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Broadmeadows Broadmeadows is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hume local government area. Broadmeadows recorded a population of 12,524 at the 2021 census. Broadmeadow ...

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, Australia. The Patron of the college is Saint Mary MacKillop. It has two campuses: one located at Glenroy which is commonly known as the junior campus for Years 7 and 8 students; and the other, the main campus, in

for the Years 9 to 12 students. Penola Catholic College is the result of the amalgamation in 1995 of three Catholic secondary schools - Therry College, Geoghegan College and Sancta Sophia College. The site of Therry and Geoghegan Colleges now is the home to the Penola's Senior Campus (Years 9–12) which is located on Gibson Street, Broadmeadows. The Junior Campus of Penola (Year 7–8) is located on the original site of Sancta Sophia College in Glenroy. The college is a member of the Sports Association of Catholic Co-educational Secondary Schools (SACCSS).

College emblem

The three leaves symbolise the spiritual, physical and intellectual growth potential of the members of the college community and also represent the three Colleges from which Penola Catholic College has sprung. The trunk of the tree is represented by the cross and points to the life of Christ as a model for the members of Penola Catholic College. The tree reminds us of the Aboriginal origins of the name Penola, which means stringybark. The three words surrounding the emblem of Penola Catholic College are Faith, Excellence and Community which are the cornerstones of our school.

College name

The college name, Penola Catholic College, was chosen because of the strong link of our Broadmeadows campus with Saint Mary MacKillop and the Sisters of St Joseph who established a foundling home on this site in 1901. Penola, a small town in the south-east of South Australia, is where Mary MacKillop opened her first school in 1866 and where together with Julian Tenison Woods she founded the order of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. The Sisters of St Joseph ministered to the local community and lived on this site from 1901 until the late 1980s.

Houses

The college operates a house group system. Students are divided into six house groups for the duration of their enrolment at the college. Students compete for house points in activities such as sport, debating and other extra curricular activities. The six house groups are: * Mackillop - Named after

Mary MacKillop Mary Helen MacKillop RSJ (15 January 1842 – 8 August 1909) was an Australian religious sister who has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church, as St Mary of the Cross. Of Scottish descent, she was born in Melbourne but is best known f ...

, the college's patron and is represented by the colour orange. * Nolan - Named after Sister Livinus Nolan, long-serving Victorian Catholic school educator and member of the Sisters of St.Joseph. Nolan is represented by the colour purple. * Geoghegan - Named after one of three colleges amalgamated to form the college, and is represented by the colour green. * Smyth - Named after Thomas Smyth, founding Principal of Penola Catholic College and is represented by the colour blue. * Therry - Named after one of three colleges amalgamated to form the college and is represented by the colour gold. * Sancta Sophia - Named after one of three colleges amalgamated to form the college and is represented by the colour red.

Notable alumni

David Rodan David Rodan (born 8 October 1983) is an Australian rules football goal umpire and a retired professional footballer who played for the Richmond Tigers, Port Adelaide Power and the Melbourne Demons. Of Tongan heritage, Rodan is the first Fij ...

* Adrian Zahra *

Jeremy Synot Jeremy James Synot (born 7 July 1988) is a former Australian wheelchair basketball player and current National Wheelchair Basketball League Head Coach of the RSL Queensland Spinning Bullets. Early life Synot was born in Essendon, Victoria to par ...

Eziyoda Magbegor Eziyoda Magbegor (born 13 August 1999) is an Australian professional basketball player for Sopron Basket of the EuroLeague Women and the Hungarian women's basketball league. Magbegor was a member of the Australian Women's basketball team (Opal ...

External links

Penola Catholic College Website

Penola Catholic College Facebook page
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