet gathered all the UAI results (schools are not provided
with these by the government) indications are that the mean
will be the highest we have achieved during this time.
Thus the results across the board were very strong. We
had a stronger top and middle and not much of a tail.
The press do publish ‘league tables’ comparing schools.
While most educationalists shudder at such simplistic tables,
I should note that the ‘ranking’ of St Aloysius’ College varies
significantly between the two newspapers. The ranking in the
Daily Telegraph, which has St Aloysius’ higher than any CAS
or GPS school (apart from the selective Sydney Grammar
School and Sydney Boys’ High School), and the highest
placed Catholic school after Loreto Kirribilli, is more reliable
as it is based upon the percentage of mentions in Merit List
compared to the number of exams sat at a school.
The Sydney Morning Herald’s table was wrong. In past
years its table was based on the number of mentions in the
merit list divided by the number of students sitting the exam
from the school. As corrected the next day (but with no new
table produced) this year’s table was simply based on the raw
number of mentions on the merit list. In other words the bigger
schools had more merits because they had more students!
All-Rounders:
There were seven students named in the Premier’s All-
Rounders List. These students scored ninety or better in
ten units. They were: Guy Flint, Thomas Haremza, James
Johnston, Dominic McNeil, Jack O’Donoghue, Thomas
Park and Mark Uy (all SAC 2006)
Best in Subject:
Economics: Thomas Haremza was placed fifth in the State
General Mathematics: Andrew Boon was placed eighteenth
in the State.
UAI calculations:
The College does not have access to students’ University
Admission Index (UAI). However, we use the scaling
information provided by the Universities Admission Centre
to estimate UAI scores. The College had seven students
achieve a UAI above 99, and forty-nine over 90 (38%).
The 2006 Dux of the College was Guy Flint (SAC 2006)
who achieved a UAI of 99.95.
Distinction Course:
Part of the changes introduced to the HSC in 2001 was the
introduction of Distinction Courses. To be eligible, students
must make a formal application to the Board of Studies with
the full support of their school. To be accepted, the student
must have completed one HSC subject already. Those who
satisfactorily pass their chosen Distinction Course will have
the subject counted toward the same first year university
subject. In 2006, Graham Purcell (SAC 2006) was
accepted to a Distinction Course in Comparative Literature
through Charles Sturt University. Graham enjoyed great
success in the Course and was awarded a Distinction.
Faculty Highlights:
English: The English faculty has worked hard to improve the
results at the College. The HSC results for 2006 were the
best in the new HSC as were the School Certificate results.
The introduction of streamed classes; setting students in
the right course (Advanced or Standard) and a complete
overhaul of the teaching and assessment programmes have
contributed to this success. Of course the diligence of our
students cannot be underestimated.
Economics: The performance of this subject continues to
improve. Nearly one-third of the students achieved a Band
6 compared to one-quarter in 2005. The consistently
high results in this demanding subject are a credit to the
faculty.
Mathematics: The results in Mathematics continue to be
bedrock on which a sound HSC is based at St Aloysius’
College. The high demands of our Mathematics teachers
have once again achieved excellent results. Sixteen percent
of General Mathematics; thirty-nine percent of Standard
Mathematics, sixty-one percent of the Extension 1 Course
and forty-two percent of the Extension 2 Course achieved
marks in the top band.
Studies of Religion: This subject, particularly the 2 Unit
Course has achieved excellent results for several years. The
1 Unit cohort also achieved excellent results with twenty-five
percent in the top band. In the 2 Unit Course forty percent
of candidature achieved Band 6, compared to a state
average of ten percent.
Music: The efforts made by the Music Department to
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Members of the Class of 2006 who were listed on the Premier's List.
raise the academic results in the HSC have been hugely
successful. Last year we had excellent results in the Music
2 Unit Course. In 2006 the Music 1 and Extension course
did particularly well. The experience of our Music staff in
directing students to the appropriate course, along with
their expertise has contributed to another year’s excellent
result.
PDHPE: This is a relatively new course at St Aloysius’
College. Nevertheless it has achieved consistently high
results. In 2006 over half the candidature achieved a Band
6 result. The course mean of 87.33 was a huge 14.52
marks above the state mean.
Visual Arts: Anyone who attended the Annual College Art
Show would be aware of the quality of art produced by our
Year 12 students. Their results in the HSC were consistently
strong. This is a credit to the boys and the recently retired
Head of Visual Arts, Mr Patrick Connolly (SAC Staff 2004-
2006 and Past Parent).
History: The performance in both Modern and Ancient
History was strong for a wide range of student ability. The
performance in the demanding Extension History Course,
undertaken by a relatively large cohort of fifteen students,
was particularly pleasing. The History Faculty continues to
engage students and enable students of a wide range of
ability to achieve excellent results.
General Comments:
Some of the changes, introduced in recent years, came
about as a result of our analysis and the review of our
curriculum, these include:
The introduction of streamed classes in English (Year 11
in 2005 and Year 10 in 2006);
More detailed analysis and professional advice to
students about their individual suitability for General
Mathematics and Standard English;
Tougher entry requirements for students wishing to study
Extension Courses;
Extra lessons provided (out of core school time) for
students studying Extension History;
Greater emphasis on developing creative writing skills
for all students;
Continual review of the nature of assessment tasks,
for example, inclusion of a mid-year examination for
English;
The introduction of structured supervised study sessions
in The Kircher Library;
The introduction of the Legal Studies Course in 2006.
I can confidently report that those initiatives have been
successful. The results in both the 2006 School Certificate
and 2006 Higher School Certificate have been the best
achieved by the College since the introduction of changes
to those two State-based examinations in 2001.
Mr Neville Williams
Director of Curriculum
Members of the Class of 2006 who scored a UAI over 99 with
Father Rector and Father Principal.
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from the junior school
Here we are once again,
at the start of another
year and within the blink
of an eye, Term I is all but
gone. It has been a smooth
beginning to the year with next
to no changes to staffing within
the Junior School except for
two teachers returning after 12
months of amazing experiences
overseas including teaching in the UK, thirty-day Ignatian
retreat, teaching and volunteer social work in the some
of the poorest parts of Central and South America. We
are delighted to have back on board both Mr Gregory
Marinan and Mr Nicholas Boys as teachers of Year 6
and 5 respectively. The other significant change is the
appointment of Mr Joe El-Khoury as the Junior School
Director of Pastoral Care and Religious Education. Among
his many responsibilities, Joe is also the College Coordinator
for World Youth Day and Magis 2008. While
he will be sorely missed in the classroom, it is hoped that
he will have a significant impact on all students in his
new role.
In the academic area, we have embarked on a strong
literacy focus for 2007 and a number of activities have
already been initiated and planned for the remainder
of the year for the promotion of literacy within the Junior
school. I thank Mrs Byrne, the Junior School Director of
Curriculum for her efforts in this domain.
Open Day 2007 was indeed a marvellous exhibition
of generosity, co-operation and school spirit from our staff,
students and parents. Besides the understandable anxiety
shown by prospective parents as to the nature of the
entrance examination, just about every visitor that I spoke
to couldn’t wait to tell me how impressed they were with
the boys – their friendly and helpful nature and about the
pride with which our parents spoke about their beloved
school. Yes, indeed the staff work behind the scenes to
get their classes organised, co-ordinate activities for the
boys etc but without the presence of so many of you
parents and the boys, an Open Day would mean and
do nothing to promote the College. As you know, we do
next to no advertising and it’s simply the word of mouth
that gets people in the door on the day. On a day such
as this we are preaching to the converted, people who
either already have decided St Aloysius’ as the school of
choice for their children or are seriously considering that
to be the case. What the Open Day does do is help
prospective families to cement their choice after speaking
to families that are already experiencing what’s on offer at
Aloysius’. I think it is a good strategy and an honest one
to boot. May I sincerely thank all parents who turned up
and worked for hours on end especially at the BBQ and
refreshments counters, as tour guides and in many more
ways where they saw the need. Rather than name names,
I wish to pass our gratitude to Mesdames Jana Carrozzi,
Jenny Carter and the P&F Committee that did a superb
job of rounding up well over one hundred volunteers for
the afternoon.
In terms of technology, we are certainly heading in the
right direction. Following the success of the Smartboards
in the classrooms that were trialled last year we have
installed this technology in more than half the classrooms
this year and we hope to make it available in all rooms
in 2008. Another innovation that we have consolidated
on following a trial is the implementation of an on-line
Mathematics programme called Mathletics right across all
Years in the Junior School. Thank you to the sixty parents
who turned up to the information session run by our
consultant for Mathletics Australia. It was most encouraging
to note such a high level of interest from parents. This
support is crucial for the success of this programme. The
use of this programme is just one way we can promote
numeracy within the Junior School and complement the
core work taking place within the classrooms. All teachers
have been in-serviced on how to maximise the benefits
of this programme and show how teachers could tailor it
to suit the needs of students with varying abilities within
their classes. Most classes have already been completing
weekly set tasks using this programme on line.
Over the last two weeks, Mr Zolezzi, our School
Counsellor and Mr Paul Lewis, a mediation lawyer
(father of John Lewis in Year 5) have been training twenty
potential candidates from Year 6 in the process of peer
mediation. They have been assisted by six trained Peer
Mediators from Year 10. Thank you to Henry Newton,
John Slaven, Dalius Wilson and Felix Buda. In addition
to the training already imparted each of the candidates
will be interviewed by a panel and given the opportunity
to participate in a role playing scenario so that they can
demonstrate the skills they have learnt.
In week six, Year Five boys enjoyed three days
together at the Great Aussie Bush Camp at Hawkes Nest.
It certainly wasn’t a holiday for the boys or the teachers
but I am positive that the boys would have learnt some
great lessons while living in such close quarters with
one another. Teamwork, tolerance and acceptance,
dependence and independence, appreciation of nature
and the outdoors and simple pleasures would certainly
be on top of that list of lessons learnt. Thank you to Miss
Miles, Ms Hart, Mr Hegarty, Mr Boys, Mrs Breznik and
Mr Jonny Garlington, our Gap Student, for their care and
guidance of the boys over these three days.
Another success story of the Term was the Year Six Day
of Reflection on Leadership. Boys spent a day together
reflecting on the qualities of leaders and how every
individual has the potential to be a leader. The day began
with an open air Mass on the fourth floor roof of the College
(by the Harbour), a perfect setting in which Fr Middleton
SJ invited our Year Six boys to serve and to care for one
another. After Mass, the boys moved on to the Great Hall
for a series of activities including discussion groups on
topics such as qualities of true leaders and the masks we
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wear as bullies or victims. Teachers and Year 12 student
leaders shared their personal experiences of leadership,
acceptance and examples of bullying in its various forms
and strategies they used to deal with such situations.
After a lunch which they shared with one another in small
groups, boys participated in outdoor activities for about an
hour that highlighted the value of teamwork. A great day
was had by all, thanks to the efforts of Mr El-Khoury, Mr
Van Der Meer, Mrs McCarthy, Miss Hill, Mr Marinan, Mr
Dunne, Mrs Byrne and Mrs Little. The real stars of the show,
however, were our Year 12 student leaders, Troy Abolakian
(College Captain), Kurt Menzies and Alex Duncan (College
Vice-Captains), Oliver Doraisamy, Alex To, John Fischer,
Sam Elliot and Michael Mulcahy. Their courage to share
personal stories and role modelling was most admirable.
Thank you, gentlemen. Congratulations to each and every
boy in Year 6 who participated in the day’s activities in such
a mature and co-operative manner. One of the highlights
of the day was a pledge which each of the Year 6 boys
has signed against bullying. Parents have been asked to
discuss this issue with them regardless of on which side of
the bullying equation they might be.
On the sports scene, stage one of the summer season
has come to an end. We have a number of teams that
are undefeated after five rounds of the competition.
Cross Country Carnivals and winter sport trials are on the
agenda at this stage. Congratulations to Fabijan Krslovic
(Year 6) who has been selected in the CIS Basketball
Team for 2007 along with Robin Pfister (Year 6) in the
CIS Tennis Team. Declan Creek (Year 6), a member
of our Prep 1st XI has been selected for representative
honours by the Mosman Cricket Club to represent the
District in the Under 13s Cricket Team. Let me sign off by
wishing all readers of the Aloysiad, a safe, happy and
rewarding year ahead.
Mr Martin Lobo
Deputy Principal – Junior School
Arrupe Outreach Programme
One of the aims of our Junior School Arrupe Outreach
Programme is to develop the belief in the boys that
they do have much to offer the wider community,
and that their positive contribution can make a difference
to individuals and to society. The basis of our social justice
initiatives centres on the Arrupe Outreach Programme.
Each class chooses a welfare agency, charity or project
to focus on for the year. The boys are encouraged to learn
more about the charity, agency or project through research
and exploration. The class is then encouraged to raise
awareness of their focus in the school community. This
initiative is not meant to be just where the boys have to meet
a financial goal but to allow them to learn about ways to
serve others through action and reflection.
As you read some of the class reports, the boys
experienced an endless number of opportunities to
participate in a variety of activities outside the classroom.
In the spirit of St Ignatius, they are developing a sense of
personal responsibility for the common good. As their social
consciences develop, they show increased compassion
towards those suffering and respond generously. The
eagerness and support for our Arrupe Outreach Programme
last year was inspirational.
Mr Joe El-Khoury
Director of Pastoral Services and RE
Year 4.1- Toy Drive
Year 4.1, during 2006 spent considerable time
investigating social justice. The boys examined many
different aspects of social justice from refugees to
famine. The boys of 4.1 discussed profoundly the differing
conditions that children live in worldwide.
The boys, through research, saw that there are many
under-privileged children who have to live through a
daily struggle just to survive. We were fortunate to have
had a visit from the Karuna Foundation. A foundation
established by an Aloysian family, the Kielys, to help
those less fortunate than ourselves in Cambodia. The
children from Cambodia who were involved in this
programme were all orphans who fought off famine,
disease, guerrilla warfare and landmines on a daily
basis. We were also very lucky to have been visited
by John O’Rielly (SAC 1984), an Old Boy who does
amazing work for Community Assist in Tanzania by
providing housing and education to communities who
have been devastated by famine and HIV/AIDS.
Year 4.1 continued to delve into what life would be
like for children in these countries. The boys were quick to
realise how difficult life is for children who are the same
age as themselves. Even the simple thing of playing with a
toy at home, was unachievable for some children. That was
when the boys came up with the idea of a ‘Toy Drive’. The
fact that even such a small toy could bring such joy to any
child, then the same small toy given to a child who perhaps
has never had their own toy would bring such happiness
to that child.
The Year 4.1 Toy Drive started in Term IV and there was
a wonderful response from the College school community.
We collected many books, games, soft toys and figurines.
The toys will be packed up and sent to the Allowah
Foundation and to the Community Assist Programme in
Tanzania. We would like to thank all the school community
for helping to bring a smile to so many, many children.
Mr James Lister (SAC 1997)
Class 4.1 Teacher
Year 5.1 Life for Kids
As part of the Arrupe Outreach Programme, 5.1
ran a guessing competition to raise money for Life
For Kids. The mission of Life For Kids encompasses
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awareness, accompaniment and action towards creating
a future of freedom, hope and life for children, near and
beyond.
After many years of sharing lives with the homeless
and the poor in Sydney’s inner city (Waterloo, Redfern,
Surry Hills and Woolloomooloo) and in recognising one
of the greatest needs was for vulnerable children living
on the margins of poverty and crisis in high-rise housing
commission units or shanty accommodation, Life For Kids
was established in early 2001. The courage and bonding
spirit of our kids are at the heart of all activities.
The one hundred and fifty children well known to us
are of multicultural backgrounds, six months to seventeen
years, with seventy percent being of Aboriginal heritage.
Life For Kids focus is on creating a sense of trust,
identity and belonging to the wider community for our
kids in ‘being there’ to listen and to share life experience.
Provision of educational needs (shoes, books and uniforms)
and school placements is also a major focus. The myriad
of activities accenting fun include weekly Saturday
breakfast (usually for fifty kids), trips to the beach and
country, theatre outings, participation in sporting events,
identities sharing motivational and cultural experiences,
celebration of birthdays, Christmas and Easter. There is
constant liaison with community groups in the area and
with organisations offering support.
Year 5.1 raised $220.00 for this worthy cause. Each
student in 5.1 worked in groups of two or three and were
responsible for a particular class in the Junior School.
They arranged the prize, collected money for guesses,
and recorded guesses from students within that class. In
addition, 5.1 held an AusTag Competition at lunch times
and raised a further $50.50.
Year 5.2 Oxfam
In 2006 the money raised by Year 5.2 for the Arrupe
Outreach Programme went to Oxfam Australia and Xavier
High School in Micronesia. Oxfam is an organisation
that helps struggling communities around the world. Our
teacher, Mr Hegarty, participated in Oxfam’s Trail Walker,
a one hundred kilometre walk or run to raise money for
the poor. Xavier High School is in Micronesia. Xavier
is quite a poor school and struggles to keep functional,
so we participate in many fundraisers to help our fellow
Jesuit students.
For our Arrupe Outreach Programme, Year 5.2 ran
two different fundraisers. Our first fundraiser was the 5.2
Spellathon, in which all of the boys in Year 5 were asked
to find sponsors. These sponsors were asked to donate a
specified amount for each word the boys got correct or just
a generous donation for participating. All the money raised
went to Oxfam.
Our second fundraising idea was a soccer competition.
In this competition boys who wished to participate were
asked to make a team of five to seven boys with an entry
fee of fifty cents per player. The money raised went to
Xavier High School in Micronesia.
Our Arrupe Outreach Programme was extremely
successful and we helped raise over $2,500 for Oxfam
and Xavier High School.
Tim O’Grady and Patrick Finnegan
Year 6.1 Bursaries for the
Philippines Jesuit Prison Ministry
As our contribution to the Arrupe Outreach Programme
Year 6.1 decided to organise and hold an art sale
of Year 6 art work. It was decided by the boys
that the money raised should go towards the education
of children of prisoners in the Philippines Jesuit Prison
Ministry.
With the dedicated help of Mrs Mushan each boy in
Year 6 chose his best piece of work from their prints on
foamboard. The theme of this art work was Rainforests.
Each piece of work looked fantastic and extremely
professional.
To begin the proceedings Troy Abolakian and Jacques
McElhone from Year 11 gave a talk and a powerpoint
presentation describing their experiences in the Philippines
on their immersion experience. Parents were then invited
to buy the paintings as a piece of memorabilia of their
son’s work. The following boys from 6.1 did a superb
job setting up, serving food and discussing the art work
with the parents: Harrison Williams, Jim Morrison, Max
Koumerelas, Adrian Sims, Sam Furneaux, Max Baume,
Thomas Jordan, Daniel Sahagian and Rohan Hora.
Many paintings were purchased by people other than
parents. Samples of work can now be found in the local
book shop and cafes in Kirribilli. Thanks to all the boys
for their enthusiasm and hard work. The money raised
amounted to $1625. A fantastic effort from all the boys in
Year 6, and particularly those in 6.1 who worked tirelessly
to support the Arrupe Outreach Programme.
Mrs Helen McCarthy
Class 6.1 Teacher
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Year 6 with some Year 12 Prefects at the Leadership Day.
Year 6 Leadership Day
On Wednesday 14 March, Year 6 attended a
Leadership Day. The aim was for all of us to learn
how to become good leaders and role models.
We started a day with an outdoor Mass on the Roof
of the Senior School. This Mass was celebrated by Fr
Middleton SJ and it was very special because the Gospel
and the readings revolved around leadership.
After that we all moved down to the Great Hall where
we spent most of the morning discussing becoming better
leaders and bullying. Our Year 12 Prefects and our
teachers led these activities and they shared their own
personal stories. I learnt that not all bullies are big and
strong but almost all of them are wearing a mask to hide
who they really are.
During our time in the Great Hall we watched several
snippets of movies, such as Shrek and Finding Nemo. The
film clips showed examples, albeit in a simplified way,
of leadership and bullying. After watching these clips we
sat in our groups and discussed how the people were
getting bullied and how they could have prevented it from
happening. We all signed the College Anti-Bullying Pledge
to indicate that we all need to stop bullying in our school.
After the morning session we all walked down to Milsons
Park to have lunch that all the boys in our group had brought
in and shared. The second half of the day was so much fun.
We participated in team building activities that involved us
all working together. One of the best activities was trying
to get your team through a massive tangle of ropes and not
letting them touch the ropes. These activities brought many
of us closer together as friends and really showed us how
important it is to work as a team.
The Leadership Day was a very memorable and
enjoyable one for all us where we learnt so much about
ourselves and others.
Tim Russell (Year 6)
Fr Middleton SJ celebrates Mass at the Year 6 Leadership Day.
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junior school sport
Welcome back to another year, another year of
sport, a year of trials and a year of highs and
lows. It will be a year where the most important
thing is to try your hand at something new rather than not
try at all. In the Junior School it has been a very busy term
with sport and everything else that goes with sport in school
– new friendships are formed, inter-school rivalries are
reignited and the crisp new uniform gets broken in. With
the summer sport trials complete with very large numbers
wanting to play, we were forced to make two Year 3 teams
in the cricket – Blue and Gold - who have been alternating
each week. While numbers wanting to play basketball
have dropped, they have increased substantially in cricket
with a fourth team being introduced in Year 5.
This year also saw the introduction of an intensive
professional coaching programme where at each training
session we have a coach that assists all teams in the age
group and further complements the existing coaching staff
comprising of College Old Boys and teaching staff. These
coaches, including Adam and Dean Gilchrist in cricket, not
only assist the boys in the teams but also allow for ongoing
professional development for the current coaches. All sports
have benefited from this and so far it has been a great
success with strong skill-based foundations being laid in all
teams for the boys to improve upon when we resume the
summer sport season in Term IV of this year. The following
boys were elected to lead Houses in 2007.
House Captain Vice Captain
Ogilvie Robert Joannides Chris Walker
Campion Tim Russell Sam Greig
Southwell Kieran McAdams Zigi Blau
Owen Will Morgan Tom Booth
So far these boys have done an excellent job and have
been a great help on different days throughout the term,
most recently being the Open Day where they ran some
sporting activities. The Captain’s first major requirement
was the Junior School Swimming Carnival. The Carnival
turned out to be a very exciting day with the lead changing
several times throughout the day. Congratulations to
Campion House, led by Tim Russell and Sam Greig who
led their team to victory on the day. Southwell came second
with Ogilvie third and Owen placed fourth.
On the day there were also new records set by the
Southwell boys 9 and Under, 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay
recording a time of 3:32.10. Congratulations to Callum
Hogan, Lucas Velcic, Ben Mitchell, Liam Crisanti (all Year
5). Andre Anderson (Year 6) was appointed Captain of
Swimming for 2007.
Junior School Tennis is becoming a very popular sport,
with some sixty boys trialling for one of the forty-four spots
in the tennis squad last November. This year we were
able to name the squad of sixteen boys who made up
the Prep Teams and represent the College in the JSHAA
Competition. After four rounds of sport this year, the Prep
As and Ds are undefeated, while the Prep B and C team
have only lost only round.
The Junior School Swimming Team at the JSHAA Carnival.
Twenty-five boys make up the development squad and
play in the local Northern Suburbs Tennis Competition,
playing other schools and tennis clubs. After four rounds
of sport the College II and IV Squads are currently in
second place, while the College I and V Squads are
ranked third and the College III Squad are in fourth spot.
This competition goes for seven rounds, so these boys will
continue to represent their school long after Junior School
sport finishes for Term I.
Each year, we are invited to send our top players to
the JSHAA selections. Max Evans (Year 6) and Robin Pfister
(Year 6) were nominated to represent St Aloysius’ Junior
School Tennis. Both boys played tremendously well and at
the end of a gruelling day, Robin Pfister was selected to
represent the JSHAA Squad and given the opportunity to
trial for a spot in the CIS Tennis Squad. We congratulate
Max and Robin for their efforts and wish Robin all the best
for the NSW team when they play in May, Term II.
In NSW Little Athletics Meet at Wollongong, Alec
Diamond (Year 4) represented Northern Suburbs Athletics
Association in shot put, hurdles, 200m, 800m, discus and
Elliot Knox, Alec Diamond, Max Graham and Harry Bartter in the
Relay Team.
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long jump. Alec came first in this multi event receiving a
Gold medal which was a huge improvement from his great
result of third in 2006. We look forward to seeing Alecs’
achievements when the Athletics season comes around in
Term II.
Football trials were held early this year and we are very
fortunate to have a strong representation at these trials with
Declan Creek, William Morgan, Mason Yates and Max
Evans (all Year 6) being selected to trial for the JSHAA
Team. They will have a tough job ahead of them as in
previous years, ninety boys have trialled for fifteen places.
Fabjian Krslovic (Year 6) was selected in the JSHAA
Basketball team and following a strong showing in the
JSHAA team, he was selected in the NSW CIS team.
Fabjian will trial for the NSW Primary School team in
Term II.
Congratulations to Edoardo Crepaldi-Milone (Year 5)
who came first at the NSW Fencing Championships in the
Boys Under 11 Foil. In Cricket congratulations to Declan
Creek, Henry Hesketh and William Calov on their selection
in the District Representative sides.
Robert Joannides (Year 6) in action at a Cross Country event.
Back Row: Jarred Moore (Sydney Swans), Jessie White (Sydney
Swans), Lewis Robert-Thompson (Sydney Swans), Fabjian Krslovic
(Year 6), Chris David (Year 6) and Sam Greig (Year 6).
Front Row: Tom Booth (Year 6) and Tom Kennedy (Year 6).
in the Under 9, Alec Diamond, Max Graham, Louis Dettre
and Steven Mastrangelo in the U10s, Olivier Wetzlar, Rory
Vevers in the U11s, and in the U12s Robbie Joannides and
Mason Yates. Robert Joannides (Year 6) came fourth out of
two hundred and five boys to secure a place in the JSHAA
Cross Country team. Robert will now trial for a place in the
CIS team later this year.
To finish, thank you parents, for your support in Term I,
and for your dedication to making sport more enjoyable
for your son and more professional in the way it is run, is
appreciated by all.
Mr Trevor Dunne
Junior School Sportsmaster
This term we were fortunate to have three Sydney
Swans players (Jarred Moore, Jesse White and Lewis
Robert-Thompson) visit the Junior School and speak to
boys in Years 5 and 6. They covered everything from their
training schedule to their one point loss in the 2006 AFL
Grand Final. AFL in the Junior School seems to be growing
in popularity with a number of boys playing for outside
clubs.
With the cross country also being held this term in
very hot conditions, our usual course across the Sydney
Harbour bridge finishing at the Opera House saw some
very impressive running with Owen House winning the
event for the fourth year in a row. Congratulations to all
boys for choosing to run in this event and congratulations
to the Age Champions. Conor Mulcahy and Vincent Hrdina
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from the deputy principal senior school
Induction and
Welcome for New
Teaching Staff
We welcome the following
new staff to St Aloysius’
College for 2007 and
look forward to their involvement
in this collective endeavour of
Ignatian Education:
Mr Mawgan Davis (Science).
Mr Davis, a Physics teacher,
has joined our Science
Department from the United
Kingdom after previous
teaching experience at
SCECGS Redlands.
Mr Philip Klinger (Economics).
Mr Klinger is also a graduate
from the Australian Catholic
University commencing his
teaching career here, after a
previous career in business.
Mr Vince Papa (Head
of Visual Arts). Mr Papa
has joined our Visual Arts
Department as its new Head
of Department, following
Mr Patrick Connolly’s (SAC
Staff 2004-2006 and Past
Parent) retirement. Mr Papa
joins us from Trinity Grammar
School.
Mr Ken Auld (Mathematics).
Mr Auld was recently at St
Vincent’s College, Potts Point
after a long career in the
State Education Department.
Mr Nicholas Penn (SAC
1992) (English). Mr Penn,
an Old Boy of the College,
returns to his alma mater
to commence his teaching
career after working in the
corporate world for a number
of years.
Mr Trevor Giacometti SJ
(RE). Mr Giacometti SJ, is a
Jesuit Novice completing his
school experience, as part of
his Jesuit formation.
Miss Erin Hogan (RE).
Miss Hogan joined the RE
Department and is a Home
Room Teacher for Year 7,
after completing her studies
at the Australian Catholic
University.
Mrs Peta Sawtell (Music). Mrs Sawtell, has returned to
the profession after maternity leave, and is replacing
Mrs Sia Mastro for twelve months, while she is on
maternity leave.
The College wishes all our new staff well.
Mr Stephen Buhagiar
(Maintenance). Mr
Buhagiar joined the College
Maintenance Staff in mid-
2006. Prior to working for
the College he worked as a
carpenter.
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Staff Recruitment and Induction -
An Ignatian Perspective
It is said that maintaining and developing the Jesuit identity
of our school depends on the careful selection of such
people as these new staff members, together with a
programme of appropriate formation in the Ignatian Charism
and pedagogy. Their induction programme covers not only
the administrivia and minutiae of commencing in a new
workplace, but more significantly an understanding of our
charism and the charter of expectations of an educator in the
Ignatian tradition. New staff are led through an interpretation
of what we understand of Jesuit Schools in the Ignatian
tradition, namely, to;
be involved in a conversation, between God and
ourselves;
desire to do the will of Christ and in our actions bring
His Kingdom alive;
be witnesses to charity and service in helping and
working for others;
seek and to find God in the experiences of our everyday
life.
Our Jesuit Heritage is introduced to new staff in many
facets of our daily rituals. Understanding what it means to
be a teacher in the Ignatian context is to be open to the
pedagogy of reflective teaching. We consider these five
key questions when preparing to engage our students:
Context
Experience
Reflection
Action
Evaluation
What do I need to know about my students in
order for me to teach them well?
What is the best way for me to engage them
as a whole person in the teaching and learning
process?
How can I help them to be more reflective
so that they more deeply understand the
significance of what they have learnt?
How can I create an environment where
my students are positively challenged and
changed by their learning?
How can I create the reflective space for my
students and myself to decide how we can do
things better next time?
The process of formation for new teachers commences
with this induction and continues with days of reflection
throughout the year. Staff are given insights to the story
and life of St Ignatius, his spirituality and the legacy of his
formation of the Jesuits in Schools, as well as an introduction
to the meditations and prayer experiences of Ignatius.
Parent Induction - An Ignatian
Perspective
New parents too participate in this process of formation
when commencing at St Aloysius’ College, through
the Parent Ignatian Evenings. Using a variety of
information and media, we enable new members of our
school community to access our faith story and its heritage.
So far we have had the first part of a two-evening induction
for parents in each Year group.
The two-evening presentation for parents mirrors
the programme for staff induction. It is also presented
for Year 7 students through their Religious Education
classes in Term I where they study School and Church
Communities. It is this emphasis on bringing people ‘into
the fold’ as it were that provides for a more informed and
better equipped school community.
Jesuit schools today seek to sustain a tradition which has
honed many to be fine instruments of God in the service
of others; men of contemplation, competence, compassion
and commitment.
The Characteristics of Jesuit Education (1987) is
the blueprint for what we provide for our students at St
Aloysius’ College. Its nine main characteristics, laid before
our new staff, parents and boys, act as their barometer
for measuring our success as an Ignatian educational
community.
Jesuit Education:
i. is world-affirming, assisting in the total formation of
each individual. It provides for a religious dimension
that permeates the entire curriculum, apostolic in nature,
promoting dialogue between faith and culture.
ii.
iii.
iv.
insists on individual care and concern for each
person, emphasising activity on the part of the student
and encouraging life-long openness to growth.
is value-oriented, encouraging a realistic knowledge,
love and acceptance of self and providing a realistic
knowledge of the world in which we live.
proposes Christ as the model of human life, celebrating
faith, prayer, worship and service.
v. is preparation for active life commitment, serving
the faith that does justice. It seeks to form “men and
women for others”, manifesting a particular concern
for the poor.
vi.
is an apostolic instrument, in service of the Church.
vii. pursues excellence in its work of formation and
witnesses to excellence.
viii. stresses a lay-Jesuit collaboration relying on a spirit of
community among all members of the community.
ix.
is a network of schools with a common vision and
common goals, assisting in providing the professional
training and ongoing formation.
We wish all our new staff, parents and boys every
encouragement as they settle into the Aloysian Family and
look forward to a prosperous collaboration and contribution
for many years to come.
Mr Sam Di Sano
Deputy Principal – Senior School
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from the senior school
World Youth Day 2008 (WYD08)
World Youth Day will be a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity for all of us to experience a great
gathering of young people from around the
world in our local parishes and community. It will provide
an excellent opportunity for our boys to meet young people
from around the world, who are likewise on their faith
journey and seeking to deepen their faith by making this
pilgrimage.
On 24 October 2006, eleven school representatives
from Years 9 -11 and I attended the World Youth Day
Launch at All Saints College, Liverpool. All secondary
schools from the Sydney Archdiocese were represented and
the large church overflowed with anticipation, enthusiasm
and genuine interest in what can only be described as a
very significant time in Australia’s Church history.
Bishop James Wingle of the Diocese of St Catherine’s
in Ontario, Canada, presided with Bishop Julian Porteous
and delivered a spiritual address to the young people
gathered. In the morning’s gathering we shared ideas,
concepts, music and listened to the testimonials of previous
WYD participants who all agreed that their participation
in WYD was “life changing”. This was followed by an
experience of catechesis where Bishop Wingle challenged
each of us to live out our baptismal vows and get active
within our Faith.
A replica of the WYD cross was processed in and each
of the eighty-five school representatives were given a WYD
candle. The College’s representative was Robert Barakat
(Year 9) and our candle will sit proudly in the Boys’ Chapel
to be used at all future functions that bring us closer to
WYD. I was especially moved by the youth response to the
prayer and adoration of the blessed sacrament and know
that they each received a lot from their attendance at the
WYD launch.
To help us become fully prepared for WYD08 a cyber
pilgrimage has been established. This ‘ePILGRIMAGE’
which comes in monthly editions will include a message
from Bishop Anthony Fischer, WYD testimonies from young
people, prayers, selected readings, lives of the saints, an
e-visit to a place of pilgrimage and other information which
will prepare and encourage all of us for WYD08.
We are encouraging all our Old Boys and members of
the Aloysian Family to become ePilgrims. You will receive
ePILGRIMAGE every month automatically by email and
other important information and updates about WYD08
along the way. Here is the weblink for registration - www.
wyd2008.org/index.php//user/register
The WYD08 website www.wyd2008.org. has been
updated and we encourage you all to visit it regularly.
Over the coming year we will be featuring stories about
WYD2008 to increase our knowledge and understanding
of the history and potential future of this wonderful event.
It is now less than four hundred and fifty days to the big
event. A great deal will be done at the College, national
Robert Barakat (Year 10) and Jack O'Donoghue (SAC 2006) present the
World Youth Day Candle to Alex Foldi and Timothy Spooner (both Year 6).
and Archdiocesan level to ensure that all runs well when
an expected 400,000 pilgrims come to Australia from all
over the world.
Mr Joe El-Khoury
Director of Pastoral Services and RE – Junior School
Two Queens Visit Sydney
S
ydney and the Harbour were abuzz in February
with the arrival in Sydney of the Queen Elizabeth
2 and Queen Mary 2 ocean liners. Cunard, the
owner of the vessels, reported it was the best
harbour welcome that the ships have ever had.
As a result, Cunard plan on making Sydney the
rendezvous point when the vessels make their yearly
world cruise.
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Surfboard riding lessons at Long Reef Beach.
Life For Kids
Grateful thanks to the many parents,
staff and students, and to Life
for Kids volunteers, for making
Christmas a very special celebration for
our ‘kids’ and their families. The generosity
with donations, food for hampers, turkeys and hams, help
with wrapping presents and sharing in the party created a
shared spirit of our St Aloysius’ community with our Life for
Kids community and a memorable Christmas.
In January, we were busy outfitting some one hundred
kids with shoes, uniforms and books for school and the
outings provided some real adventures! The joy and
appreciation of our kids in having a new pair of black
school shoes is always a sense of wonder to those of us
who would normally take such things for granted.
We have recommenced weekly breakfasts and surfboard
riding fortnightly with the Northern Beaches volunteer
lifesavers.
We wish to make a special tribute to Mr Rahoul and
Mrs Jinnie Chowdry and their son Rohan (SAC 2006).
Unbeknown to most, Jinnie has worked tirelessly for Life for
Kids since its inception – visiting families weekly, creating
special opportunities and support structures for our kids and
fundraising. Rohan did his Faith in Service with Life for Kids
and, as well, has accompanied us for many years, as he
and Jinnie still do. Rohan was presented with The Rector’s
Sigillum Award for Generosity and Service in 2006 which
signifies the living out the Jesuit ideals and College values.
We are indebted to Jinnie, Rahoul and Rohan for their
ongoing support and generosity.
Life for Kids has a myriad of activities and programmes
for children in the Redfern/Waterloo area living on the
margins of poverty and crisis – ninety percent of our kids
being of Aboriginal heritage. We would welcome anyone
wishing to volunteer their time to assist Life for Kids, whether
they be parents, Old Boys or current students looking to
fulfill their Faith in Service commitments.
May 2007 bring peace and goodwill to you and your
families. Once again, thank you.
Mrs Ailsa Gillett OAM
9936 5563
ailsa.gillett@staloysius.nsw.edu.au
AMDG
Jesuit Refugee Service
Events for 2007
Winter Solstice Ball
Dockside, Darling Harbour
Saturday 30 June 2007
All Young Old Boys and their partners
and friends are invited to join four hundred
other young supporters of the JRS by attending
the most spectacular night of the year and supporting
the ongoing vital work of the Jesuit Refugee Service
in seventy countries
Please book early to ensure you get a table
Enquiries: jrsball2007@gmail.com
The 2007 JRS Melbourne Cup Luncheon
Will be held at Darling Harbour
on Tuesday November 6.
Mrs Jinnie Chowdry with one of the children at Life for Kids
Further details will appear in the next edition
of the Aloysiad.
Please mark the date in your diary!
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from the senior school (cont'd)
Richard Walker-Powell (SAC 1987)
Medallion
The Medallion is named after Old Aloysian Richard
Walker-Powell (SAC 1987) (1968-1999) who battled
his way through university against all odds and
immediately took himself off to Africa to work in the
housing sector under the new President, Nelson Mandela.
There followed placements with the United Nations World
Food Programme in Kenya, Somalia, Southern Sudan and
Kosovo. It was in Kosovo that he was killed in a plane crash
over the city of Pristina.
We present the Award for two reasons. Firstly, to
acknowledge that commitment. Secondly to remind
ourselves what this College stands for. To state clearly and
unambiguously our values. To show that it can be done.
Generosity and service are not beyond our dreams or our
reach.
Jim Scollon (SAC 1994) is congratulated by Richard Walker-Powell's
father at the ceremony.
Jim Scollon (SAC 1994) is another Aloysian who has
taken that challenge to heart since leaving the College in
1994. Jim was Vice Captain of the College. He was in
the 1st V Basketball and 1st XI Football, was selected for
CAS Athletics, a debater and public speaker, a man of the
stage in song and drama and a Company Commander in
Cadets.
When Jim left Aloys’, he studied Economics and Social
Science at the University of Sydney. After international
experiences in other countries (eg, working for a factory
in China and starting up a business in Korea) he became
interested in the challenge of managing an orphanage
in Zimbabwe. Aloysius’ had already developed in him a
social responsibility, starting with community service in Year
11 where he supported the Theresa House associated
with the Cana Communities for the inner-city homeless. He
has continued to support Theresa House by sleeping-over
with the homeless right through his university days and inbetween
overseas commitments.
The challenge for Jim in Zimbabwe was to manage an
orphanage which housed fifty-five children orphaned by
HIV AIDS, plus the sixteen staff in a challenging physical
and economical environment. Here are some extracts from
his address to the boys:
[Zimbabwe] was going to be a journey full of contrasting
views and experiences. I remember our welcome being
absolutely in awe of the children’s singing and then the
feeling of emotion when you realize some of the kids are
infected with HIV. I remember becoming great friends with
some of the police, but then seeing them around enforcing
incredibly unfair laws on an already desperate people.
I also remember driving through this beautiful African
landscape at sunrise and then that afternoon having to dive
for cover during a shoot-out in the city.
This sort of job is full of contradictions and that’s what
made the experience amazing, challenging, frustrating,
and wonderful – sometimes all in one day.
Ekhaya Kip Keino Children’s Home is in a rural area
of South Zimbabwe. Despite Zimbabwe’s reputation as a
bread basket, the area in which the home was built is quite
drought prone. The home was based on the orphanage set
up in Kenya by Kipchoge Kip Keino, the Kenyan World
record holder and Olympic Champion Middle Distance
Runner in the 1960s.
The fifty-five children live in four different homesteads
with different ages just like a normal family and are cared
for by a female community elder and a younger woman
who is like an older sister. This family-style set-up is central to
the overall ethos of the home which is to bring up children
in a loving, family-like atmosphere where they can be
educated academically, culturally and athletically. It is all
about the balance.
The home was developed by three local Zimbabwean
athletes back in 1998 together with an Australian lawyer
who is the main donor. When talking about the donor
and the home it is important to sit back and look at what
we would consider ‘good aid’ and ‘bad aid’, or to put it
another way – ‘constructive’ versus ‘deconstructive’ aid. This
is one of the biggest issues in African Development and I
think we stuff it up much of the time.
Typically, once you include money, religion or politics
into the conditions of giving it can become destructive. At
its most basic, the best possible aid you can give is your
time. Helping an old lady across the street is as simple as
an example as you can have. If you give your time it is pure
giving, nothing else.
Once money comes in, it attracts corruption, once you
push only one philosophy it breeds contempt, and once you
push certain politics you become divisive. All these things
take away from the purity of giving.
So how did the home rate? Not bad. Money was
unavoidably required for the home, so as a result we did
attract some people looking for a quick buck. But in a
country like Zimbabwe who can blame anyone for wanting
to feed their family. On the positive side, with the money
we were also able to employ sixteen people from the local
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community And now the management has been handed
over to the locals. Our aim was simple and clear as we
were there to just provide care and opportunity for the
children. The children were welcome to follow their choice
of religion, and we were sure to stay well clear of the
political happenings over there.
But we felt there was still room for improvement in
delivering constructive aid. We also wanted to take it to
the next level by decreasing the dependency on the donor’s
money and making the home more self-sufficient. There was
only a small section of irrigated land and we mostly bought
vegetables, staples and meat. So a new bore hole was
built which allowed the home to start farming more land for
growing vegetables. Instead of just growing maize, beans,
wheat and then more maize the home now grows all those
things plus sweet potato, tomatoes, onions, pumpkin and
cabbages. On top of that there are cattle and chickens
breeding. The home eats what it needs and then sells the
rest to locals at a profit. The home is not yet making a great
deal but it’s a good step.
It was not just setting a foundation for independence
from the donor, but also decreasing the dependency on
the government, which in Zimbabwe, is critical. The big
saying in Zimbabwe is “to make a plan” and be prepared.
The economical and political situation has brought on
incredible inflation and a reliance on the black market.
Can you imagine an inflation rate of over one thousand
percent compared to Australia’s four percent. Or put it this
way imagine having to bring a bag full of cash to pay for
your lunch at the canteen today and then having to bring
two bags of cash the next week and then on the third week
just finding that there is no food in the canteen regardless
of how much cash you bring in.
A typical story is the Phiri Family – Chiedza, Abraham,
Memory, Kramer and Enoch. When Social Welfare found
them Chiedza was eleven, and at that age was looking
after all of them by herself after both her mother and father
had died of AIDS. Not only were they parentless, but
Kramer and Enoch who were two and four at the time, both
had been born with HIV. What is worse, is that on the day
that Social Welfare picked them up, Abraham was visiting
an uncle in the next village. So when he returned he found
his brothers and sisters gone. He wasn’t eventually picked
up until six months later. You just can’t imagine what that
whole experience was like for him and the trauma he goes
through.
At the end of last year our first graduate, Clever, who
was the oldest boy was accepted into a mechanical
apprenticeship at the local mine. And our eldest girl
Beaullah became the first student at the local school ever
to pass her School Certificate. That’s the Year 10 School
Certificate not Higher School Certificate. She has now
gone on to do her HSC equivalent. She wants to be a
journalist.
At the end of this year there will be four kids who will
move on to work or further study after Year 10. Amongst
Jim is congratulated by his parents Tom and Anne.
them there is a budding air hostess, doctor, another
mechanic and a professional soccer player. You may ask
the question, “Surely not a professional soccer player?”
But I tell you these kids are oozing with all sorts of talent.
And there are far too many examples of people who have
achieved great things after starting at the bottom of a big
mountain. As guardians we simply were not in the position
to put a limit to what they can achieve.
So now the donor, staff and local community are proud
to say that the home is well on the way to having a cycle
of children coming into the home and in eighteen years
leaving to go on to being constructive members of society.
Personally, I think for one Chiedza may be a future President
of Zimbabwe in years to come.
I hope this little background gives you a little bit of an
understanding of the experience in Zimbabwe. As I said
it was a very rewarding experience, and I tell you what
– it beats spending two years working any 9-5 job. From
working in Zimbabwe, China and also Korea previously, I
can definitely say that there is a lot of skills Australians can
offer the developing world and not so surprisingly there
are a lot more that the developing world can offer us. The
World is out there just waiting for you, so when you get
the chance make sure you go out and see what is really
out there.
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from the senior school (cont'd)
Year 7 Ancient Egypt
Archaeology Dig
The focus of the Year 7 History programme at St
Aloysius’ College is Ancient History. This has proven
to be extremely popular with the students. As an
introduction to their study of Ancient Egypt, all Year 7
students were given the opportunity to experience the life of
an archaeologist.
The History Department purchased an ‘archaeological
brick’ for each student; each brick contained the broken
pieces of a replica Egyptian artefact. Students had to
‘excavate’ their archaeological brick, then piece together
the artefact – which was theirs to keep.
Following the activity, each class discussed what they
had learned about archaeology and life in Ancient Egypt.
A photo display was also presented in the library.
The students thoroughly enjoyed their first experience of
archaeology, as the following report by Adrian Sims (7.4)
shows.
Mr L Good
History Staff
Year 7 History’s Epic Dig
As you can imagine, when my class was told
that we were going to be digging replicas of
ancient Egyptian artefacts out of dirt blocks like
real archaeologists, we were ecstatic. Just the thought of
digging, chiselling and discovering had the whole class
fired up for the next History lesson. We all had our boxes,
art shirts and plastic bags ready to go.
At first, we all said that we would take our time to chisel
away slowly. But once you saw your first sign of an artefact,
your first instinct was to start digging like a madman
– however, we remained patient. Eventually, I uncovered
the whole front face of my artefact. At first I thought it was
a plain old street cat, but later I was informed that it was
Sekhmet, the ancient Egyptian goddess of war, ill health
and pestilence. Sometimes, Egyptian gods and goddesses
can be sculpted as humans with the heads of animals, or
they can be in full animal form like my artefact.
There were many marvellous artefacts found including
beads, Shabtis, scarab beetles and various other gods
and goddesses. We used a very cautious method of
excavation, but after a while it became easier. We would
dampen a sponge and dab it on the part of the brick that
we were digging, then use the back end of a paintbrush to
scrape away the dirt. We brushed away the final layer of
dirt to get a clear view of the artefact.
I learnt many things from this activity. I learnt how to
excavate properly, using special methods and techniques
to leave my artefact undamaged. I also learnt that
archaeologists must have a lot of patience – I often became
very impatient, and within minutes I wanted to hack away
and dig like I was possessed. Our class also learnt about
all the different things that pharaohs put in their tombs to
ensure they entered the afterlife. Overall, the ancient Egypt
archaeology project was great fun – and we didn’t even
realise that we were learning!
Adrian Sims (Year 7)
Chess
Every year the members of the College Chess Team strive
hard to win both the CAS Chess Competition in Term I
and the Secondary School Competition (Metro North
Region) in Term II. To make our teams more competitive in
these two tournaments, the 2006 Chess Captain, Edwin
Nelson (SAC 2006), has worked hard with our coach, Alex
Lasky (SAC 2005) and the entire squad.
Our results in the Secondary School Competition in
2006 were great. The Senior Team achieved second
place, the Intermediate Team took fourth place and one of
the Junior Teams attained third place.
At the beginning of Term I this year, Edwin Nelson came
back to the school and led a special coaching session for
all our team members. Since then, the present members, led
by the Captain, Peter Farmakis (Year 12) have increased
their practice time. Every week, the members spend three
lunchtimes practising games and attend an after-school
professional coaching session. In the CAS Competition this
term, St Aloysius’ were placed fourth. However, with such
dedicated efforts from our team members and the support
offered by the Old Boys and the College, we hope to
accomplish even greater things.
Mrs Teruko Sharif
Master In Charge – Chess
Year 7 boys unearthing treasures of the past.
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New Technologies Provide New
Opportunities In Mathematics
Smartboards
In 2006 and 2007 Mathematics teachers at St Aloysius’
College have been given the opportunity to use innovative
tools for engaging students with the power and sophistication
of Mathematics.
Students at the Mathematics Tutorial sessions.
The College has installed electronic Smartboards (or
interactive whiteboards) in five of the rooms used for
Mathematics lessons. These new boards offer us many
opportunities to produce instant and interactive diagrams
and graphs that can be used to verify and demonstrate
ideas in statistics, calculus, geometry, measurement and
algebra.
Teachers can prepare clear graphs and diagrams
beforehand to have them ready in a lesson and easily
accessible via the computer network.
Graphs and diagrams can be modified easily using the
smartboard’s touch sensitive surface so that variations to
measurements or features can be investigated.
Graphing software such as Graphmatica is instantly
available in a lesson to demonstrate ideas in calculus or
coordinate geometry.
Powerpoint presentations can be prepared and
accessible via the smartboard to provide clear and graphic
notes and examples for students.
Aplets and animations can be downloaded from
the internet or other sources to demonstrate variations in
conditions that affect algebraic or physical situations.
Clickview
Smartboards also allow immediate access to instructive
videos via the Clickview system. Videos are available on
many mathematical topics and the Clickview system allows
teachers to preview the videos and break them up into the
relevant and informative components that demonstrate key
mathematical ideas and applications.
Hotmaths
All Year 7 and Year 8 students have been signed
up on the Hotmaths Internet Mathematics Revision
Programme this year. Students can use the Hotmaths
website to revise topics throughout the year and the
website also has excellent animations, demonstrations
and instructions for all Year 7 and 8 topics. These
demonstrations can be used by teachers in the classroom
and also by students at home and in the computer labs
at the College. Teachers (and parents) have access to the
results for students’ attempts at practice questions on the
website. The results can indicate areas of difficulty for
students and the extent to which students have been using
the practice questions.
Graphics Calculators
Graphics calculators have been introduced in Year
11 and 12 General Mathematics classes and they
offer appreciable advantages in the study of financial
calculations. These calculators are able to be used in the
HSC examination and offer the chance for success in some
complicated calculations.
Year 8 Mathematics students will also be given
instruction in the use of spreadsheets as a calculation and
presentation tool and can use spreadsheets for statistical
analysis and graphical representations.
Year 7, 8 and 10 classes have been asked to do
some mathematical research assessments that rely heavily
on the internet. Year 10 students are asked to investigate
a mathematical website and evaluate the site for the
effectiveness of its presentation and its contribution to their
understanding of a mathematical topic.
Morning Tutorials
Continuing on Tuesday and Friday mornings (7.30am –
8.30am) in the Maths Room (243) are our very popular
morning tutorials run by Ms Robinson. Boys from all year
levels are welcome to attend and complete homework,
revise a concept, practise past papers or simply go ahead
with the next topic. They are also encouraged to investigate
the new technologies that the Department has to offer by
working on/with the Smartboard.
New technologies offer our teachers and students many
opportunities in Mathematics as in other subjects. Further
professional development of our teachers is underway so
that our students gain the best advantage that they can from
these new tools.
Mr Brian Shanley
Head of Mathematics
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senior school sport
Summer Review
Basketball
The 1st V won just one CAS game this season, beating
CBC Waverley in the opening round. The team competed
well in most matches against excellent opposition. In their
final game against the CAS Premiers Barker, the team was
in a winning position until the final quarter. Michael Suffield
(Year 11) was selected to play in the CAS 2nd V whilst
Mitchell Axam (Year 11), narrowly missed selection.
The 2nd V under Old Boy coach Dom Pelosi (SAC
2000) were also never far off the pace in their matches.
The 10As, coached by Old Boy Phil Cunningham (SAC
1991) and the 8Bs, also coached by an Old Boy, Michael
Kennedy (SAC 2005) were our most successful teams
winning seven CAS games each. The 10Bs and 9Bs also
won their share of games. Our most successful age group
were our Year 7s who won the majority of games from 7As
to 7Ds.
Other Old Boys coaching teams included Daniel Tardo
(SAC 2005) 10Bs, Justin Fontana (SAC 2005) 10Cs and
10Ds, Adam Fisher (SAC 2004) 9As, Vincent Makayan
(SAC 2006) 9Bs, Andrew Punturiero (SAC 2005) 9Cs and
9Ds and Tom Wright (SAC 2006) 7Bs.
My thanks extend to Basketball Director Mr Michael
Turton who took both the 1st V and 7As this season and
Mr Sinclair Watson, MIC, for their fine contribution to
basketball this year.
Cricket
Overall results in cricket this season were excellent. A
number of teams were in the top three of their unofficial
competitions. The 1st XI however won just two CAS games
against CBC Waverley and Cranbrook School. Captain
Bernard Foley (Year 12) was the standout player with both
bat and ball averaging 32 runs per innings (including 125
against Cranbrook) and with a bowling average of 16.48.
Others to impress included opener Mark Harrold (Year 12)
and spinner Oscar Merven (Year 12). The team performed
well at Jesuit Cricket Week in Melbourne beating both
St Ignatius’ College Riverview and St Ignatius’ College,
Adelaide. Bernard Foley and Oscar Merven were selected
in the Australian Jesuit Schools team.
The 3rd XI and 4th XI under Old Boy coaches Jeremy
Curtin (SAC 2003) and Dominic Haylen (SAC 2003) won
many matches. The 10As, under Old Boy coach Russell
Skinner (SAC 2004), was first in their unofficial competition,
winning seven matches and drawing one of the ten games
played. Other Old Boys coaching teams included Patrick
Lindsay (SAC 2003) with the 10Bs, and Tom Borger (SAC
2003) with the 8As.
Other teams to impress included the 8As who finished
the season strongly with a string of wins along with
producing an excellent batting prospect in Patrick Kennedy
(Year 8). The 8Bs recorded seven wins in the season. The
8Cs too won more games than they lost. The 7As played
only five games this season but went through undefeated.
All boys bar one were from last year’s Prep 1st XI.
My thanks to the Master In Charge of Cricket, Mr
Michael Rogan for coming on board to take the 1st XI
again this season.
Tennis
Opens tennis had their most successful season for
many years. Our young 1st IV team narrowly missed
finishing second in the CAS Competition after losing their
last match to Barker College. Captain Alex Patten (Year
11) played outstandingly as our top seed each week and
should be picked in the CAS 1st IV. The team included Nic
O’Sullivan-Avery (Year 12), Nic Fuentes (Year 9), Harry
Kelleher (Year 8) and Matt Rowland (Year 8) who played
in both 1st IV and 2nd IV. The 2nd IV too finished in the
top three of their competition, winning six CAS games.
The 2nd IV also fielded a young side with Ben Lalic (Year
8), Aaron Roberts (Year 10) and Jonathon Larach (Year10),
playing in the team. The 3rd IV and 4th IV won the majority
of their matches.
The College hosted Jesuit Tennis Week in December at
Tennis Cove. It was a highly successful carnival with the
school recording its best ever results. The squad of eight
players beat St Ignatius’ College, Adelaide twice and for
the first time St Ignatius’ College, Riverview. Alex Patten
was chosen as Captain of the Australian Jesuit Schools
team and Nic Fuentes was also selected in the side. A
fuller report of the carnival from Master In Charge, Mr Terry
Watson appears elsewhere in this edition of the Aloysiad.
My thanks extend to Mr Watson, staff members Mr
Michael Turton and Mr Michael Cronin, and the Patten and
Chowdry families who assisted so capably off the courts in
providing hospitality for all players.
Other age groups performed well throughout the
season. The 10s, 8s and 7s won many games in all
grades. The 8As (Jack Evans, Justin Lam, Nic Mytowski
and Zachary Parker) went through ten rounds undefeated
under the guidance of manager and staff member Miss
Stella Robinson. The 7As won four out of five CAS games
with the other match against Knox Grammar School not
completed on time.
Volleyball
All Opens teams had successful seasons this summer.
The 1st VI, under the coaching of Old Boys Chris
Lobascher (SAC 2003) and Carl Sullivan (SAC 2003),
were officially placed second equal with Barker College
in the competition. Trinity Grammar School were outright
winners. The 2nd VI finished first in their unofficial
competition with only one loss recorded in the season to
Trinity Grammar. The 3rd VI won their share of games. Old
Boy John Caristo (SAC 2005) coached our 2nd VI and 3rd
VI. Mr Tom Riemer SJ is to be commended on his efforts in
administering this sport this season.
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The 2007 CAS Swim Squad with Daniel Peel (SAC 1997) at left.
Swimming
The College Swim Team put in a mighty effort at the CAS
Championships to finish third at the CAS Championships.
It was our best placing since the 1997 team achieved the
same feat. The team challenged Knox Grammar School
strongly for second placing all night with only a handful of
points separating both schools throughout the evening until
the final relays.
Final Points were: Trinity Grammar School 531, Knox
Grammar School 437, St Aloysius’ College 412, Barker
College 379, Cranbrook School 322 and CBC Our Lady’s
Mount Waverley 307. The College had ten wins, twelve
seconds and nineteen thirds. The team scored 412 points
compared to 398 points at the 2006 Championships.
Matt Jepson (Year 7) won four individual races (50
Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 50 Backstroke and 50 Butterfly)
Our famous cheer squad.
and established three CAS Records in the process in an
outstanding display of swimming. Elliot Long (Year 7) won
three races (50 Freestyle, 50 Backstroke and 50 Butterfly)
in commanding fashion. Other winners included Sam
McConnell (Year 12) (Opens 100 Butterfly), Mark Sindone
(Year 10) (50 Butterfly) and Chris Sudarmana (Year 10) (50
Backstroke).
Other place getters included:
Second Place: Chris Chan ( 50 Freestyle), Chris Sudarmana
(50 Freestyle), Sam McConnell (50 Freestyle), Tom Ruehl
(50 Backstroke), Luke Veverka (100 Backstroke), Taylor
Dent, Mark Sindone, Michael de Gail, Ben Klarich (200
Medley Relay), Chris Sudarmana (50 Breastroke), Michael
de Gail (50 Breastroke), Christian McMahon (50 Butterfly),
Chris Sudarmana (50 Butterfly), Michael De Gail, Tom
Ruehl, Mark Sindone and Jack Grant (200 Freestyle
Relay).
Third Place: Sam McConnell (50 Freestyle), Vincent
Stokes (50 Freestyle), Luke Veverka(50 Freestyle), Michael
de Gail (50 Freestyle), Mark Sindone (50 Freestyle), William
Harrison (50 Freestyle), Stefan Prendergast (400 Freestyle),
Sam McConnell (100 Freestyle), Mark Sindone (100
Freestyle), Luke Veverka, Stefan Prendergast, Vincent Stokes,
Sam McConnell (200 Medley Relay), Marcus Anderson,
Paul Sindone, Sam Moran, Patrick Kennedy (200 Freestyle
Relay), Elliot Long, Joseph Mastrangelo, William Harrison,
Matthew Jepson (200 Medley Relay), Paul Sindone (50
Breastroke), Joseph Mastrangelo (50 Breastroke), Elliot Long
(50 Breastroke), Stefan Prendergast (100 Butterfly), Jack
Grant (50 Butterfly), Marcus Anderson (50 Backstroke),
Vincent Stokes (200 Freestyle) Marcus Anderson, Sam
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Sam Powell (Year 10) before the start
of a race.
Moran, Paul Sindone
and Patrick Kennedy
(200 Freestyle Relay).
Fifteen boys were
selected following the
Championships to
represent CAS at the
CIS Championships. It
was a highly successful
season. The team
won the SCECGS
Redlands Carnival
and Oakhill Carnival
and would have
won the St Patrick’s
College Carnival
if lightning had not
forced the meet to
finish prematurely.
The 1st VII were blessed with many fine players, no better
than Michael de Gail (Year 9) who scored a mountain of
goals throughout the season, including six against Barker
College in one match. The 1st VII were coached by Peter
de Gail (SAC 2002), Jeremy May (SAC 2002) and Sam
Nolan (SAC 1999). As mentioned the 2nd VII too were
highly successful under Old Boy coaches Todd Miller (SAC
2004), Charles Edwards (SAC 2005) and Terence Hatten
(SAC 2004).
The 16s and 14s struggled for success but improved
noticeably as the season progressed. Old Boys involved in
coaching these teams included Lionel Newton (SAC 2006)
and Sam Gladman (SAC 2006).
My thanks to the Master In Charge, Mr Steve Zolezzi
who administered and promoted the sport so well in his first
year in this position.
Winter Preview
Co-Captains Sam McConnell and Vincent Stokes and
Vice Captain Christian McMahon proved to be very reliable
and excellent leaders throughout the season. Sam was called
upon to swim up an age group at the CAS Championships
and did so willingly for the sake of the team. All boys were
inspirational in the pool on CAS night.
Thanks and congratulations extend to the Master In
Charge, Mr Martin Tenisons, Mrs Caroline Linschoten, Ms
Marie Taylor, Miss Erin Hogan and Mr Damien Corrigan
(SAC 1971) and the Parent Committee for their support
throughout the year.
Former Olympic Gold Medalist, Jon Konrads with members of the
College CAS Swim Squad.
Waterpolo
Both our Opens teams had wonderful seasons winning all
their games except for the final round against Newington
College where both the 1st VII and 2nd VII for each school
played for premiership honors. The 1st VII lost 1-4 in a very
defensive game to finish second in the competition but were
clearly the best CAS team. The 2nd VII went down narrowly
3-4 but managed to share the unofficial premiership with
Newington College.
Rugby
Mr Paul Harkin has taken over as Director of Rugby and
will remain as 1st XV Coach. Mr Alex Prendergast
will also join him as 1st XV Coach, working predominantly
with the backs. Alex has been involved with Gordon
Rugby Club for many years and has coached with much
success throughout grades and colts. Mr Michael Turton will
administer rugby matters as the Master In Charge.
A number of Old Boys will be involved again in
coaching including Russell Skinner (SAC 2000), Andrew
Geldens (SAC 2004) , Jeremy Curtin (SAC 2003), Daniel
Baxter (SAC 2005), Nic Edwards (SAC 2000), Ben
Marshall (SAC 2005) and Jonathan Owen (SAC 2004).
The 1st XV, 16As and Preps XV will tour Queensland
again in the June/July holidays at the end of Term II.
Football
Mr Nas Martino will coach the 1st XI this year. Mr
Antony Sindone will continue as Master In Charge
along with Mr Eduardo Moerbeck as Director of Football.
In the Junior School, we have appointed a Director of
Football, Mr Mark Gale, to fulfill a similar role to Mr
Moerbeck in the Senior School.
Old Boys involved in coaching include Dom Pelosi
(SAC 2000), Matt Walker (SAC 2005), Mathew Perkes
(SAC 2005), Michael Gemmell (SAC 2005), Tim Scarfe
(SAC 2004), Terence Hatten (SAC 2004), Michael
Kennedy (SAC 2005) and David McClatchey (SAC
2006). Old Boy Mark Bingham (SAC 2005) will coordinate
the referees.
Volleyball
The College will field three teams this season. Old Boys
Carl Sullivan (SAC 2003) and John Caristo (SAC 2005)
will be coaching again, along with staff members Mr John
Andrew and Mr Tom Riemer SJ.
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CAS Rugby/Football Dates (including trial games)
Saturday 28 April v Sydney Grammar School (home)
Saturday 5 May
Please note that for the CAS Round 5 game versus
Cranbrook School, a double header will be played at the
College Oval with the 1st XI playing at 1.30pm and the
1st XV playing at 3.15pm.
CAS Athletic Championships September 20 at Sydney
Olympic Athletic Centre commencing at 1.00pm.
Individual Achievements
v St Ignatius’ College, Riverview (away)
Saturday 12 May v St Patrick’s College, Strathfield (home)
Saturday 19 May v St Pius X College (home)
Saturday 26 May v Cranbrook School (away)
Saturday 2 June
Saturday 16 June
Saturday 21 July
Saturday 28 July
v Barker College (home)
CAS Round 1
v Knox Grammar School (away)
CAS Round 2
v CBC Our Lady’s’ Mount Waverley (away)
CAS Round 3
v Trinity Grammar School (home)
CAS Round 4
Saturday 4 August v Cranbrook School (home)
CAS Round 5
Sam Stevens (Year 11) and Ben Shorter (Year 11)
qualified and competed at the National Athletics
Championships.
Sam McConnell (Year 12) won the 50m and
100m freestyle and was placed second in the
100m butterfly and backstroke at the State Swimming
Championships.
Luke Veverka (Year 11) was placed third in the 50m
freestyle at the State Swimming Championships.
Matt Jepson (Year 7) won the 200m individual medley
and 100m backstroke and was placed in the 100m
freestyle at the State Swimming Championships. Matt
also was announced at the CIS Awards evening as
the Outstanding Primary Schools Sportsman for his
achievements in swimming.
Nicholas Mulcahy (Year 9) won the Under 14 Beach
Sprint and was placed third at the Australian Surf Life
Saving Championships during the Christmas holidays
and this year was a member of the Under 15s Beach
Relay Team that won at the State Titles. Older brother
Michael (Year 12) won gold in the Under 19 Beach
Relay and silver in the Under 17s team.
Tim Kirkby (Year 10) won the silver medal at State Surf
Titles for the Under 15 Champion Lifesaver Award.
Brother Ben (Year 12), won silver in the Cameron
Relay.
Tom Kingston (Year 10) was placed second in the
17 Years Beach Sprint at the State Surf Life Saving
Championships.
Mark Sindone (Year 9), Michael de Gail (Year 9) and
Paul Sindone (Year 8) played in the West’s Waterpolo
Club team that won the Under 16 State Waterpolo
Championships.
Old Boy Achievements
Tom Wright (SAC 2006): At the annual CIS Awards
evening early in 2007, Tom received the Secondary
Schools Award for outstanding achievement in sport
for his involvement in basketball. Tom was selected in
the Australian Schoolboys Team and since leaving the
College in 2006 has made the NSW Under 20 team
and is currently in the Australian Under 19 Squad.
Patrick McCabe (SAC 2005): In March it was
announced that Patrick had been selected in the
Australian Under 19 team to tour Ireland in April.
Nic Gardon (SAC 1998): Nic has had a successful
season with Mosman Cricket Club playing many First
Grade games this season and collecting numerous
wickets.
Ed Zelma (SAC 1993): Ed remains one of the best
bowlers in First Grade cricket and like Nic is a leading
wicket taker again this season with the Gordon
Cricket Club.
Mr Paul Rowland (SAC 1973)
Director of Co-Curricula
Basketball Report 2007
The 2006-2007 CAS Basketball season saw some
great results for the programme as well as some
fantastic developments within the College programme.
The numbers within basketball continue to grow with over
twenty-seven teams now participating within the CAS
competitions.
The 1st V played in a very strong competition finishing
with one win, nine loss record. The standard of play within
this competition continues to go from strength to strength
with State and National Representatives littered throughout
the competition. With five players returning next year the
side has got a good base to develop from and to continue
to build for the future. Mitch Axam (Year 11) was a stand
out for the group throughout the season, with the side being
led by Captain Tim Telan (Year 12) and Vice-Captain Jon
Fisher (Year 12).
The 1st V fought out the Fr AV Smith SJ Cup against St
Ignatius’ College, Riverview in a very exciting game. The
boys played one of their best games of the season against
a talent laden side before eventually falling 62 to 61 on
the buzzer.
Our most successful sides were the 10As, coached
by Phil Cunningham (SAC 1991) and the 8Bs who were
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coached by Michael Kennedy (SAC 2005). These sides
both finished with some great wins whilst finishing second
on their respective ladders.
The most successful age group was Year 7. This age
group has been very successful throughout the Junior School
competition and continues to play at a very high level
within the senior school ranks.
This year saw our Annual Basketball Camp held in
the September school holidays with over eighty-five boys
working on their skills over the two-day event. This camp
will continue to be a focus for the group throughout the
coming years in developing it into an even bigger event. A
highlight for the Junior School boys was the attendance by
Ian Crosswhite from the Sydney Firepower Kings.
We had one boy selected to the CAS Representative
teams with Michael Suffield (Year 11) gaining CAS 2nd
V honors, whilst Mitch Axam (Year 11) was named as
a reserve for the CAS 2nd V. Tom Wright (SAC 2006)
has continued his outstanding basketball development
recently winning a Gold Medal in the NSW Under 20
State side, whilst also being named to the training squad
for the Australian U19 Emus’ side for the 2007 World
Championships. Tom was also recently awarded the M
J Punch Award for Outstanding Sportsman at the recent
NSW CIS Awards night. (Coincidentally, the M J Punch
Award is named after an Old Boy of the College, Michael
Punch (SAC 1958) who served on the staff at the College
in the late 1960s and early 1970s before working at St
Ignatius’ College, Riverview, where he was Sportsmaster
for over twenty years.)
I would like to thank Mr Sinclair Watson for his
outstanding work as MIC throughout the year as well as
all our coaches who have worked tirelessly within the
programme over the past six months.
Mr Michael Turton
Director of Basketball
Swimming
Every Friday morning, the College Swim Team have a
barbeque breakfast served to them following a training
session at Monte Sant’ Angelo College pool. This
weekly occasion unites the boys, giving them a combined
training session and team bonding experience. The breakfast
is a fine way to motivate the boys to wake up at those early
hours, and is for many, seen as the reward at the end of an
arduous training or the bright light at the end of a dark tunnel
staring at a seemingly never-ending black line.
With the CAS Carnival (aka ‘the big one’) fast
approaching, every training session counts. This aspect of
our training programme is a bright prospect to look forward
to. On the menu are pancakes with maple syrup, egg and
bacon rolls, and an array of fresh fruit. The boys have no
trouble in demolishing the food as there is enough to feed
an army!
Mrs Linschoten serves up breakfast to a hungry swimmer.
At one of the Friday breakfasts, a ‘guess the swimmer’
competition was held in which many photos of swimmers
were posted and the boys had to guess the respective
swimmers. Guessing who the individuals were was a
difficult task considering all of the shots were taken of the
swimmers backs as they dived into a pool. All the boys
entered the competition and a $20 gift voucher was
awarded to the boy who correctly identified the photos.
All of this would not have been possible without the
initiative of Mr Corrigan, Mrs Linschoten, Mr Riemer SJ and
the cast of Parents and Friends of St Aloysius’ Swimming.
All the squad members join me in thanking you for your
ongoing support and encouragement
Christian McMahon (Year 12)
Vice Captain of Swimming
Jesuit Schools’ Tennis Carnival 2006
The 2006 Carnival was hosted by the College
and held between Sunday, 10 and Thursday, 14
December at our home courts at Tennis Cove. St
Aloysius’ College was represented by the following boys:
Alex Patten (Captain), Rohan Chowdry (SAC 2006),
Nicolas Fuentes, Harry Kelleher, Matt Rowland, Ben Lalic,
Jonathon Larach and Ronan Lyons. This squad was the
strongest (and youngest!) we have been able to field for a
number of years and our results were outstanding. We won
both rounds against St Ignatius’ Adelaide, and recorded
our first ever win against Riverview since the inception of
this competition. In addition, both Alex Patten and Nicolas
Fuentes were selected in the Australian Jesuit Schools’ Tennis
Team with Alex appointed to the position of Captain.
St Aloysius’ convincingly won both rubbers against St
Ignatius’ College, Adelaide (6-3, 8-1) with all team members
playing an extremely high standard game. Over the years the
matches between the College and SIC Adelaide have been
keenly contested, played in a spirit of good sportsmanship
and 2006 was no exception. In the first rubber Rohan and
Alex went down in a tie break 9-8, as did Nic Fuentes and
Harry. Matt and Jon defeated their opponents 9-4. Aloysius’
completely dominated the singles matches played in quite
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oppressive heat. Alex produced a real power game to win
his singles 9-2. Nic won an extremely tough match in a tie
break 9-8 after coming from behind to tie the match up.
Rohan played strongly to record a hard fought win over
his billet 9-6. Harry produced some excellent stroke play in
his 9-5 win. Playing at number 6 Ben outplayed his older
opponent 9-5. Ronan went down 3-9 but played some
excellent points with games going to deuce.
In the return rubber St Aloysius’ completely dominated
dropping only one set. Alex and Rohan went down 7-9 in
a match that was a pleasure to watch such was the skill
on display from both pairs. Nic and Harry again won in
a tie break while Matt and Ben showed why they are such
a fine combination in the regular CAS Competition to win
their match 9-6. In the singles SAC dominated winning all
six matches: Alex 9-2; Nic 9-8 (another tie break!); Rohan
9-2; Harry 9-3; Matt 9-1 and Ben 9-5.
Xavier College proved to be too strong for our boys
winning both rubbers (6-3 and 8-1). Alex upset the Xavier
number one, Xavier Crowe 9-4 as did Nic who came from
behind to tough out a 9-6 win. Matt Rowland in his first
singles game for the carnival recorded a strong 9-7 win in
the extremely oppressive heat. The overall score to Xavier
did not indicate the high quality of the tennis produced by
the St Aloysius’ team with many games going to multiple
deuce.
The undoubted highlight for our team was the Thursday
morning match against our younger brother school,
Riverview. In an extremely hard fought affair the College
defeated Riverview 5 sets to 4 (71 games to 68)
– our first ever win over St Ignatius’ College, Riverview
in this competition. Our team lifted for the occasion. The
atmosphere was more like a rugby match than a tennis
match with players from both Xavier and Adelaide loudly
cheering every winning shot played by our team. It seems
everyone wants to beat Riverview! Alex and Rohan won
their doubles 9-4 as did Nic and Harry in a tie break 9-
8. In the singles matches Nic won 9-3, Rohan edged out
his opponent in a cliffhanger 9-8, and Harry defeated his
opposite number 9-7. Both matt and Jon produced excellent
tennis only to go down in tie breaks! The game score
indicates the closeness of the competition between the two
schools.
Final placings were as follows: Xavier College was
placed first winning 43 sets, 417 games; St Ignatius’
College, Riverview placed second with 31 sets, 401
games; St Aloysius’ College was third with 26 sets, 381
games (a huge improvement on previous years) while St
Ignatius’ College, Adelaide came in fourth with 8 sets, 227
games. In terms of rubbers won: Xavier 6, Riverview and St
Aloysius’ College 3, Adelaide 0.
Overall it was a most enjoyable and successful carnival
for our boys. They produced excellent tennis over the
four competition days. All team members exhibited the
sportsmanship one normally associates with our boys
and they were fine ambassadors for our College and a
credit to their families. My thanks to the many people who
contributed to the success of the event both on and off the
court: Mr Paul Rowland, the Director of Co-curricula; his
assistant Mr Michael Turton, and Mrs Kathy Fitzgerald for
tremendous amount of work behind the scenes; Mr Michael
Cronin for his expertise, both in coaching our boys and
also for his medical knowledge. A huge thankyou goes to
Mr Michael and Mrs Kerri Patten and our other parents who
generously gave of their time to organise food and drink for
all players and coaches during the course of the carnival.
Finally, a very special thankyou to Mrs Jinnie Chowdry who
offered her home for a function for all players and coaches.
It was a fitting way to bring the curtain down on the 2007
Jesuit Schools’ Tennis Carnival.
Mr Terry Watson
Master In Charge - Tennis
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drama
King Claudius (Henry Newton) speaks to the court.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are
Dead
From the original production at the Edinburgh Festival
Fringe in 1966, to the film adaptation in 1990,
and finally, to St Aloysius’ College in 2007, Tom
Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead has
graced its audiences with a humorous, absurdist, tragic
and existentialist play. Although, it is fair to say that the
St Aloysius’ College production has reigned superior over
them all.
The Player (Henry Cornwell) with Guildenstern (Daniel Vickovich)
and Rosencrantz (Michael Curtin).
As with many of Tom Stoppard’s works, the play has a
love for cleverness and language. It treats language as a
confounding system fraught with ambiguity.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is structured
as the inverse of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The two
main characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, brought into
being within the puzzling universe of the play, often confuse
their names, as they have interchangeable yet periodically
unique identities. They are portrayed as two clowns
or fools in a world that is beyond their understanding.
Their own memories are not reliable or complete and
they misunderstand each other as they stumble through
philosophical arguments while not realising the implications
to themselves. They often state deep philosophical truths
during their nonsensical ramblings; however they depart
from these ideas as quickly as they come to them. At
times Guildenstern appears to be more enlightened than
Rosencrantz but at others, both of them appear to be equally
confounded by the events occurring around them. After they
witness a performance of The Murder of Gonzago, they
find themselves on a boat taking Hamlet to England with
the troupe that staged the performance. During the voyage,
they are ambushed by pirates and lose their prisoner
(Hamlet) before resigning themselves to their fate.
Through the immense efforts of director Ms Heidi
Quinn, Assistant Director and Dialogue Coach, Mr Phil
Turnock, Technical Director Phil Reilly (SAC 2001) and of
course, the students of St Aloysius’ College, a spectacular
dramatic work was formed. Michael Curtin (Year 11) and
Daniel Vickovich (Year 11) were cast as the title characters
with Henry Cornwell (Year 11) as The Player, and Ben
Armitage (Year 11) as Hamlet. The various additional
roles were distributed amongst students from Years 10–12
including Henry Newton, Frank Esparraga, Jack McAuley,
Toby Douglas, Billy Sunderland, Josh Grech, Jack Oakley,
James Fitzgerald, Charlie Newton, Sean Hurley and Nick
Plummer.
After months of preparation and many sacrificed
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Sundays, the actors presented four spectacular performances
over three days from 15–17 March. Proclaimed by all
audiences, it was truly an amazing effort by all involved.
Special thanks must go to the various directors, stage crew
led by Patrick Pelletier (Year 11), The Wardrobe who aided
in costuming, the various staff of 3 Arts for make-up, and
of course, the staff, students and parents of St Aloysius’
College.
Jack Oakley (Year 11)
Thank God You’re Here
A
large
crowd of over fifty boys walked into the Miguel
Pro Playhouse on Friday 2 March and Thursday 8
March, for the ultimate comedy challenge, the Thank
God You’re Here Competition.
It was a proud moment for Anthony Slaven (Year 7)
when he stood up as host to introduce the contestants as
they walked through the door in costumes ready to be put
into wacky situations. The crowd was the judge on the day,
a day which brought many classic moments. Who could
forget the shock of seeing Claudio Trovato (Year 7) dressed
as a girl or Kurt Menzies’ (Year 12) impromptu performance
as the janitor.
We would like to thank everyone for their hard work
that they put into the planning of this event, especially
Father Middleton SJ for his approval and Kurt Menzies for
his advice and the many actors for giving up their lunch
time to audition and perform. Also thank you to Mr Gough,
Tom Stephenson, Ben Chapple and Anthony Slaven ( all Year 7).
Nathan Depangher (Year 7) and Max Baume (Year 7)
who supplied the costumes, but most of all we would like
to thank the many students who came to the shows and
donated money. We were able to raise $120 which will
go to the Karuna Orphanage in Cambodia.
Finally, congratulations to the Thank God You’re Here
winners for 2007, Ben Jackson (Year 7) and Sean Hurley
(Year 10).
Anthony Slaven, Ben Chapple and
Tom Stephenson (Year 7)
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music
The Story of a Music Camp and a
Major Concert
Music education programmes the size and complexity
of that at St Aloysius’ College from time to time
present major music events in large public venues.
There are a number of recognised pedagogical reasons
for this. These larger concerts or liturgical performances
provide focus to the performance programmes of the
College and greatly enliven the department to reach new
musical standards. In addition, the incorporation of large
massed choirs of boys from Year 5 to Year 8 provides an
opportunity to give all boys at the school an experience
of the thrill of performing larger musical works in beautiful
venues to a large audience. In many ways we are indeed
helping to encourage future concert attendance and
inculcate a sense of appropriate public behaviour and
respect for others. To ensure that each boy in the school
receives a major musical experience of this nature (at least
twice in his time at the College), it is the policy of the
College Music Department to present a rotation of major
concerts and stage musicals on a regular two-year rotation.
The major performance rotation alternates a major Senior
School musical in the first semester with a major public
concert in alternate years and the opposite rotation applies
to the Junior School in each second semester.
With the deteriorating drought situation evident across
the land over the past summer, we also determined to
dedicate the concert to our struggling communities in the
NSW countryside who for so long have been suffering
the privations of this drought. The 2007 Gala Town Hall
Concert would then be dedicated to NSW Drought Relief.
The high point in the rehearsal preparations for many of
the larger ensembles was to be the Music Camp planned
for 12 and 13 March some ten days before the Gala
Concert.
Music Camp 2007
Take one College Orchestra and add a large Concert
Band, three choirs and a string ensemble put them all in
buses and deposit them with their instruments and one
hundred music stands, luggage and a karaoke machine
on a hill over looking the magnificent Pacific Ocean at
Collaroy and you have the makings of either a disaster
Music Camp 2007.
of monumental proportions or an excellent music camp! In
early March 2007 the Senior Music staff and a number of
visiting music tutors worked tirelessly with more than one
hundred and thirty of our senior student musicians over one
and a half days of intensive rehearsals. The Camp offered
two days of uninterrupted rehearsal time and proved the
perfect means to add final touches to the preparations for
the coming concert.
James Zwar leads the Senior Strings.
Following the huge success of the season of Jesus
Christ Superstar which was staged in the Great Hall of
the College in March of 2006, this year the efforts of
the music department have been focused on a Gala
Concert. Preparations for this concert began in mid 2006
with a series of meetings of the Senior Music staff and
visiting instrumental specialists. A programme structure
was decided and the beautiful and historic Sydney Town
Hall venue was secured. Memories of the 2004 125th
Anniversary Concert in the Sydney Opera House remain
fresh in the minds of many in the Aloysian Family. All boys
in Years 5 to 8 were to participate in the event and form a
massed choir for several items.
Left to Right: Ignatius Wilson, Joseph Craft, Charles Hipkin and Ken Koh.
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Brass rehearsal.
The sounds of symphonic and choral music could be
heard wafting over the Pacific Ocean from the magnificently
sited Collaroy Conference Centre high on a hill overlooking
the beach and beyond.
Karaoke and a trivia competition led by the Year 12
musicians provided an hilarious evening’s diversion from the
intensive work schedule of rehearsals. This group of boys is
to be universally commended for hard work, goodwill and
cooperation which were in no small way demonstrated on
the return to school at the conclusion of the Camp when
many hands made light work of toting hundreds of pieces
of music equipment from Bradfield Park bus stop to the
Music Department on the fifth floor of the College.
Gala Dought Relief Concert
The days following the Music Camp continued full of
frenetic preparations across the Junior and Senior Music
Centres. Rehearsals and meetings and managing the
thousand and one details were all coordinated from the
Fifth floor Music office. Rehearsals for the massed choirs
of over six hundred boys were held in the Great Hall and
on Thursday, 22 March 2007, the big day of the concert,
the need for dress rehearsal saw Milsons Point Station
Jack Morgan and Junior String Orchestra.
flooded with these same six hundred boys as they made
their way to the Sydney Town Hall for their one opportunity
at a rehearsal. The logistics of safely transporting these
legions across the Harbour and through the city would
have daunted the most able of military strategists but the
goodwill of class teachers, parent supervisors and the
boys themselves ensured that the rehearsal day progressed
according to plan and without incident.
The evening of the concert had arrived and all was
in readiness. By 7.15pm the boys in the massed choirs
(recently scrubbed and polished), were all in their positions
in the galleries of the Town Hall and the programme
commenced punctually at 7.30pm. The first half of the
concert was to be a ‘musical miscellany’ of items from
many ensembles representative of the vast array of musical
styles and genres from across the school. The second half
of the concert was arranged as a Showcase of Australian
Vocal/Choral Music culminating in the massed item of all
musicians singing I Still Call Australia Home. There was not
a dry eye in the house following the tumultuous conclusion
to this moving item.
Events of this type are only possible with the dedication
of so many talented Music staff, the goodwill of the boys
and the support of the school. They are deserving of our
deepest gratitude.
Mr Michael Hissey
Director of Music
James Daly and Liam Gibson of the band, Neophone.
Programme
An Aloysian musical Showcase
The Massed Choirs and Audience
The Senior Orchestra
Directed by Mr Michael Hissey
Jonathan Chan (Year 8) – Organ
“The Blue & Gold Forever” A Hahn (SAC 1918)
arr Dixon (SAC 2004)
The Senior Orchestra
Directed by Mr Philip Chu
“1812 Overture” P Tchaikovsky
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music (cont'd)
The Finale.
The College Choir
Xavier and Zipoli Choirs
Directed by Mr Michael Hissey
Mr Peter Kneeshaw AM – organ
“Zadok the Priest”
(From Four Coronation Anthems)
The Junior School String Orchestra
Directed by Mrs Virginia Blunt
Led by Michael Cheng
“Fiddle Fever”
The Chamber Choir
Directed by Mr Andrew Quinane
Ms Lindy Montgomery – piano
“Shenandoah”
College Choirs sing Zadok the Priest.
GF Handel
Keith Sharp
arr Russell Robinson
Senior Jazz Ensemble
Directed by Mr John Harkins
“Blue Bossa”
Junior School Massed Choir
Directed by Mr Gerard Scelzi
“Oye la Musica” (Hear the Music)
Kenny Dorham
Jay Althouse
The Senior Strings
Directed by Mrs Sia Mastro
“A Simple Symphony” Benjamin Britten
Intermediate Jazz Ensemble
Directed by Mr Evan Powis
“Canteloupe Island”
Concert Band #1
Directed by Mr Jim Wiseman
“Dies Irae”
(arr J. Bodcook)
Jonathan Chan – Organ
“Toccata No 5 in F” Op 22
INTERVAL (20 minutes)
A Celebration of Australian Vocal Music
Year 10 Rock Band
With didgeridoo soloist Mr Graeme Clark
Prepared by Mr Will Allen
“Djapana” (Sunset Dreaming)
The Zipoli Choir
Directed by Mrs Narelle Hissey
Mr Michael Bell – piano
“Brolga Dance”
Herbie Hancock
Guiseppe Verdi
Charles Marie Widor
Yothu Yindi
Ian Jefferson
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The Xavier Choir
Directed by Mrs Narelle Hissey
Mr Michael Bell – piano
“Shakleton”
The Chamber Choir
Directed by Mr Andrew Quinane
Ms Lindy Montgomery – Claves
“Ngana” (from Songs of Passage)
The Massed Choirs
Directed by Mr Michael Hissey
Michael Bell – piano
“The Wanderer”
Sky Taxi
“Neophone”
Matthew Thomson – vocal soloist
“The Logical Song”
Paul Jarman
Stephen Leek
Dan Walker
Own Composition
Supertramp
Finale
Matthew Thomson & Michael Curtin – vocal soloists
Prepared by Ms Lindy Montgomery
Mrs Sia Mastro – piano
Senior Orchestra and Concert Band
Directed by Mr Jim Wiseman
“I Still Call Australia Home” Peter Allen
Profile Of A Student Musician
During the recent summer holidays, whilst many
twelve year olds spent their time mostly at the beach
or playing various forms of electronic games, one
of our own young musicians and inaugural recipient of
the Dr Anthony Wallington (SAC 1959) Memorial Music
Scholarship was busy preparing for his debut on two
prestigious organs – the Sydney Town Hall organ and the
St Mary’s Cathedral organ.
In late 2006, Jonathan Chan (Year 8) competed
in the Sydney Organ Competition – Junior Section (15
years and under) winning the Championship in a hotly
fought competition over numerous much older competitors.
Winners of both the Junior and Senior Sections were invited
to perform on the renowned instrument in the Sydney Town
Hall on a Young Organists’ Day, an event which was very
well attended by members of the general public. After a
highly successful performance of Sonata No. 6 by Felix
Mendelssohn in the Town Hall, Jonathan was invited to
play the Letourneau organ (big brother to the instrument in
our own College Chapel) at Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral.
As the Director of the St Mary’s Cathedral Singers, I have
seen and heard many organists play in St Mary’s, but this
was the first time I have experienced the congregation
breaking into applause for the organist at the end of the
Sunday Mass!
After only two and a half years of playing the Pipe
Organ, Jonathan is now preparing for his 7th Grade
Examinations later in 2007. Apart from the Pipe Organ,
Jonathan is also sitting for his Associate Diploma in Piano,
Jonathan Chan (centre front) on Young Performers’ Day in Sydney
Town Hall. Photo by: Pastor de Lasala (SAC 1975).
8th Grade in Violin and 6th Grade in Voice. He has
recently commenced lessons in Orchestral Conducting.
Jonathan explains why he particularly enjoys playing the
Pipe Organ. “When I was eight years old, I wished I could
grow extra pairs of hands so that I could play several
instruments at the same time... then I discovered the Pipe
Organ instead!”
One of our finest young musicians.
Mr Michael Hissey
Director of Music
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otary exchange programme
Sweden
I
was
only half way through the HSC, and decided that I
would take a year off from study after completing the HSC.
The College Careers Counsellor, Mrs Deirdre Agnew
recommended the Rotary Youth Exchange Programme to
me. The Programme offered the chance of going to one of
seventeen predominantly non-English speaking countries. I
applied and was sponsored by the Balgowlah Rotary Club.
After an interview process, I was given my first preference,
Sweden, and on 20 January 2006 I embarked on an
amazing journey.
“Why Sweden?”, is the first question I hear whenever
I talk about my Exchange; even Fr Middleton SJ asked my
mother the same question. For the record, it was not the
blonde girls! The truth is that I had met some Swedes in
Canada in 2005, and they had explained a little about the
country and the people there. It sounded very interesting,
plus I had the prospect of meeting them again, and for
the first time ever I could experience the dream of a lot of
Australians, a white Christmas.
Before Sweden, my idea of the country was: snow, cold
and a winter wonderland, a frosty, snow covered land. In
many ways, this is true. During the winter I was able to go
skiing with my host family, experiencing both downhill and
cross country. My host families were genuinely surprised
to hear that I had skied before in Australia. Many Swedes
get a shock to know that there is even snow in the world’s
hottest, driest and flattest inhabited continent.
Although students often get a choice of host nation,
Rotary allocates towns and schools, and find the families. I
thought that I would be going to Stockholm or Gothenburg,
Sweden’s big cities. It came as a rude shock when I
found out that I was destined for a small country town two
hours south of Stockholm, and seventy kilometres inland,
Söderköping (‘ö’ is pronounced ‘er’ as in ‘father’ and
‘kö’ makes a ‘sher’ sound as in ‘sherbet’). Söderköping’s
population is about five thousand, there is a main road, one
high school and a few primary schools.
There were two larger towns within a half hour drive
of Söderköping, plus a large boat canal (the Göta Kanal,
pronounced yöta) runs through the town, bringing flocks of
tourists during the summertime. Finally, Söderköping boasts
Sweden’s finest ice cream restaurant, yes, restaurant with
menus of just ice cream. Their flagship, the ‘Colosseum’
boasts thirty-two scoops of ice cream, costs AUD $65 but
if you can eat it on your own in under an hour and a half
you get it for free (I never saw anyone crazy enough to
make an attempt).
In Sweden, school was a very different arrangement to
what I was used to. No school uniforms, no bells telling you
when to run to class or stop for lunch, free canteen meals
and teachers only need be addressed by their first name. At
first I found the casual approach difficult to adjust to. I found
that much more responsibility was placed on the student
compared to Australia. Those who don’t do the work don’t
get the grades, although there is a support system in place.
Each class has a mentor, similar to the Tutor Group system at
St Aloysius’, and I found this a good way to get to know my
teachers and my class better. Everyone in Sweden picks a
‘stream’ and is grouped into a class, unlike Australia where
everyone chooses individual subjects. In each stream there
are a number of electives, and subjects which you are
free to pick from any field. Another interesting thing was
that each student has to complete over a year a project
of individual choice. This can be done in groups and it
can have a direct link to your stream or not. One group of
friends built a sauna on a boat; one of my friends did a
video diary for the year and one group in my class put on
a fashion show. I don’t think that everything in the Swedish
system was ‘right’ or ‘better’, but some things I believe could
be looked into for the Australian education system.
Despite the fact that most Swedes speak some level of
English, (it is compulsory from Year 5), for an exchange
student it really pays to learn the language as soon as
possible. You can’t fully understand the culture, nor connect
fully with people unless you try to speak their language. It
is also quite demeaning losing a battle of wits with your
six year old host sister on account of not knowing the
language. I received lessons at my Swedish school, plus
my families were very helpful.
I was very lucky to be placed with three great families.
They were lovely people and made me welcome from the
very start. One of my host mums said to me, “Anton, consider
yourself a son in our family, because that’s what you are.”
My host families gave me many wonderful experiences
to take home with me. I was able to go skiing in the
mountains in Sweden, spend glorious summer weekends
in the beautiful islands on the Baltic coast and even travel
with them to Egypt, London and Spain. Of all the people
important to an Exchange, the families are the closest. I
know that I will be going back to see them whenever I can,
and likewise that they will be visiting Australia.
Rotary also organises a number of Exchange students
gatherings during the year. Exchange students naturally
become friends because they can easily relate to each
other about their experiences. From the very first language
camp to a fantastic tour of Europe, where seventy Exchange
students from around the world travelled through eight
nations in just three weeks, I have had many good times
with new friends whom I also hope to visit some time in
the future.
The best thing about Exchange is the freedom you have
to explore things, to experience travelling to other countries
and to explore yourself. One of the highlights was flying to
London to attend the European Old Boy’s Reunion. There I
was able to catch up with my classmates who were on a
Gap year at schools in the UK and meet the more long-term
members of the UK Aloysian community. It was a fantastic
night and well worth the effort.
I would definitely recommend doing an Exchange. The
opportunities to network, to broaden horizons, to have
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good laughs with someone whom you’ve known for a
year (but it feels like a lifetime) in another language simply
cannot be compared to anything else - except going to
school at St Aloysius’ College.
Anton Messina (SAC 2005)
“Crossing” the Pacific
One Wednesday in mid-March, my fellow
Micronesian Scholar, Paul Ellis (SAC 2006), and
I began a pilgrimage around the Islands of Chuuk
State with the World Youth Day Cross. The Cross began
its journey to Sydney last year from Cologne, Germany. It
was amazing, coming to Weno (our island) on the Tuesday
night. We went down to observe the arrival and it was
pretty special for Weno. The next morning, with the Cross,
we began island-hopping by boat. The journey took us to
Toll, Udat, Feffen, Torowos and Uman which are all about
one or two hours away from each other by boat. At Feffen
we made the Stations of the Cross along the road from the
dock into the church. The walk took about an hour, but there
must have been a thousand people walking with us – all
following the Cross in the hope they would get a chance
to venerate it.
flowers out onto the water. They each had a laundry basket
full of flowers and so, as we approached, the boats were
drifting through a bed of flowers. What made this especially
good was that the entrance to Toll is not just a dock by the
ocean, but a long winding canal through the mangroves.
We travelled down the canal with the flowers about seventy
metres before we could see the dock. Two lines of men
were on each side of the canal spaced about three or four
metres between each person. They were submerged up to
their necks standing in water, all wearing blue and throwing
flowers in front of the boats. So we continued through this
canal until a final twist revealed the dock. All the children of
the town were standing there and they began singing some
Chuukese songs. Further down the path were all the elders
and adults who started singing too. The Cross was taken
from the boat and carried up to the church along a ropedoff
path with all the villagers standing behind the rope. As
the Cross passed the people, they would fall in behind and
follow it up to the church, still singing all the way. It was
quite an amazing sight.
I soon discovered that not many people knew what
the Cross was. A lot of people thought it was the actual
cross that Jesus died upon. I remember on the Tuesday
night before we left, one of the Xavier students asked me
what it was. I tried telling him that it was like the Olympic
Torch travelling around uniting people with the spirit of
the Olympics. This analogy, however, lost its effect as
he did not know what the Olympic Torch was either. But
after Wednesday, I can see how weak an analogy it was
anyway. I remember when the torch went through Sydney
in 2000 where we all stood on the street and watched it
go past, then went home. But with the Cross it really united
all these people. They partied all night in Uman because
the Cross was there. Everywhere, entire villages prayed
for hours and hours, waiting for a chance to venerate the
Cross. It was inspiring to see.
Nick Sunderland (SAC 2006)
Micronesian Scholar 2007
Xavier High, Chuuk
The World Youth Day Cross makes its way to an island.
On every island we went to, we were met by hundreds
of people who would sing songs and follow the Cross to
the local church where they would pray and venerate the
Cross for about three hours. Toll was the first island we
went to but it still remains the most striking – perhaps it was
because Paul and I did not know what to expect. We were
on the boat travelling through the Chuuk Lagoon. When we
were about two or three hundred metres from the island, we
were met by four little boats, each about seven metres long.
Paul and I got in the first one which had three local women
in it. The portrait of Mary which was travelling with us was
placed in the second boat, the cross in the third and the
fourth had the rest of the people.
The four boats then fell into line, with our boat at the
front leading the way. The three women started throwing
Nick Sunderland (SAC 2006) helps decorate the Cross with palm leaves.
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duke of edinburgh award
Shaun Lambert (SAC 2006) with the Governor of NSW,
Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC, following his receipt of
the Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award in December 2006.
Duke of Edinburgh Award
Shaun Lambert (SAC 2006) was awarded his Gold
Duke of Edinburgh Award by the Governor of New
South Wales, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir
AC, in late 2006. Shaun completed all the requirements
for the award through activities at the College. Apart
from a number of overnight and three-day treks under
the supervision of Mr Catchpoole (Master in Charge of
the Duke of Edinburgh), Shaun also volunteered his free
time to work with Life for Kids, a support programme for
inner-city Aboriginal children which the College has close
links with.
The following is an extract from a speech Shaun made
at a School Assembly after his award was announced.
“Part of the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award involves
sixty hours of service over a twelve month period, helping
needy people in communities. It was with this in mind
that I found Life for Kids, a community aid programme
for disadvantaged children, many illiterate and of all
backgrounds, but mostly Aboriginal children from The Block
in Redfern. Life for Kids, was initiated by The Executive
Officer of the College, Mrs Ailsa Gillett OAM and now
runs each Saturday, providing regular breakfasts, and
educational and sporting opportunities for over one
hundred inner-city children.
During my time with Life for Kids, I began to get to know
these people, the kids, their parents and their relatives.
On the outside, they were happy to have fun as normal
children and teenagers do, by playing footy, kicking a ball
around.
It was, however, not so blithe and cheery – I began to
learn from other volunteers, how problematic these kids’
lives were from the start, how parents have been lost to
drugs or violence and yet how relatives had been able
to take these children in as their own. One of the kids
highlighted the unfortunate situation they find themselves
in. During a car trip, with five other kids and some
volunteers, we were trying to find out where we were.
The boy handed me the street directory. I was nonetheless
surprised at the time that he could not read, and that nor
could the four other boys in the car; it was not until later
that I fully understood the magnitude of this. It turned out
that they simply looked at the colours of packets of food
instead of reading the labels. It was then that I realised
how important a skill it was to read and to write.
Something so basic, that each and every one of us
takes for granted. Just think of it, to not be able to read signs
that tell you when the next bus, train or ferry is coming or
not to be able to read that joke on the shirt that you bought
the other day. To know that they miss such crucial life skills
profoundly shocks me that he, like many others could just
slip through the net.
Despite all of this, there is much hope to be had.
What I found was these people, who I now know, have
an inextricable connection to each other and that they are
much closer than some of us could ever be and yet... yet
they still are able to welcome outsiders with open arms and
kind words – if you just can see them for who they are.
What I did see changed me. I stepped out of my box,
opened my eyes and found that I could see. I’d like to think
that any of you, through the many activities of the College,
not to mention the Duke of Edinburgh Programme, can do
the same.”
Following completion of his HSC in 2006, Shaun
was accepted into a Bachelor of Liberal Arts at Sydney
University, where he intends to study History, Politics, French
and Physics. Shaun has deferred the course for 2007 and
is undertaking a Gap Year working at St Edmund’s College
in Hertfordshire, England.
The College congratulates Shaun on his award, yet
another fine example of Aloysians being Men for Others.
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from the archives
St Aloysius’ College celebrates
Sydney Harbour Bridge’s 75th!
“For nearly thirty years the College has looked over the
water to the City. The vision of crowded ferries and the
hurry to secure a quiet seat for a last rapid glance over
neglected homework comes before the minds of many.
But that has changed. By the opening of the Bridge, we
have been brought well nigh into the heart of Sydney.
This means much for the College; for it brings us closer
to many of our boys.”
Taken in 1929 from the College. Note the workshops at the foot
of the pylon – all the boys remember these.
Taken from the College on 19 March 1932 – Official Opening
festivities. Imagine being in a canvas canoe as part of the flotilla!
The Aloysian of 1932 featured the opening of the
Sydney Harbour Bridge, an event which was the
culmination of a massive construction effort spanning
much of the 1920s and early 1930s. The streetscape
around the College changed to make way for the northern
pylons and Bradfield Highway; travelling to and from
school became a matter of tram and train for many boys
from the eastern suburbs, rather than a harbour crossing
by ferry. Boys who had daily witnessed the growth of the
Bridge were drawn to engineering as a career – a more
lasting fever than the ‘will it/won’t it meet in the middle’
speculation which gripped Sydney during construction.
Taken from the College in 1930, this image shows the bridge under
construction. Note the carriage way is still far from complete.
Many remember the noise of the riveters’ guns, and there
was initial concern that the noise from trams, trains and cars
crossing the bridge would disrupt classes.
The diarist of The Aloysian of 1932 makes some
perceptive observations of the opening celebrations:
Tomorrow is St Patrick’s Day and with ‘Bridge Week’
Holiday, there’s no more classes till Monday. We pitied the
school children crossing the bridge today. It was pouring
rain. What stories will be woven from this event for the
admiration of grandchildren ‘unto generations’.
On Saturday, 19 March 1932, the College was gaily
decorated with flags and illuminated by night. Parents,
friends and relatives of the boys were able to take up places
of advantage on the roof and verandahs of the then Junior
School, and in the grounds of Wyalla. Some six hundred
visitors were able to follow the opening speeches with interest
as radio amplifiers had been installed. Morning Tea served on
the lawn was a success, with Prefects serving ‘ice creams’ to
all the boys, a treat which was remembered vividly by many.
Then, as now, the Aloysian Family had a ring-side
seat to harbour festivities, watching a floating parade sail
beneath the new Bridge. One young Aloysian was not
content to simply watch the passing flotilla; according to our
Oral History sources, he and his brother ‘got in our canvas
canoe which we built and joined in the procession under
the Harbour Bridge much to the delight of the people on big
ships waving to us and the ships keeping out of our way,
they were a friendly lot!’ Other Old Aloysians interviewed
about their memories of those years make observations
about De Groot cutting the ribbon, and Jack Lang the
Premier; many remember the Depression, and the eventual
lead-up to WWII. The 1920s and 1930s were remarkable
times for Sydney; St Aloysius’ College students were then,
as now, keen observers and participants in events which
have significance far beyond our walls.
Mrs Kim Eberhard
College Archivist
Tel: 9954 4454
E-mail: kim.eberhard@staloysius.nsw.edu.au
Mondays and Tuesdays
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from the registrar
This year we welcomed one hundred and two new
families to the College starting with Orientation Day
held in November, and then a school tour for all new
Senior School students in January.
Prospective families take a tour of the College.
Open Day was held on Sunday, 4 March with many
families enjoying the day meeting staff, parents and
students who all kindly gave up their Sunday to showcase
the College. There were displays and demonstrations in
both Junior and Senior campuses which included various
musical items as well as Mathematics, Technology, Visual
Art, Drama, Cadets and Sport displays. We even had
one of three hovercraft on display that our Senior School
students have been busy building in their Technology
Classes. When finished, these will be enjoyed by our
Cadets on their camps.
available. So if you’ve missed the March exams, perhaps
contact the College in late October to enquire if this
examination will take place.
If you would like more information on enrolments,
please contact the Registrar on +61 2 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
AMDG
All Members of the Aloysian Family
are cordially invited to the
2007 St Aloysius’ College Card Day
on
A prospective parent talks to a current parent about life at the College.
In March we held all our entrance examinations for
students wishing to enter the College next year in the
Junior School and in Years 8 to 11, as well as students
for Year 7, 2009. The College no longer runs scholarship
examinations. All applicants will be advised of the outcome
of their applications in May when shortlisted applicants will
be interviewed. Offers of places will go out around late
May or early June.
Sometimes a late entrance examination is held around
November should any last minute vacancies become
Thursday 14 June 2007
at
The College War Memorial Oval
Tyneside Avenue, Willoughby
Coffee on arrival 10.30am
$30 including
Delicious lunch with wine
Bookings: Mrs Anne Scollon (Past Parent)
9969 1303 h
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From the President
Important Dates for 2007
Friday, 22 June Annual Dinner 6.00pm
North Sydney Leagues Club
Sunday, 22 July 2006 Year 12 BBQ 3.00pm
College Oval
Thursday, 23 August Aloysian Golf Day 11.00am
Manly Golf Club
Sunday, 26 August Day of Reflection 10.00am
Juana Mateo Room, College
Friday, 31 August Father & Son Mass 6.30pm
College Chapel
Saturday, 22 Sept Indian Bazaar 10.00am
Riverview
The second best thing to playing rugby with your friends
at school is to continue playing rugby with them for
many years after school. In this issue of the Aloysiad,
an advertisement for Brothers Rugby Club appears. The
Club has invited any St Aloysius’ Old Boy wishing to play
Rugby after school, to join them. The club has a sixty-year
history and is very conveniently located in the middle of
the North Shore using Roseville Chase Oval as its home
ground. The invitation is particularly attractive as the club
has offered to group all players from St Aloysius’ in the
same team. You are even allowed to wear your Aloys footy
socks! Chris Ford (SAC 1989) is the Aloys representative
at the Club and can be reached by email on cf@travellersautobarn.com.au
or just turn up to training. Keep it in mind
if looking for a new club. There is potential to expand this
arrangement to include other sports such as football (soccer)
and basketball. I would like to hear from you if you are
interested in other sports.
I would like to acknowledge an exceptional contribution
to the Indian Bazaar from Bryan McFadden (SAC 1949).
Bryan has been the official buyer of the sporting goods
which are used by the SACOBU Sporting Goods Wheel
at the Indian Bazaar each year. Bryan has been doing
this labour of love for as long as anyone can remember.
He stepped down as chief buyer and all round organiser
last year and I would like to thank him for his generous
contribution to the success of the Indian Bazaar over many
years.
Many thanks to those who were able to assist with the
SACOBU Sporting Goods Wheel on the day including
Phillip Connolly, Paul Quoyle (SAC 1961), Vin Goldrick
(SAC 1977), Ben Tallentire (SAC 1986), Peter Allsopp,
James Allsopp, Andrew McSpedden (SAC 1974), John
Brady (SAC 1970), Barry Mullan (SAC 1977), Kevin
Emanuel (SAC 1967), Phil Emanuel (SAC 2002), Mark
Chan (SAC 2001), David Kennedy (SAC 2002), Chris
Zucker (SAC 1971), Murray Happ (SAC 1985) and Bob
Burton (SAC 1952). And there were probably a few more
as well.
This year we welcome twenty sons of Old Boys to
Old Boys on the SACOBU Wheel at the Indian Bazaar.
the College. We welcome Nick Lonergan (Year 5), Gus
Whittle (Year 4), Patrick Brimson (Year 3), James Agius
(Year 5), Sean Darwell (Year 3), Lachlan Brimson (Year 5),
Tom Gillespie (Year 3), Philip Playoust (Year 3), Benjamin
Wilkinson (Year 5), James Evans (Year 7), Max Gillis (Year
3), John Lidbetter (Year 3), Nathan Trigg (Year 7), Ben
Harris (Year 4), Joseph Day (Year 7), William Ridley (Year
5), Pearce Cohen (Year 4), James Willock (Year 3) and
Nicolas and Vincent Hrdina (Year 3). The school appears
to be in good hands for the next ten years.
Many of you may not be aware of the number of
Old Boys who each year are assisting with coaching of
various sporting teams at the College. It is something that
we as a Union can be particularly proud of. They include
Dom Pelosi, Phil Cunningham, Michael Kennedy, Jeremy
Curtin, Dom Haylen, Russell Skinner, Chris Lobasher, Carl
Sullivan, John Caristo, Todd Miller, Charles Edwards,
Terence Hatten, Lional Newton, Sam Gladman, Andrew
Geldens, Daniel Baxter, Ben Marshall, Jonathon Owens,
Matt Walker, Mathew Perkes, Michael Gemmel, Tim
Scarfe, David McClatchey, Patrick Lindsay, Tom Berger,
Adam Fisher, Vincent Makayan, Andrew Punteriero, Tom
Wright, Daniel Tardo and Justin Fontana just to name a
few. The success the College enjoys in so many different
sports has a lot to do with the enthusiasm and passion
these Old Boys bring to their teams. Keep up the good
work.
For those of you planning a Class Reunion this year, keep
the Rugby and Football Home Game dates in mind. It has
become very popular to start class reunions at the College
Oval watching the Rugby and Football. For assistance with
Class Reunions, please contact Murray Happ (SAC 1985)
in the College Development Office.
Any news you would like to share with other Old Boys is
always welcome and if you are aware of Old Boys quietly
doing good and often great things in the community, please
let me know.
Mr Scott Tracy (SAC 1980)
President
E-mail: stracy@endeavourfunds.com
Mobile: 0417 810223
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SACOBU Rector’s Fund
In 2006, it was agreed that the St Aloysius’ College Old
Boys’ Union Life Subscription Education Trust create a new
fund to provide financial assistance to any student who
is unable to participate in a particular co-curricular activity
due to the additional costs involved. The SACOBU Rector’s
Fund will provide financial assistance to any boy that, in
the opinion of the Rector, will benefit from participating in
a particular school activity that he would otherwise not be
able to attend. The Fund can also be used to meet other
non-school fee expenses of a student which we all know
can add up. The Fund was the idea of Michael McCoy
(SAC 1963) who is to be congratulated for his foresight
and his efforts in establishing the SACOBU Rector’s Fund.
Michael McCoy, Tony Bland (SAC 1957) and Brian
Hamer (SAC 1963) are the Trustees for the SACOBU Life
Subscription Education Trust.
SACOBU 2007 Annual Dinner
The 2007 Annual Dinner will be held at North Sydney
Leagues Club on Friday, 22 June 2007 at 7pm. Last
year’s Dinner proved to be very popular with young
and not-so-young Old Boys, so get organised early.
Year 12 Sons of Old Boys at the Annual Dinner.
No doubt the group of 2006 Year 12 students pictured
above will be there and enjoying themselves again this year.
Bob Harvey (SAC 1983) Cricket Day
It is amazing to think this game has been running in
memory of Bob Harvey (SAC 1983) since 1983/84.
The game actually started in 1977/78 and Bob used
to play in it, so technically the game has been going for
twenty-nine years. On Bob’s passing we agreed to rename
the game in his memory. The only difference since the game
started is the diminishing standard in speed, agility and
overall cricketing skill. To offset the diminishing standard of
cricket, the level of fun has increased significantly and many
have often thought that their performances of the day were
as good or possibly better than when they were at school.
The only problem is this view is not held by anyone else in
either team.
Front Row: P Gaha, R Aprile, M Connaghan, P Moore (c),
P De Mestre, J Hockey, N Garling.
Middle Row: J Tully, J McGuire, P O’Shannessy (ex Joeys), P Plazas.
Back Row: R Westbury (ex Grammar), M Kearins (ex Riverview)
J Nicholl (ex Cranbrook), M White, D Borean (ex Riverview).
This year there were seventeen a side which has been
about the average number per side each year since
starting. The teams comprise of 1983 school leavers versus
a barbarian type team made up of 1981/82 and 1984
leavers plus some friends who have joined in over the
years. Michael Harvey (SAC 1981) plays every year and
regularly stars with the bat. There are some solid social
rules such as no lbw, you cannot get out first ball and with
thirteen fielders on the field you must have three slips at all
times – preferably sledging the batsman! This is clearly the
way cricket was meant to be played.
This year we had young James Fraser (Year 5) playing
for the first time. James is the nephew of Bob, (the son of
Bob’s sister, Caroline) which was a real highlight. Another
highlight of the day was Paul Gaha (SAC 1983) (a
famously non-renowned cricketer) hitting Cameron Brooks
(SAC 1984) (a famously renowned cricketer and scary fast
bowler – former CAS 1st XI and Mosman 1st Grade player)
over his head for a four – the first four in Paul’s twenty-nine
years of playing the game. This shot basically secured the
game for the 1983 Leavers. The crowd went wild!
Several awards are presented for displays of outstanding
skill on the day but the most popular award each year is
the “Thanks for Coming” award. The winner of the award
this year will remain nameless but can be seen in the front
row of the winning team picture. Less talk and more action
next year.
Fr Ross Jones SJ was in attendance and said a few
words before the presentation which made a real impact
on the crowd and the Harvey family who attend every year.
Paddy Moore (SAC 1983), Captain of the winning team,
graciously accepted the trophy.
I hope this gives you some insight into the day – it has
become a very special annual day for all of us that knew
and loved Bob. The day says a lot about the friendships
that are formed while at school and why we continue to
enjoy those friendships for the rest of our lives.
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First row left to right: Fr David Strong SJ, Tony Bland, Michael Qulity, John Buckley, John Paul, Michael Delaney, Alan Beresford, John Hallett,
Jeff Deegan, Malcom Mackerras, Dennis Byrne, Fr Ian Dillon SJ.
Second row left to right: John Sheldon, Michael Bartlett, John Barnes, Tony Valentine, John Bowie, Tony Westhoff, John Bergin, Tony Christie,
Tony Frank, Ian Hawke, Brian McMillan, George Crowley, Michael Punch, Paul Woodward.
Back row left to right: Don Sidaway, Anthony Richard, Don Chisolm, Philip Maloney, Michael Irwin, Michael Virgona, Andrew Hill, Linton Tinkler,
Peter Bourke, Anthony Drew, James Mornane.
Classes of 1956 and 1957 Fifty
Year Reunion
More than forty Old Boys came from Western
Australia, Queensland, Victoria, ACT; and all parts
of NSW for the recent fiftieth reunion celebrations
for the Classes of 1956 and 1957.
The group was in great spirits, fine health, and the
weekend was a wonderful exercise in camaraderie and
reminiscence.
On Saturday evening, Mass in the College Chapel
– which did not exist 50 years ago – was celebrated by Fr
David Strong SJ (SAC 1956) and a teacher from our time
at school, Fr Ian Dillon SJ.
The five deceased fellow pupils were remembered
by classmates carrying candles into the Mass, and our ill
friends were also remembered in our prayers.
Mr Geoff Deegan (SAC Staff 1952–1985) attended
the reunion dinner to ensure there was no ‘splitting of
infinitives, or misuse of adjectives or adverbs!’
Pre-dinner drinks were held on the fourth floor roof terrace
with the sun setting behind the Harbour Bridge and a very
different landscape to the one they viewed as schoolboys
– a sight particularly enjoyed by the out-of-towners.
“I haven’t seen you in 50 years” was a very familiar
conversation starter during the evening, and the joy
and enthusiasm of catching up with old classmates was
extraordinary to witness. A great evening with great mates.
On Sunday morning, almost everyone met again on a
stunning Sydney morning on the deck of the Royal Sydney
Yacht Squadron, many taking the opportunity to bring along
wives and family.
Relationships were cemented – and we decided ‘luck
should not be pressed’ with the group planning to gather
together again in five years’ time – not ten.
Michael Delaney (SAC 1957) and
Tony Bland (SAC 1957)
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Men for Others
Our Nugacity Group gathers on Thursday nights in
the hall under St Canice’s Parish, Kings Cross. The
Group continues to provide crisis accommodation
for up to twenty-five of Sydney’s homeless people per
week due to the on-going support of SACOBU. Plans to
also open on Sundays have been delayed but we hope
to be operating two nights per week by the end of August
2007. We are always looking for more volunteers from the
St Aloysius’ Old Boy community and currently we have six
Old Boys volunteering on a regular basis, once every five
weeks. James Woodward (SAC 2003), James Harrison
(SAC 2003), Tom Borger (SAC 2003), Mark Pelletier (SAC
2003), Tim Karbowiak (SAC 2003) and Conor Tierney
(SAC 2004).
Anyone wishing to assist and who can spare one
Thursday evening every five to six weeks can contact
Nugacity by email on nugacity@mail.com
2007 SACOBU Young Old Boys’
‘Drinks-for-Charity’ Pub Night
On the evening of Friday, 2 March, approximately
seventy Old Boys congregated at the Commodore
Hotel in North Sydney for the second Young Old
Boys ‘Drinks-for-Charity’ Pub Night.
of the Icon Hospitality Group for allowing us to use the
Commodore Hotel at no cost and their generous financial
assistance in providing us with the $1 from every drink to
donate to charity.
Similarly, thanks to Murray Happ (SAC 1985) for his
assistance in the organisation of the evening and to the
Old Boys’ Union for their financial support of this charitable
cause.
Old Boys spanning more than thirty years turned up,
and it was great to see such a diverse age group meeting
over many a beverage or three.
One dollar from every drink that was purchased on the
night was kindly donated to charity: fifty cents was directed
to the College’s Bursary Programme so that those less
fortunate than ourselves may have the opportunity to benefit
from the education we received; and a further fifty cents
was directed to the Jesuit Prison Ministry in the Philippines
Province to fund scholarships so that impoverished children
of prisoners would be able to continue their schooling and
to purchase textbooks.
This evening wouldn’t have been possible without the
support of several Old Boys. In particular, I would like to
thank Damien Reed (SAC 1989) and the other owners
Last, but certainly not least, to all the Old Boys who
attended – thank you for your generosity and I hope you
had a good time catching up with fellow Old Boys and will
continue to support the evening in coming years.
Mark Chan (SAC 2001)
Organiser – Drinks for Charity
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Classes of 1946 and 1947
60 Year Reunion
Twelve members of the Classes of 1946 and 1947
met for their 60th Reunion at the College on
Wednesday, 28 March. Attendees travelled from all
over the country to be at the event. The day commenced
with Mass in the Boys’ Chapel; lunch was then served on
the roof of the College.
The camaraderie and mateship forged all those years
ago was clearly still strong as the group reminisced about
old times and classmates who had passed away.
Congratulations to Peter Morton (SAC 1947) and
John Goldrick (SAC 1946) who organised the event and
special thanks to those Old Boys who travelled from far
and wide to attend the Reunion. The group is planning on
getting together in five years’ time for their 65th Reunion!
Murray Happ (SAC 1985)
Director of Development
Fr Ross Jones SJ and Peter Morton (SAC 1947) at the 1946/1947
Sixtieth Reunion.
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Left to Right: Lieutenant Michael Allison (SAC 1996) - AMTG2 Platoon Commander, Captain James Slattery (SAC 1996) - AMTG2 Intelligence
Officer and Captain Tristan Kennelly (SAC 1998) - AATT-I Trainer.
Old Boys Serving Our Nation
Captain James Slattery (SAC 1996) recently wrote
to the College advising of one of the more unusual
and perhaps smallest reunions of Old Boys ever held
in the one hundred and twenty-eight year history of the
College.
On 20 May 2006 at Camp Smitty, a Coalition Camp
in the Southern Iraqi Province of Al Muthanna, three Old
Boys serving with Australian Forces gathered for an Old
Boys’ Reunion. Captain James Slattery (SAC 1996),
Lieutenant Michael Allison (SAC 1996) and Captain Tristan
Kennelly (SAC 1998) are all serving as members of the 2nd
Al Muthanna Task Group (AMTG 2).
The role of AMTG 2 is to provide security to the Province
so that the Japanese Self Defence Force Engineer Group
could provide valuable reconstruction of local infrastructure.
Further to this was the provision of an Australian Army
Training Team – Iraq (AATT-I) that assisted in the raising
and training of local Iraqi Army Battalions and a Brigade
Headquarters within the Province.
James wonders when was the last time, if ever, three
Aloysian Old Boys have served together in the same unit on
active operations? Perhaps one of our older Old Boys may
be able to answer this question?
Thanks to James for sending this story and we wish him,
Michael and Tristan every best wish in their future careers in
service of their country.
AMDG
Class of 1977
30 Year Reunion
Saturday Night 24 November 2007
Dinner at the College for Class members only
Sunday lunchtime 25 November 2007
BBQ at the College Oval for Class members
and families.
Can all 1977 Classmates please register a
contact email with one of the organizers.
Contacts:
Vin Goldrick tel. 9267 7311
• vin.goldrick@gfm.com.au
Greg R Smith • GSmith@au.westfield.com
Peter Heaton • pheaton@westpac.com.au
Barry Mullan • barry.mullan@gfm.com.au
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Old Boy Updates
John Lamerand celebrated his 102nd
1922birthday on 27 March. John is the oldest
Old Boy of the College but not our only centenarian. Laurie
Byrne (SAC 1923) turned 101 on 6 April.
Paul Nysen commenced at the College
1965in 1957 and was taught by the late Mrs
Collins (SAC Staff 1954–1981). Paul says that his Junior
School contributions were not academic but focused
more on performing in the College Operas, being a
member of the College Choir and the Hobby Exhibitions.
His strong suits in Senior School were Mathematics,
Physics and Chemistry. As for English “... I was
borderline illiterate despite the excellent teachers...”.
Paul graduated from the UNSW with an Honours Degree
in Physics in 1969. In 1970 he married Mirella and
had six children, Jeremy, Peter, Mark, Luke, Byron and
Andrea. Mirella tragically passed away in 1999. After
graduating, Paul worked for the Royal Australian Navy as
a research scientist specialising in underwater acoustics
until 1980. His next career move took him into the
Electronic Identification (EID) market using RF techniques
and resulted in his transfer to Siemens in California USA.
After two years he co-founded a start-up company called
XCI with four other entrepreneurs to market, develop
and build the EID systems he developed in Siemens. In
2000 he was invited to join Airprime, later acquired
by Sierra Wireless where he still works today designing
microwave antennas for the mobile end of the cellular
wireless market in Carlsbad near San Diego. Paul’s
volunteer hours are and have been spent with his parish
and the Boy Scouts both in Australia and the USA. “I am
very proud of St Aloysius’ College and the Jesuit training
and I firmly believe this has been a large part of what
has made me successful to this day”.
Billy Birmingham, the comic genius behind
1970the successful Twelfth Man, has released
another CD. The disc, Boned!, is available from all good
record stores nationwide. The album went Double Platinum
(selling more than 140,000 copies) within two weeks of
its launch in November 2006 and was one of the biggest
selling records over the Christmas period. Billy, a well
known comedian and comic writer, also wrote the material
for Australiana, which was performed by Austen Tayshus in
the 1980s.
David Gazzoli has opened a new restaurant and bar in the
city. The Aurora Bar is located underneath the ABNAmro
Building on the corner of Bent and Philip Streets, Sydney.
The Aurora Bar is an ideal venue for Class Reunions, work
events, birthday celebrations and other social gatherings.
David assures any Old Boy who visits of warm hospitality,
great food and cold drinks!
Paul O’Connell sailed his yacht Katinka into
1973second place overall in the Performance
Handicap category of the 2006 Rolex Sydney-Hobart
Yacht Race; this was in addition to scoring second in
Division Two. Paul and wife Ellen have owned Katinka
for eighteen months and enjoy both racing and cruising.
This was Paul’s eleventh Sydney-Hobart and his second as
Skipper/Navigator. More information can be obtained by
visiting the yachts website www.katinka.com.au
Steve Wiblin owns and runs the Neagles Rock Vineyard in
the beautiful Clare Valley in South Australia with his wife,
Jane Willson. Steve and Jane recently scooped the pool at
the 26th Sydney International Wine Show with their 2004
One Black Dog Reserve Cabernet Shiraz winning three
trophies, including the Sydney International Wine Show
Perpetual Championship Trophy for Best Wine at the Show.
Steve and Jane established Neagles Rock in 1997 and
since then have won a number of awards for their range
of wines and beers. The winery, just down the road from
the Jesuit Winery of Sevenhill, is located in the heart of the
Clare Valley, about five kilometres from the town of Clare.
Steve invites any member of the Aloysian Family visiting the
Clare Valley to pop in and try some of his superb awardwinning
wines or perhaps have a meal at their on-site
restaurant.
In October 2006, Terry Crawford-Smith
1979and his wife Georgina moved with their
three children to Texas after several years in Singapore.
Terry heads Finance and Operations for Houston-based
BMC Software’s global consulting practice. He recently
hooked up with fellow Houstonian Greg Foley (SAC Staff
1975–1988), thanks to the Aloysiad bush-telegraph. Terry’s
brother Michael (SAC 1980) is with the London-based
Corporate Tenors and recently featured in Sir Andrew Lloyd
Webber’s West End production, Whistle Down the Wind.
Anthony (SAC 1982) has been flying with Qantas for over
ten years after a decade in teaching. Justin (SAC 1992) is
an actor based in Sydney and will perform in the upcoming
Sydney Theatre Company’s Sapphire Moon at the Wharf
Theatre. For any intrepid ex-Aloysians visiting Texas, Terry
and his wife Georgie (Loreto Normanhurst) extend a warm
“yo’ll come visit now”. Terry’s contact details are available
from the College Development Office for anyone wishing
to make contact.
Greg McElroy owns and manages Killara Plumbing.
Greg, who is President of the Master Plumbers Association
of NSW, recently featured in an article in The Sydney
Morning Herald, regarding the cost of plumbers and how
to maximise their attendance at a home or business.
Hon Joe Hockey MP, was promoted to
1983Cabinet in the Prime Minister’s ministerial
reshuffle in late January. Joe was moved into the Cabinet
taking on the role as Minister for Employment and
Workplace Relations. Joe’s promotion comes soon after
he and his wife Melissa Babbage celebrated the birth of
thier second child, Adelaide, a younger brother to Xavier.
Apart from being a Cabinet Minister, Joe continues to serve
the electorate of North Sydney and of course is the Local
Member for the College!
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Neil Fenelon is a professional photographer
1985who specialises in architectural and portrait
photography. Neil recently held an exhibition at the Royal
Australian Institute of Architects headquarters at Potts Point.
Entitled, Faces Behind the Façade, the exhibition focussed
on the architects behind the residential, commercial and
public architecture of the State. Faces Behind the Façade
revealed the personalities of twenty talented Australian
architects with their completed projects from mid to late
Twentieth Century.
Paul Croft has accepted a position with Pricewaterhouse
Coopers in their Transaction Services Division. After ten
years working as a Forensic Accountant with a firm called
Horwath, Paul is looking forward to the challenge of his
new role.
Christopher Raper and his wife Jacki had their third child
in December 2006. Arabella is the younger sister to Angus
and Orlanda. Christopher moved to Adelaide in 1994.
After working in the banking and finance industry for the
past seventeen years, most recently as a manager with the
Police Central Credit Union, Christopher recently purchased
a Bank of Queensland franchise. The new branch, located
in the centre of Adelaide opened in April and Christopher
would welcome banking and finance enquiries from any
Old Boy living in South Australia or elsewhere.
Michael Cook has lived in Cootamundra
1986for the last ten years. Married to Yvette for
fourteen years, with two children, Lachlan 6 and Rebecca
2. Yvette runs a veterinary practice, whilst Michael works
part-time and cares for the children. Michael is a Nurse by
profession and currently works for Home Care of NSW
looking after the elderly in the Cootamundra region.
John Meyer moved to France two years ago
1987and in October last year married Isabelle, a
French woman. Prior to leaving Australia, John ran an antique
business in Seaforth. John is now busy buying up antiques
in France and shipping them to Australia. Specialising in
18th and 19th Century solid timber furniture, John has also
managed to uncover some wonderful old clocks and other
gems in his travels.
Stephen Mullaly has lived in England for the past nine
years. Stephen works in publishing and is married with a
five month old son, Lawrie.
John Mair and his wife Louise moved to Mumbai, India last
year after several years in Singapore. John is the Chief Sub-
Editor India and Deputy Bureau Chief Mumbai for Reuters,
the international news service based in London. John reports
that he, Louise and their children, Nick (aged 4) and Tom
(aged 2) are enjoying the vibrancy and colour of Mumbai
(formerly called Bombay).
Andrew McGarry lives in Adelaide where
1990he is the Sports and Media Reporter for The
Australian newspaper. Andrew married Nance Haxton,
a journalist for ABC Current Affairs Radio on 4 March
in Adelaide. Andrew reported the ‘Bodies in a Barrel’
Snowtown murders at length and wrote a book called The
Snowtown Murders, following the end of the trial.
After spending a significant time in the banking and finance
industry (too long in his mind!), Michael Hicks commenced
studying medicine at Newcastle University in 2005.
Michael’s partner, Sammi is expecting their first child in
August this year. Michael, is about to commence a practical
placement in Katherine, NT looking at indigenous health
issues. Following the Katherine placement, Michael will
spend time at Wyong Hospital on the Central Coast.
Nick Clarkin and his wife Michelle have two
1991children, Eirelie (aged 5) and Aria (aged 3)
and live in Brisbane. Eirelie and Aria are nieces to Matt
Clarkin (SAC 1995) and Hugh Wells (SAC 1988). Sadly,
Aria was born prematurely with severe brain damage
and extensive physical handicaps. A Gala Dinner is
being organised later in the year to raise funds to assist
in Aria’s increasing physical needs. A special vehicle
will be required and modifications to the family home
are inevitable. Anyone interested in attending the dinner,
organising a table, or simply making a donation to the trust
fund established to support Aria, is asked to contact the
Clarkin family at mikeclarkin@ozemail.com.au.
Matthew Reilly has sealed a deal to write
1992a new US comedy series, with the working
title, Literary Superstar. Literary Superstar deals with a book
publicist who deals with a stable of quirky writers. Matthew
will write the plot, to be filmed in the US later this year.
The series is being produced by Sony Pictures Television.
Matthew has written a number of blockbuster novels
including Temple, Area 7, Ice Station and Scarecrow.
After dealing with the frustrations of getting his own books
printed, Matthew knows all too well the challenges facing
any writer, especially dealing with book publishers!
Michael Short is employed with the Faculty
1994of Agriculture at The University of Sydney
and does field work and assists with research into soil
salinity.
Peter Histon married Isabel Claravell at St
1995Joseph’s Church, Newtown on 14 January
2007. Guests included Peter’s classmates, Jeremy Leung
(Best Man) Rey Gesmundo (Groomsman) Ben Harris,
Anthony Kirkwood, David Lah, Jonathon Creenaune, Conor
Ward and Lance Yu (all SAC 1995). Following a European
honeymoon the couple are currently working in Cambridge,
England in the IT industry.
Nevan Basic is a Golf Pro. He entered
1996the 2007 Asian Tour Qualifying School in
Thailand in December 2006 and finished the tournament
sixth out of five hundred starters from around the globe.
Following his success, Nevan is now fully exempt on the
PGA Tour of Australasia and the Asian Tour for 2007.
Patrick Short works in TV production and is currently
assistant cameraman on Channel Ten’s The Biggest Loser.
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Mark O’Halloran plays Rugby League with
1998the Penrith Panthers. Mark previously played
for Balmain, Wests Tigers and London Broncos. His
preferred position is Centre and he is a member of the top
squad with the club.
Jonathan Hill won the 2006 Margaret Dooley Young
Writers Award for two essays he submitted to the
competition. His essays, Reclaiming our Imagination and
Why Reconciliation Matters were published in Eureka Street
a magazine produced by the Australian Province of the
Jesuits. He was also the Runner Up in the Northern Territory
Literary Awards in 2006. Jonathan is a teacher and does
a lot of work with Aboriginal children in Redfern as well
as helping homeless people through the Sharing the Meal
Programme run by St Vincent’s.
Ed Brenac played for Australia in the Dubai Rugby Sevens
Tournament in December 2006. The Dubai Tournament is
one of eight events held around the world that form part
of the International Rugby Board’s Sevens Tournament. Ed
came off the reserves bench for the ACT Brumbies in a
game versus the Waratahs in January.
Alex Grigg is a vocalist and guitar player
1999with the band Red Riders. The band has
signed with Ivy League Records and released their first
album, Replica Replica in 2006. Red Riders played at
Homebake in 2006 and The Big Day Out in 2006 and
2007.
Matt Unicomb plays basketball for the West
2002Sydney Razorbacks in the NBL. Matt is
currently in his second year as a development player with
the club and wears the number 21 singlet.
Patrick McCabe is playing first grade rugby
2005for Warringah Rugby Club. In October
2006 he toured with the NSW Waratahs on a tour of
Europe and was called up to the team in their game versus
the Northampton Wanderers wearing the number 14 jersey
and playing on the right wing. At the NSW Waratahs
Academy Awards in 2006 he won the Academy Strength
& Conditioning Achievement Award. In March, Patrick was
selected in the twenty-six man squad for the International
Rugby Board Under 19 World Championships to be held
in Belfast, Northern Ireland in April. Whilst at the College,
Patrick played fullback for the Australian Schoolboys, was
a member of the CAS 1st XV and played for Sydney Under
15s and Under 16s.
Past Staff News
Bob Little (SAC Staff 1988-1999) worked in the College
Maintenance Department before retiring in 1999. Prior to
his work at the College, Bob was a carpet layer for many
years and played Rugby League with his beloved North
Sydney Bears. A Type 1 Diabetic for sixty-two years, Bob
was recently awarded the Gold Kellion Victory Medal for
surviving Type 1 Diabetes for more than sixty years. Type 1
Diabetes is a genetic disease, not related to lifestyle. The
Medal, named after John Kellion who died aged 38 in
1972, is awarded to diabetics by the Diabetes Foundation
in recognition of their management of the disease. In
his retirement, Bob continues to grow magnificent prize
winning orchids and lives with his wife, Doreen, in their
Narraweena home.
Mrs Polly Scanlan (SAC Staff 1964-1967) celebrated
her 100th birthday on 24 February. Mrs Scanlan, who
worked in the Junior School, is living in a retirement home
at Lindfield.
Joe Sacco (SAC Staff 1974-1995) recently popped into
the College. Joe and his wife Peggy are enjoying their
retirement and are living at Lourdes Retirement Village at
Killara. Joe is fit and well and enjoyed seeing many of his
friends on the staff.
Please let the College know of your news, or that of a
classmate. Material for the Old Boys’ Updates and Past
Staff News can be faxed to 02 9936 5691 or e-mailed to
murray.happ@staloysius.nsw.edu.au.
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.
Reverend Father James Hugh Boland (SAC 1932)
The humble and well liked person, whom my sister Louise,
my brother and myself knew as Uncle Hugh, was born
at Lewisham on 7 July 1916. He was the youngest child
of Patrick and Margaret Boland and brother to Tracey (Rev
Fr), Lella, Heber (my father) and Madge.
Because the family home, in Denison Street, Lewisham,
was in close proximity to local schools, Uncle Hugh
attended Primary school at St Thomas’ Parish and early
secondary school at Christian Brothers, Lewisham, then
a few years at OLSH Bowral where he was a boarder.
When the family moved to Boundary Road, Roseville in
1929, Uncle Hugh completed his secondary schooling
at St Aloysius’ College where he attained his Leaving
Certificate in 1932.
The calling to a life-long service to the priesthood began
at St Columba’s College, Springwood NSW (1933–
1936) and then at St Patrick’s College, Manly NSW
(1937–1940). He was ordained by Archbishop Gilroy
(later His Eminence Sir Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy
KBE) Archbishop of Sydney on 25 July 1940.
For the next nineteen years, Uncle Hugh’s Ministry took
him to a variety of Parishes; Mosman (1940), Wollongong
(1943), Rozelle (1946), Parramatta (1948), Penrith (1952),
Cronulla (1956), Daceyville (1957), Westmead (1957)
and Earlwood (1958). He was awarded his own Parish
at Avalon Beach (1959–1972) and then at Punchbowl
(1972–1991).
Many of the ministries brought Uncle Hugh in close
contact with one of his great loves – the beach. He loved
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Surfing. Even on his days off, during the summer he would
take his niece and nephews to the beach.
Being a people person and a great conversationalist,
he would always draw people to him, showing interest
and compassion to them, their families and activities.
Consequently his personality attracted many to help around
his parishes, which allowed for a welcoming and successful
environment.
Forever a team player, Uncle Hugh had a great affinity
towards his fellow classmates. Monday night was their
meeting time – a time for togetherness, a chat and a game
of cards. Even well into his retirement years, he would keep
in touch with them and would often talk about their past
experiences.
Uncle Hugh always allowed family to be central in his
life – whether it was visiting, writing a letter, calling by
telephone, attending weddings, baptisms etc. When the
Blue Mountains called during his retirement years, he still
found the time to visit his ailing brother, Tracey, at Randwick
and his sister Madge at Rooty Hill several times a week.
Outside of his normal Parish activities, Uncle Hugh had
many and varied interests – his get-away house at Leura,
his love of the bagpipes and the Latin language. An active
member of the Catholic Bushwalking Club (CBC), he would
reminisce of experiences at the ‘shack’ and walks in the
Burragorang Valley and along the Cox’s, Wollandilly, and
Warragamba Rivers in the Blue Mountains. He remained
a member of CBC up to and past his ninetieth birthday.
He loved to study Geography and was a great reader of
History.
His homilies were rich in content and spoken with clear
diction and projection of voice. He was a lifelong supporter
of many organisations including St Vincents’ Hospital,
Manly Union of Priests, Spiritual Director of St Vincent de
Paul (Sydney), The Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Little
Sisters of the Poor, Randwick, Our Lady of Consolation
Rooty Hill, The Dr Victor Chang Cardiac Research Unit and
St Aloysius’ College – a place he loved.
Retiring from Parish Life in 1991, Uncle Hugh retired to
his beloved Blue Mountains where he stayed until 2002.
When his health began to fail he realised he required
extra care, which the Little Sisters of the Poor were able to
provide at John Vianney Villa in Randwick. Right up to his
death on 20 August 2006, his persona continued and his
mind remained sharp.
Sixty-six years a Priest and ninety years of age. May he
Rest in Peace.
Philip Boland (SAC 1958)
Reverend Father Bernard Clinton CSsR
(SAC 1933)
Reverend Father Bernard Clinton died on 2 October 2006.
Father Clinton’s decision to join the Congregation of the
Most Holy Redeemer, better known as the Redemptorists
came after his Jesuit education at the College from
1929–1933 and his completion of a course in Dominican
philosophy conducted by a Marist Father! He later said
that it was a mission given by the Redemptorists at his
Lane Cove Parish that sold him on the idea of joining them
in their work of spreading the Gospels. His priestly work
was largely that of extended supplies in Tasmania, Victoria
and South Australia. He had a long posting to Ballarat in
Victoria where he threw himself into the duties of the Parish
and also took over the management and day-to-day running
of the Monastery vegetable garden. Father Clinton was
very fond of his time at the College and was a regular
attendee at Gonzaga Society events until dementia robbed
him of outings on his own and eventually confined him to
the Redemptorist Monastery in Kogarah where he died.
Daniel Horton QC (SAC 1948)
Daniel Horton died on
Monday, 12 March
2007. Husband of Georgina
and father of Sarah, Edmund
(SAC 1980), Anna, Simon
(SAC 1984) and Damien
(SAC 1987). Daniel was
a barrister and Queens
Counsel. He was buried
from Our Lady Star of the
Sea Church in Kirribilli with
a number of Old Boys in
attendance.
Daniel Horton QC
Dan Horton’s inquiring mind rarely rested. Horton QC,
mulled over every conceivable approach to the legal
analysis of a case, investigating legal principles back to
their historical roots, sometimes seemingly driving his juniors
to distraction. Horton, the sportsman, satisfied that he had
learned all he could about sailing from reading books,
bought himself a yacht. Horton, the father, loved teaching
his children how to drive, and went on advising them long
after they were licensed.
Daniel Edmund Horton, QC, who has died at 74, was,
said the NSW Supreme Court’s Justice Clifford Einstein in his
eulogy, “a very complex as well as a very private person”.
Extremely gifted, with an almost photographic memory,
he could be tough, arrogant, intolerant and irascible one
moment, soft and compassionate the next. Recognised as
a “barrister’s barrister” of profound legal ability, he could
address the High Court with confidence.
Daniel finished school at sixteen to study law at Sydney
University. But unable to start the course until he turned 17,
he spent much of the first year in the university’s chess club.
He was called to the NSW bar at twenty four. Two years
later he was appearing in the Privy Council as Garfield
Barwick’s junior.
Appointed a Queen’s Counsel in 1973, he became
leader of the fifth floor at Wentworth Chambers and later
leader of Blackstone Chambers in the MLC Tower. His
chosen field was the commercial-equity bar, although he
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could quickly identify the central issue in any set of complex
proceedings.
His cross-examination could be ruthless. He quoted
the Magna Carta on the question of claiming privilege
against self-incrimination. On the question of fraud, he
had committed to memory the words of Lord Macnaghten
in an English case of 1896: “Fraud is infinite in variety;
sometimes it is audacious and unblushing; sometimes it
pays a sort of homage to virtue, and then it is modest and
retiring; it would be honesty itself if only it could afford it.
But fraud is fraud all the same; and it is the fraud, not the
manner of it, which calls for the interposition of the court.”
Horton defended Brambles in the first real test of the
anti-competitive provisions of the Trade Practices Act,
identifying the basis for a finding of contempt against the
trade practices commissioner. He was briefed in most big
cases alleging auditors’ negligence and in many takeover
cases.
Apart from the law, Horton also loved reading, from
philosophy and de Tocqueville on democracy to Ludlum spy
novels. He loved all things French and black pudding.
Horton was inventive. Dying from cancer in hospital, he
was advised to exercise. He went walking, found a small
area where he could open a window – and leaned out to
smoke.
He is survived by his wife, Georgina, and his first wife,
Maggie, their children, Sarah, Edmund, Anna, Simon and
Damian, and their families.
Tony Stephens
Adapted from the obituary that appeared in The Sydney
Morning Herald.
John Carey (SAC 1964)
John was born in Sydney in 1947 the younger of two
boys. He went to boarding school in Bowral as a very
small child and completed his secondary schooling at St
Aloysius’ College where he said he spent a lot of time
staring out the window at the Harbour. He was a quiet
student who enjoyed his years at the College and often said
how proud he was to have been taught by the Jesuits.
John was an enigma. On the one hand the man’s man
– farmer (dairy and beef), gun club member, lover of trains
and North Sydney Bears, war history enthusiast, boat
owner, forester, and avid reader – and on the other hand
showing an appreciation of the arts and music. He was a
lover of red wine, conversation, literature, art and classical
music. He could speak with authority on all these topics.
He loved the natural beauty of the environment – Sydney
Harbour especially, the beaches and the rolling green hills
of the Atherton Tablelands where he spent the last thirty
years of his life.
After he left school John worked for the Immigration
Department. He met his future wife Lois while on holiday in
Cairns and they were married in 1972. In 1973 he took
over his father-in-law’s farm – he was a truly green “city
slicker” but he learnt the ropes to become a progressive
farmer and a representative of the Northern District Council
of the Queensland Dairyfarmer’s Organisation.
As a father of five children, John was strong, influential,
proud, soft, passionate and devoted. He ensured that they
had empathy and compassion for others.
John was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma in 1999
and knew that his passing was only a matter of time. In
2001, the farm was sold, years earlier than planned, but
this meant he could do some of the things he had always
wanted to do such as boating, visiting family in Wellington
NSW and fishing – things that a dairy farmer lacks the
time to do.
In 2005 John relapsed. The years he had Multiple
Myeloma were at times the toughest years of his life but he
never lost hope and his deep faith in God.
John was a man of great passion. Everything he did and
stood for showed that. His life was short. He will never turn
60, 70, or 80. He will not be here to see his dear children
married or see his grandchildren or walk through the mist on
the farm with Lois, but he knew and experienced real love.
He gave love unconditionally and he will always be with
us in spirit. We all mourn his passing but he is with his Lord
and for that we are thankful. Rest in Peace.
Mrs Lois Carey
David Duggan (SAC 1955) died in Queensland on 19
January 2007.
Tony Rogge (SAC 1968) passed away on 3 February
2007. Loving husband of Rosemary and proud father of
Alexandra, Lauren and James. Son of Mr Joe and Mrs
Mona Rogge and brother of Carl (SAC 1969).
Peter Evans (SAC 1980) son of the late John Evans (SAC
1945) and Mrs Kath Evans and brother of Anthony (SAC
1970), Christopher (SAC 1973), Michael (SAC 1975),
John (SAC 1983), Phillip (SAC 1985) and Catherine, died
on 21 December 2006. Peter leaves his loving wife, Jillian
and son Cameron.
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!
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An Invitation to Participate in MAGiS08
MAGiS08 is the Ignatian Programme for World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia, for young people
wanting to give and find more. MAGiS08 invites young people from 18 to 30 to join together
on a journey with those of a like mind and heart from different countries, cultures and language,
to explore and to share their experiences in an Ignatian context fostering a “faith that does justice”.
MAGiS08 is an initiative of the Australian Ignatian Congregations who seek to accompany
and support young adults (18-30 years of age) in discerning life choices and providing:
Meaning
Purpose
Direction
Magis is the Latin for more and it is used to describe “seeking more of what God wants for us”.
The MAGiS08 community is guided by three pillars:
SPIRITUALITY
COMPANIONSHIP
SERVICE
Being aware of God’s presence and understanding “my” life purpose,
helping to discern how I am to respond.
Being welcoming and in community with other like minded/hearted
young adults.
Responding selflessly to others, building relationships of authenticity
and commitment, while being open to growth and transformation.
Key Dates
Experiments
Australia & Asia 5 - 11 July 2008
Ignatian Gathering Sydney 12 - 14 July 2008
WYD08
Sydney
15 - 20 July 2008
Post WYD Pilgrimage
Central Australia
21 - 27 July 2008
Opportunities exist to become involved in all activities of MAGiS08.
Preparations are beginning now.
More information about MAGiS08 can be found on the website: www.magis08.org
Additional contact can be made with the MAGiS08 team on
(02) 9460 2233 or through email: info@magis08.org