St Thomas More College (STMC) is a
Catholic
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,
coeducational
Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to t ...
,
secondary school
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located approximately 15 km south of Brisbane. It is a part of
Brisbane Catholic Education
Brisbane Catholic Education is the educational Vicariate of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane, Queensland.
History
The institution now known as Brisbane Catholic Education had its seed in the first Catholic school in the Roman Catholic A ...
.
History
St. Thomas More College, named after
St. Thomas More, is a secondary school operated under the
Brisbane Catholic Education
Brisbane Catholic Education is the educational Vicariate of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane, Queensland.
History
The institution now known as Brisbane Catholic Education had its seed in the first Catholic school in the Roman Catholic A ...
system. The college was opened for the first time in January 1974, with an enrolment of 75 boys. The following year, the college made the move to become coeducational with an enrolment of 143 girls and 96 boys.
Presentation Sisters
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were part of the staff until 1988.
The chapel
Our Lady of Sacred Heart Catholic Church opened in
Cooranga (then known as Cooranga North) on Sunday 11 September 1938 on land donated by Mrs Mary Gertrude O'Brien. It was at 152 Cooranga North Niagara Road ().
On 28 June 2017 in the middle of the night, the church building was relocated to St Thomas More College, where it is used as the school's chapel. The relocation required two trucks, one for the church body and another for the roof, and the journey was .
See also
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Brisbane Catholic Education
Brisbane Catholic Education is the educational Vicariate of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane, Queensland.
History
The institution now known as Brisbane Catholic Education had its seed in the first Catholic school in the Roman Catholic A ...
*
Catholic
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
ism
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Secondary School
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...
References
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Educational institutions established in 1974