Faith at the College

St Joseph’s College is a Catholic secondary school for boys that has been administered by the Marist Brothers since its foundation in 1881.

As a Catholic school it is charged with creating a community of faith in which to educate students on the Gospel values. The founder of the Marist Brothers, Saint Marcellin Champagnat’s vision of mission was “to make Jesus Christ known and loved.” He saw education as the way to lead young people to the experience of personal faith and of their vocation as “good Christians and virtuous citizens”.

St Joseph’s College follows this same mission by helping young people, whatever their faith tradition and wherever they are in their spiritual search, to grow to become people of hope and personal integrity, with a deep sense of social responsibility to transform the world around them.

It is in line with this philosophy that we:

• Develop students’ self-esteem and inner capacity to give direction to their lives;
• Provide an education of body, mind and heart, appropriate to the age, personal talents and needs of each student and to the social context;
• Encourage students to care for others and for God’s creation;
• Educate students to be agents of social change, for greater justice towards all citizens in their own society, and for more awareness of the interdependence of nations;
• Nurture students’ faith and commitment as disciples of Jesus and apostles to other youth;
• Awaken students’ critical consciousness and assist them to make choices based on Gospel values. Based on In the Footsteps of Marcellin Champagnat.