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Perseverance Conquers All Things
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Perseverance conquers all things
Students at Padua college are encouraged to make an effort in everything they do and to keep on trying and persevering because when you perceiver you can do anything.
The house system
There are 24 houses in total at all the Padua college campuses each part of four house clusters. their is the Franciscan cluster, (gold) the Mercy cluster, (blue) the Australian church cluster (red) and the modern church cluster (green).
There are 8 houses at the Mornington 7 to 9 campus, 4 at the Rosebud 7-9 campus, 4 at the Tyabb 7-9 campus and 8 at the Mornington 10-12 campus.
There are roughly 90 kids in the 7-9 houses and around 160 in the10-12 houses.
There are 8 houses at the Mornington 7 to 9 campus, 4 at the Rosebud 7-9 campus, 4 at the Tyabb 7-9 campus and 8 at the Mornington 10-12 campus.
There are roughly 90 kids in the 7-9 houses and around 160 in the10-12 houses.
The Team
Anthony Banks
Principal
Sally Buick
Senior Vice-Principal (Students)
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Michael Harrison
Vice-Principal (Mission and Community)
Kelly McGurn
Vice-Principal (Learning and Teaching)
Marjorie Canal
Vice-Principal (Staff)
Curtis Stone
Vice-Principal (Senior Campus)
Russel Saunders
Business
Mornington campus heads
Stephen Veneris
Deputy-Principal
Terry Luppino
Assistant head of campus (student wellbeing and Growth)
History of the school
In 1943 the two schools combined making 'Padua College.' The school quickly outgrew the Tanti Avenue site.
In 1975 the college was moved to OakBank road, where the Mornington Campus is today. The new school was officially opened in 1977.
The school continued to grow so that in 1987 a new campus was created at Inglewood Crescent, Rosebud. In 2014 another campus was made on Frankston-Flinders Road, Tyabb.
Catherine McAuley
Catherine McAuley was born the 29th of December 1778 Dublin Ireland to James McAuley and Elinor Conway McAuley. She had two siblings, James and Mary McAuley. Catherine established the House of Mercy in 1823, a place built to house and educate poor women and children. In 1831 Catherine made her Profession of Vows and created the Order of the Sisters of Mercy to gain supporters and spread the messengers of the Mercy order.
"Sisters of Mercy should be particularly kind — the kindest people on earth, with the tenderest pity and compassion for the poor."
Catherine McAuley
"Sisters of Mercy should be particularly kind — the kindest people on earth, with the tenderest pity and compassion for the poor."
Catherine McAuley
St Anthony of Padua
After he became a priest he was named Guest-master and responsible for the Abby's hospitality. When Franciscan friars settled a small hermitage outside Coimbra dedicated to Saint Anthony of Egypt, he felt a longing to join them. after he joined the Franciscan oder he changed his name to Anthony.
Anthony then traveled to Morocco to spread God's word but he became very sick and was returning to Portugal to recover when the return voyage was blown off-course and the party arrived in Sicily, so they traveled to Tuscany. Anthony was assigned to the hermitage of San Paolo after local friars considered his health.
A while later Dominican friars where visiting the Franciscan Friars but neither where sure who would say the homily. The head of the Franciscan hermitage asked Anthony to do it so he did. Soon Francis of Assisi heard of Anthonys moving speech and they soon became friends.
Later when a novice decided to leave the hermitage, he stole Anthony's book. When Anthony discovered it was missing, he just prayed it would be found or returned to him. The thief did return the book and in an extra step of penance returned to the Order as well.
Anthony died at the age of 36 and was made a saint a year later.
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