Catherine McAuley College (formerly Catholic College Bendigo until 2018) is a coeducational Catholic secondary school in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
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| Former names | Catholic College Bendigo[3] Marist Brothers' College[3] St. Vincent's College[3] St Mary's College[3] |
| Type | Secondary college |
| Motto | "Living Mercy"[1] |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic (Sisters of Mercy) |
| Established | 1876 |
| Principal | Brian Turner[2] |
| Staff | 240[4] |
| Number of students | 1600[4] |
| Campuses | Coolock (junior) and St. Mary's (senior) |
| Houses | Backhaus Champagnat Jaara MacKillop McAuley Vincent[5] |
| Website | www.cmc.vic.edu.au |
The school has two campuses in Coolock and St Mary's. The Coolock campus is located in the outer Bendigo suburb of Junortoun and provides education for Years 7–9.[6] The original St Mary's campus, located in the heart of Bendigo, provides education for Years 10–12, including the Victorian Certificate of Education and Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning.[6]
Catherine McAuley College is governed by the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea.[4]
History edit
Coolock (now St. Mary's) also changed their homeroom model to a vertical housegroup system. At Coolock, each house now has six Years 10 to 12 housegroups. At La Valla (now Coolock), each house has two Year 7 housegroups, two Year 8 housegroups and two Year 9 housegroups. The total number of housegroups across the college is 64. There are also two further housegroups, bringing the total to 66. In 2017 the La Valla site changed its homeroom to vertical, so it could bring the Years 7, 8, and 9 together.
2018–present: Catherine McAuley College edit
In 2018 the college was renamed to Catherine McAuley College after the founder of the Sisters of Mercy, Catherine McAuley.[7] At this time, both campuses were also renamed to reflect the history of the Mercy sisters and the college, with La Valla in Junortoun becoming Coolock, reflecting a location where Catherine McAuley undertook work,[8] and Coolock becoming St Mary's, the name of the college prior to 1983.
References edit
- ^ "'Living Mercy' at Catholic College Bendigo". Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ Pinda, Anthony (1 February 2018). "Catholic College Bendigo renamed as Catherine McAuley College". Bendigo Advertiser. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d "History". Catholic College Bendigo. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ a b c "College Governance". Catherine McAuley College. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ "Houses". Catherine McAuley College. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ a b "College Tours". Catherine McAuley College. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ Pinda, Anthony (1 February 2018). "New look for a new school: Catherine McAuley College". Bendigo Advertiser. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "Our Foundress – Catherine McAuley | Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia". institute.mercy.org.au. Retrieved 19 September 2019.