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St Bernard's College (often abbreviated to SBC or SBC183) is a Catholic year 7 to 13 (form 1 to 7) secondary school for boys located at 183 Waterloo Rd,
Lower Hutt Lower Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. Administered by the Hutt City Council, it is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area. It is New Zealand's sixth most p ...
, Wellington, New Zealand. The school was opened by the Marist Brothers in 1946. The maximum roll is 680 pupils.


School crest

The school crest was designed by Brother Gerard who served as principal of the school from 1959 to 1964. The crest of St. Bernard's consists of a shield divided into three panels: *The left panel shows a sword and a crown, symbolising the need to "fight the good fight so as to gain the crown of victory." This is an allusion to an exhortation of the Apostle Paul regarding the Catholic striving to live for Christ. *The centre panel has three Fleur-de-lis, symbolic of three French connections with the school: :# St. Bernard was Abbot of Clairvaux in France and a great figure in the religious and political life of twelfth century Europe; :# Marcellin Champagnat founded the Marist Brothers of the Schools in France; and :#
Bishop Pompallier Jean-Baptiste François Pompallier (11 December 1801 – 21 December 1871) was the first Roman Catholic bishop in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two m ...
, a Frenchman, was instrumental in bringing the Catholic faith to New Zealand. *The cross on the right panel was worn by the Crusaders on their shields. St Bernard promoted the Crusades. Surmounting the shield is a combination of stars resting on a bar divided into three parts. The Latin inscription at the foot of the shield translates to "Look to the star, call upon Mary."


Sports

St. Bernard's College has offered many sports as extra-curricular activities. It currently offers athletics, badminton, basketball, cricket, cross country, football, golf, hockey, mountain biking, rowing, rugby, rugby league, rugby 7s, softball, swimming, tennis, touch rugby, volleyball and waterpolo.


List of principals

With Simon Stack's appointment at the start of 2016, fifteen principals have served St. Bernard's College since its formation in 1946. *Br. Bernard Fulton (1946) *Br. Ignatius Callan (1947–52) *Br. Gerald Murphy (1953–57) *Br. Oswald Wall (1958) *Br. Gerard Mullin (1959–64) *Br. Cyprian Tuite (1965–70) *Br. Neil Hyland (1971–72) *Br. Majella Sherry (1973–74) *Br. Arnold Turner (1975–79) *Br. Hugh Graham (1980–82) *Br. Terence Costello (1983–95) *Br. Denis Turner (1995) *Mr. Peter Fava (1996–2015) *Mr. Hedley Aitken (2015) *Mr. Simon Stack (2016–present)


Notable alumni

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Stanley Afeaki Stanley Ilalio Andrew Afeaki (born 12 November 1978 in Lower Hutt) is a former New Zealand born n rugby union player. He debuted for against in 2002. Afeaki made his last appearance at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in the match against . He played ...
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rugby league * Earl Va'a – rugby union * Matt Visser – physicist and mathematician


See also

*
List of schools in New Zealand New Zealand has over 2,500 primary and secondary schools. State schools and state integrated schools are primarily funded by the central government. Private schools receive a lower level of state funding (about 25% of their costs). See Secondary ...
* List of Marist Brothers schools


References


Sources

* Pat Gallagher, ''The Marist Brothers in New Zealand Fiji & Samoa 1876–1976'', New Zealand Marist Brothers' Trust Board, Tuakau, 1976.


External links


St Bernards College official website
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