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JUNE 2021, ISSUE NO.2
THE MORVEN
St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe Old Boys' Association Magazine
CAPTAIN LIAM CLARKE, SPC ‘06
“TAKE THE TIME TO REFLECT ON WHAT YOU CAN DO
AS MEN OF ACTION TO HONOUR THE LEGACY THE
ANZACS HAVE LEFT FOR YOU.”
JUNE 2021, ISSUE NO.2
THE MORVEN St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe Old Boys' Association Magazine
MESSAGES IN HISTORY
3 From The Principal 11 Formal Flashback
Fighting the Good Fight 1993, Oh What a Night!
4 From The Foundation 12 Cross Country
Our Community Impact SPC & the running boom of the '80s
ON CAMPUS 13 Shore to Gate
Take four!
10 Celebrating Service
Our long-serving staff
SHOUT OUT
15 Leaders Lunch 15 Ryan Smith, SPC '13
Reds' Ryan Smith, SPC '13 Captain Liam Clarke, SPC '06 (left) Reds Lock
17 College Musical 16 Jack Jeffery, SPC '18
The Addams Family, 2021 FEATURES The Torian Pro
22 ANZAC Day Liturgy 6 Edmund Rice Day 16 Joey Champness, SPC '14
Commemorating as a College Welcome Father Duffy, SPC '59 Brisbane's Roar & Hip Hop
and a community Celebrating our founders day with new
College Priest, Fr Joe Duffy. 17 Jackson Hughesman, Future SPC '22
27 Sponsors & Supporters Performing Arts
Thanks & a Call Out!
8 Back to Shorncliffe Day
IN THE LOOP
28 Reconciliation Week Welcoming SPC Old Boys back
Taking Action to the shore. 5 2021 Tax Appeal
Certa Bonum Certamen Fund
18 30 Years of Rock Rock Rock
28 Pride Week
The revival of the musical in 1991.
Pride in you, pride in me, pride in us 10 Calling all Singers!
2021 Community Choir
29 DV Week 20 Trent Dalton Talks
Darkness to Daylight Conversations with the award winning 14 Our SPC Family
author at this year's Mother Son Event. Condolences
29 Formation
31 Connect & Contact
Jeff Horn visits SPC 23 Man of Action - Get in touch
Your Story, Captain Liam Clarke, SPC '06
30 70 Years by the Sea 31 On the Calendar
2020, 70 Year Celebrations! Old Boy, Captain Clarke, returns to the
shores of Shorncliffe. Upcoming dates
30 Fly By Fly Thru 31 Register & Update
A 360 view of SPC in 2021 Register & Update your details
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
OF COUNTRY
Let us remember that wherever we are in Australia, we are on the sacred country of
Australia's First Nations People. For us here at Shorncliffe we recognise the Turrbal
people as the custodians and guardians of this beautiful place where learning and
ceremony have happened for thousands of years. We pay our respects to all those
elders who have gone before us and who have nurtured the spirit of this country. We
respect the living culture of Indigenous Australians today, and we commit our
community to working alongside them in building a community of respect, justice
and reconciliation.
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certa bonum certamen
Welcome to the second edition of the Morven.
During the past 18 months, since the threat of COVID-19 was first realised, we have all experienced some
changes in our lives. The degree of change will vary for each of us. This has certainly been the case at
St Patrick’s College. However, this time has also allowed us to understand that in our country and our city, there
are many things that we have to be grateful for. In many respects, we are indeed a lucky country.
Upon reflection, I believe that much of our nation’s achievements during COVID have come from an
understanding of service to others and doing things for the common good. This edition of The Morven shows
some of the great work and service by past and present students and staff. It also shows the many aspects of
St Patrick’s College today and how we have continued to offer service to our community and continued the
great traditions of past years.
Since 1952, St Patrick’s College has always been a school that has fought the good fight in matters of justice and
been open and inclusive to the many families that have joined us over the years. We will continue to stand upon
the shoulders of past giants and be true to our College motto: Certa Bonum Certamen.
I hope you enjoy reading this edition. Please let us know of any stories or articles that we could include from
days gone by or suggestions for us to improve on what we are doing in future issues.
Live Jesus in our Hearts!
MR CHRIS MAYES
PRINCIPAL
3
OUR COMMUNITY
IMPACT
How can you help make an impact?
If there was an event that typified the reach of the St Patrick’s College community, it was Trent
Dalton’s visit for the Mother-Son event in April.
Trent is in-demand as a speaker across the country after becoming one of Australia’s most loved
writers. Trent’s brilliance with words, characters and observation, honed in Brisbane newsrooms as a
journalist, came together in his astonishing debut novel Boy Swallows Universe. The tale of life in
Bracken Ridge and beyond in the 1980s has sold more than 500,000 copies and counting. His second
novel All Our Shimmering Skies is on the same path.
But, for all the key speaking roles that Trent has done in recent years, few impacted him like his visit
to St Patrick’s College.
This second issue of The Morven recounts the Mother-Son event and the emotion that Trent felt as
arrived at St Patrick’s, remembering the moments that his father had spent nearby in his youth.
Trent’s father, uncles and cousins went to St Patrick’s College. His grandparents were a popular and
generous part of the St Patrick’s and Sandgate Catholic community. Trent grew up in Bracken Ridge
with good mates who went to SPC.
So, when he was asked if he would speak at the school, Trent agreed immediately.
After the function, Trent noted the strong sense of community at St Patrick’s. It’s the same
generosity that drives the SPC Foundation, which aims to help the school community in many ways.
Like Trent, sometimes we don’t realise the impact that St Patrick’s has on us. It’s always great to be
reminded.
I hope you enjoy this edition of The Morven. Your stories are always welcome.
MR MICHAEL CRUTCHER, SPC '91
CHAIR, THE COLLEGE FOUNDATION
CERTA BONUM CERTAMEN FUND
2021
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CERTA
BONUM
CERTAMEN
Latin - meaning:
Fight the Good Fight
During 2020, a year that had already been tough for
everyone, St Pat's Exceptional Learners - Teacher
Aide Theresa & her family experienced the
heartbreak of losing their home and all their
possessions in a house fire.
Thanks to the Certa Bonum Certamen Fund, The
College Foundation was able to help Theresa and
her family obtain essential items.
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EDMUND
RICE
D A YM A Y 5 T H
Fr Duffy, SPC '59 celebrated our founders day with his First Mass as our College
Priest. He shared with the College community these words...
Can I take a guess? Perhaps 400 of us have some Irish
"We know that Edmund Rice grew up in Ireland just under 200
blood in us!
years ago. Ireland was a horrible place if you were poor, and
most Catholics in Ireland were very poor. There wasn’t enough Could there be students here at
land, kids starved, families lost their homes. There was no
St Pat’s who might have had an
education and young kids were really desperate. The only
things the school-aged kids and teenagers were good at was ancestor in that very same
fighting, violence, and - somehow - managing to survive! classroom?
I have a priest friend who can trace back his ancestors to
Edmund Rice was one of the lucky ones! His family was well-
1665, that’s about 350 years ago! But what’s fascinating is
off, a rarity among Catholics. Ed turned out to be a successful
that when he traced back his family tree, he found a
young businessman and made a lot of money in his early years.
great-great-great-grandfather who actually sat at the
He did well, but Ed also had a strong faith and when he heard
feet of Edmund Rice! He was at school in Waterford
Jesus call: “I have commissioned you to go out, and to bear
Ireland, and he was a student sitting at the very feet of
fruit!”, Edmund Rice heard that call.
Edmund Ignatius Rice himself!
It’s a great story! How he gathered dedicated young men
Could there be students here at St Pat’s who might have
around him and how they became the first Christian Brothers.
had an ancestor in that very same classroom?
How they got kids in off the street. Fed them, clothed them,
and started schools so the young Catholic grommets and
teens could get some kind of an education. The rest is history!
The only things the school-aged kids and
teenagers were good at was fighting,
violence, and - somehow - managing to
survive!
What’s the population of Queensland? I think it’s above five
million. Of these 5 million, there are about 500,000
Queensland became as state (of its own) in 1859. Hardly
Queenslanders who can trace back their ancestry to Ireland!
any European people lived here then, maybe only 30,000.
So, if there are 1600 students and teachers here at St Pat’s,
The Vatican had made a new bishop for Brisbane and he
how many of you think that you have ancestors: grandparents,
was Irish. His name was James Quinn. He came to
great-grandparents, uncles, aunts, or cousins that were born
Brisbane in 1861 and over a few years, he chartered about
in Ireland?
ten or twelve tall ships - tall sailing ships - to bring
homeless, starving, absolutely poor families to Brisbane
from Ireland.
Something like 3500-4000 Catholic people came to
Brisbane on those ships. They came from the parts of
Ireland where Edmund Rice and Nano Nagle had set up
their primitive schools. They arrived here with nothing -
just their determination to make a go of it. And, they
brought their Catholic faith.
I’m prepared to bet, that among the students and staff of
St Pat’s, it’s very likely that your family members were
among those three or four thousand. You might like to
discuss this possibility with your family. And you’ll always
be welcome at the John Oxley historical library in
Brisbane, they’ll gladly help you to trace your ancestors.
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I came as a student to St Patrick’s College in 1957. This
new college had been open only a few years before and
I went into Year 10. I was really apprehensive about
changing to a new school. Would I be made welcome?
Would I be able to make new friends? As it turned out,
Year 10 was a great experience. Everybody welcomed
me and they even gave me a nickname! (A nickname for
the first time in all my years at school). My classmates
called me “the DOC”. In Year 10 I was tall and gangly,
and I wore glasses - I think I might have looked a bit
like Harry Potter. I really enjoyed being called DOC. It
was a terrific feeling, being here, making new friends,
feeling part of the place. An experience in the real
Edmund Rice tradition.
Our two teachers were Christian Brothers: Brother
Coffey, and Brother Broderick. They were fine men. The only place in the world where we
They cared about us. It felt like you were a student can get this feeling is right here,
sitting at the very feet of our founder, Edmund Ignatius at St Patrick’s College Shorncliffe.
Rice, himself.
this waiting for you here, too.
"Is St Pat’s still like the experience I had? Is, being a student here today in 2021, still like the
...Do you sense the true, real spirit of experience I had? Do you sense the true, real spirit of
Blessed Edmund Rice here today?" Blessed Edmund Rice here today? Do you make this
In 1969, I came back to the College. I’d just become a personal commitment to your College? And how do you
new priest. I was invited back, as an Old Boy, to personally contribute? Do you try to relate well? Do you
celebrate Mass with all the College students and staff. study hard? Do you care about your friends at College
St Pat’s was tiny in comparison with its size today! here? Do you collaborate with your teachers? Are you
grateful to your parents?
See this chalice? The College presented me with this
sterling silver chalice to celebrate me becoming a These are the some of the things that really matter!
priest. See how the silversmith put the St Pat's colours Things to think about each year, on May 5th, when we
of green and gold into the base of the chalice. It has get together to celebrate our founder, Blessed Edmund
ivory and green enamel crosses engraved in! So! Who Ignatius Rice’s liturgical feast day.
knows? Some time in the future, it might be you who
becomes a priest! And I’ll bet you will be welcomed back The only place in the world where we can get this
at St Pat’s, and I’m sure there’ll be a silver chalice like feeling right, is here, at St Patrick’s College Shorncliffe.
And guess what? We’re all in this together!"
Extracts from Homily by Fr Joe Duffy
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BACK TO
SHORNCLIFFE DAY
INDIGENOUS ROUND
Competitive but sportsmanlike,
spo this year's Back to In Rugby St Pat’s won six from the 17 matches played. There
Shorncliffe
f e Day was the first time this season all our
Shorncliff
ff were also three teams who lost their matches by a margin of
football & rugby teams
team played at home at Curlew Park. three points or less. In general, there were some very brave
displays and our teams are continuing the improvement that
The tradition continues
contin of this being a day where the old they have shown over the course of the season.
boys come back to Shorncliffe
S to cheer on their St Pat's
brothers. The atmosphere
atmos was a buzz with music, food Back to Shorncliffe Day was also the AIC Reconciliation
vans and the great crowds.
c Shout out to the staff crew Round. A smoking ceremony and message-stick swap
and army of parents who made the day possible. between the captains was held before the First XI football and
First XV rugby. The Reconciliation Round demonstrates a
It was a chilly morning
morni with the first game kicking off at commitment by AIC Colleges to advancing reconciliation
7.30am leading us into
in a day of spectacular weather. between First Nations People and all Australians.
After
f er weeks of wet and
Aft
ft a heavy grounds it was great to
play on fast,
f st, dry pitches.
fa pitc
Our opponent for the
th day was fellow EREA school St
Laurence's College. With
W over 2000 students, Lauries is
the biggest school in the AIC comp and is always a tough
draw. In total 42 matches
mat were played on Back to
Shorncliffe
f e Day.
Shorncliff
ff
In Football there were
we eight wins, six draws and 13
losses. The 5th XI, 10As,
10 10Cs, 9As, 9Bs, 7As, 7Cs and 5 4.
Whites all managed to
t get a win.
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BACK
TO
9
INDIGENOUS ROUND
SERVICE
AWARDS
“Teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions”
Traditionally on Edmund Rice Day our long-serving College
Staff receive Service Awards. Congratulations to the
following staff for their commitment to Fighting the Good
Fight.
Mr Heath Macintosh 15 years
Mr Andrew Maynard 15 years
Mr Troy Schultz 15 years
Mr Frank Torrisi 15 years
Mr Jonathan Miers 15 years
Mr Alexander Paznikov 20 years
Mr John Tucker 20 years
Mr Andrew Pashley 25 years
At the end of 2020, we said farewell to the following long-
serving St Patrick's College Staff. We thank them for their
service and dedication to St Patrick's College and wish them
all the very best. During their time in the their respective
roles, they contributed enormously to the development of
the College and the formation of many young men who have
been educated at our great St Patrick's College.
Mrs Jan Thompson 29 years
Mrs Jan Mair 22 years
Mr Mike Bramwell 33 years
Mrs Elizabeth Gibb 24 years
Mr Bernie Haughey 27 years
Mrs Lorraine O’Sullivan 17 years
Are you an Old Boy, past parent or current college
parent and interested in joining our choral program to
perform at this year's Celebration of Excellence
evening?
The final performance of this year's song “Speechless” from
the new Aladdin movie, will feature a combined choir of over
100 voices, accompanied by live strings and full orchestral
backing track. The community choir will perform at the annual
Celebration of Excellence Evening on Friday 19th November.
Rehearsals will be held over four Tuesday evenings from 6:00 –
7:00pm, starting on the 26th October. Singers will be provided
with backing tracks and scores to assist with learning their
parts.
Interested? Put the dates in your diary, and contact us today!
10FLASHBACK
YEAR 12 FORMAL - 9 JULY 1993
Extract from the 1993 School Annual
What a night! "the 1993 Senior Formal"! The
seniors of St Pat's attended the Grand Ballroom
of Lennon's Hotel for a night of frivolity and
glamour. Friday 9th July is a night that will
live long in the memories of the 1993 seniors. It
was a reward for years of faithful service to
St Patrick's. A night to express gratitude, a
night to say 'thanks'. A night to revel in the
unity that is the 1993 seniors.
Described by those who attended, especially
Br Skelly, Miss Mansfield and Miss Murphy as
one of the best Senior Formals that they had
ever attended, it represented the essence of
1993: success from dedication. For dedication
made the night what it was.
CERTA BONUM CERTAMEN FUND
"...all caught on film to be
remembered in years to come."
A three course a-la-carte meal was enjoyed by
the students and staff. It was only interrupted
briefly by the 'formal' part of the evening with
the address by Michael Boyd, one of the school's
Vice Captains. 2021
Throughout the course of the evening images of
DONATE NOW
the night were captured for posterity by the
professional photographer. Couples snuggling
into each others arms or dancing ever so
closely on the dance floor, were all caught on
film to be remembered in years to come.
The hours quickly passed away as staff and
students stomped on each other's toes on the
crowded dance floor. The hour had arrived to
call it a night, but still students and the DJ
were prepared to continue on into the wee
hours. However all good things must come to
an end.
"1993 - Success from Dedication"
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CROSS COUNTRY
It’s one of the most memorable sequences from
the film, Forrest Gump, in which fictional
character Forrest is attributed with starting
the running boom of the 1970s and 80s. We
hear a TV announcement saying that President
Carter had collapsed from heat exhaustion, a
notable event, which places the day Forrest
decided to go for his ‘little run’ at around
September 15th, 1979.
The running boom was primarily a ‘jogging’
movement which saw public participation grow
in competitive road running. It was estimated
that 25 million Americans took up some aspect
of running in the 1970s and 1980s.
Forrest tells us that he ran for "three years, two
months, fourteen days, and sixteen hours",
taking us from that hot September day in 1979
up to 1983. It was in 1983 that the St Pat’s
Junior Cross Country ran across the
Hornibrook Highway Bridge. A "Name the
Event" competition was held and with "Park to Extracts from the 1983 School Annual
Park" the winner. According to Tyron Sahlqvist,
SPC '90, Mr Reg Baker organised a chin-up
THE T.A.S. CARNIVAL HIGHLIGHTS, 1983
competition in the park after the run, which OPEN
was won by Brendan McKeering, SPC '90. R. Cameron after collapsing at the
In other long distance running stats, 1983 was
finish, came to, opened his eyes and
also the year that Cliff Young, the 61-year-old
said,
potato farmer from Victoria, won the inaugural
Sydney to Melbourne ultramarathon. The
“Well Boss, I bloody well did it!”
960km, five-day-event was regarded as one of
the toughest in the world. The following year G Cameron finished gamely with
Young was awarded the Medal of the Order of
Australia 'for long distance running’ and his
P. Finch hobbling in with a twisted
legendary running style, the “Young Shuffle”
something and a wisecrack,
was adopted by many long-distance runners
throughout the world.
“Sir, what about my homework?”
122015
Rain is no friend to the the St
Pat's annual fundraising run,
Shore to Gate. Nor, is a pandemic,
with the event having been
cancelled or postponed three
times in the past year due to wet
weather or Covid.
But Friday 18th June was THE DAY
and what a day it was! With
sunshine and a high of 21, the SPC
men made hay and ran along the
foreshore in the 8.9km loop to
raise funds for the nominated
College charities.
Despite a strong head wind, Senior
& College Vice Captain, Liam
T A K E4
Botting took out first place with
an impressive time of 32:13,
locking in his legacy as winner of
the 2021 Shore to Gate.
SHORE TO GATE
2018 2012 2016
2021
Liam Botting, SPC '21 32:13 (front centre)
13CELEBRATING THE LIVES OF
MITCHELL HARE, SPC '17
MAX GRAHAM, SPC '56
MADELYN MCKINNON
DAUGHTER OF MARCUS MCKINNON, SPC '97
& CURRENT SPC TEACHER
The St Patrick's College Community, Old Boys & Friends,
extend their condolences to the families and loved ones
of Mitchell, Max & Maddie.
" Within and beyond
the school gates
WE ALL LIVE
DIFFERENT LIVES
and will face different challenges
Despite this, one thing remains true.
There is power in this uniform
and there will always be
love for a brother.
Joseph Champness
Extract from College Captain Address,
2014 Annual
14REDS
RYAN SMITH SPC '13
LEADERS LUNCH
&GUEST COACH
He’s got the ute, the dog and now this In a Q&A session Ryan answered questions
hard-working Old Boy has got his from the room about what he did after
plumbing trade and a Reds Jersey. Ryan leaving St Pat’s, to what he does to prepare
Smith SPC’ 13, Starting No.4 for the for a game. Other questions from curious
Queensland Reds helped the team win students included what he eats pre and
their first Super Rugby title in a decade, post-match and what’s the biggest fish he’s
winning the Super Rugby AU during May. ever caught during his downtime fishing
outings.
Early in the term, Ryan joined one of our
Year 5 Rugby Training sessions as a
...“stick with it” because you never
guest coach to share some tips with the
young players. It was definitely a trip know when an opportunity will
home for this Old Boy with his Mum, Jen, present itself
working in the College’s New Street Café
and Dad, Peter, a team coach at the
school. Reds lock Ryan Smith. Photo: Brendan Hertel, QRU
Ryan also joined us at the College
Leaders Lunch where he shared words of
advice to our young leaders and aspiring
sportsmen. He spoke of talent and
commitment, with the tip to “stick with
it” because you never know when an an
opportunity will present itself – and that
is when the hard work will pay off.
15JACK JEFFERY SPC '18
Congratulations to Jack Jeffery, SPC ’18 who qualified for the
Elite Men’s Division of the CrossFit Games Semi Finals (The
Torian Pro) held this year, at the Pat Rafter Arena over the
weekend of 28 - 30 June .
10,000 men from the Oceania region competed for one of the
30 places available at the Torian Pro. Jack was ranked 275th
in 2020 and improved his ranking to tie for 29th place and
earn a place at the semi-finals in 2021. CrossFit is a
combination sport which includes track and field, gymnastics
and weight lifting to test strength, speed, endurance and
skill.
Jack completed Year 12 at St Patrick’s in 2018 with an OP3.
Jack has been involved in CrossFit since 2018. He is currently
completing an economics degree at UQ while also coaching
CrossFit at CrossFit Torian in Bowen Hills.
Photo Credit: Gina Jeffery
JOEY CHAMPNESS SPC '14
Joey Champness, SPC ’14 & College Captain, has joined Brisbane Roar FC on loan from the Newcastle Jets for the A-
League season.
Champness has a wealth of professional experience under his belt, having played in the Portuguese second division
as well as making 36 A-League appearances for the Jets. After returning to Brisbane earlier in the year, Joseph says
he’s thrilled for the opportunity to return to the Roar.
“I’m buzzing to be back on the pitch here in Brisbane, surrounded by my friends and family." Champness said, “People
close to me know that I’m a very competitive person, always looking for that next challenge and I’ll give my all to
anything put in front of me. This is my next challenge and I can’t wait to be back on the pitch in front of the Brisbane
fans and doing my part to help this team and this Club hopefully win some silverware.”
Champness recently spent almost a year in the United States pursuing a hip-hop career with his latest single
My Plan closing in on 1,500,000 streams on Spotify.
2014 SPC 1st XI
Photo Credit: Joe Champness - Twitter Melbourne Jets
Image: BFM Business
16 Photo Credit: Brisbane Roar FC + Moreton DailyFuture Old Boy (SPC ’22) Jackson Hughesman, currently in
Year 11, received the Australian Performing Arts Student of
the Year Award. This is a national award presented by the
JACKSON HUGHESMAN Australian Performing Arts Teachers Association (APATA),
Australia’s uniting body for teachers and educators in
FUTURE SPC '22
performing arts.
Jackson has been acting since the age of three and has been
quoted as saying "I have loved theatre since the day I could
walk. My dream in the future is to have my name in lights on
New York's Broadway.". This award is also a nod to the great
work of our Performing Arts teachers at St Pat's and the
program and opportunities that they offer.
Jackson is aiming to study Musical Theatre at Griffith
University after he graduates from St Patrick's.
"The judging committee deeply admired your passion and love
of the performing arts and eagerly look forward to following
your career and the road ahead as you continue to follow your
dreams and nurture your career in the years to come." ~
Australian Performing Arts Teachers Association
THE MUSICAL
2021
School Musical Productions have come a long way in 30 years.
This year's musical - a combined St Patrick's College and St
John Fisher College performance - was The Addams Family. The
show was an absolute hit! Congratulations to the cast from both
Colleges as well as the dedicated staff who helped bring this
wonderful production together.
THE ADDAMS FAMILY is a comical feast that embraces the
wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s
every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate
princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a
sweet, smart young man from a respectable family–a man her
parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough,
Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her
mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never
done before–keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia.
Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night
they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his
parents.
17R O C K
R O C K
R O C K
30 years ago on three cold
nights in late July, 44 boys and
girls entertained an
appreciative audience with
some good ole rock-n-roll,
1950s style.
Dennis Trenery, played the lead
as Rocky Granite with his
Pebbles, played by Steve
Parkhill, Steven Williamson
and Rodd Peterson. They
shaked, rattled and rolled with
the Pebblets, played by the St
John Fisher girls.
Br Reardon and his band -
Shane Tapp, Paul Wrobel and
Grant Neilson - provided the
music with Mrs Merle Maiden.
18THE MUSICAL
30 YEAR
ANNIVERSARY
30 years ago on
three cold nights in
late July...
In 1991, St Patrick’s and St John Fisher College
combined to revive the great tradition of The
Musical, a tradition which continues in 2021,
with this year's performance of The Addams
Family. (see page 14)
In 1991, St John Fisher was responsible for the
direction of the musical with audiences advised
to rug-up and bring blankets to the final
production which was held in an open-air venue
at St Pat's. Direction and production continues
to alternate between the schools biennially. We
eagerly look forward to the next Senior school
musical which will be directed by SPC in 2023.
19“My Dad is weeping tears of pride…”
TRENT
DALTON
TALKS
MOTHER SON EVENT 2021
"It's a full circle moment, sitting here today."
Those who remember Sandgate in the 1980s may recall a particular
house on Deagon Street, near the Lagoon. It was the house known for
having a long, long ramp out the front. It was also, the home of Trent
Dalton’s grandad and grandmother, Victor & Beryl Dalton. Everyone in
Sandgate knew that Victor and Beryl lived in the house with the long,
long ramp, because it was the locals of Sandgate who had helped to
build it.
Beryl was in a wheelchair, the fate of having suffered from Polio, and it
was the members of the Sandgate community that had rallied together
to construct the 15m long bridge that ran from the front door to the
letterbox, bypassing the flight of stairs. Grandad Victor, who had lost
his leg in an all-at-once tragic, thrilling and heroic event at the Siege of
Tobruk, would push her around the suburb.
The Dalton memories of Shorncliffe and Sandgate are many and The
College Foundation was excited to have award-winning author Trent
Dalton join us in April, for our 2021 Mother Son Event - Trent Dalton
Talks, to share with us his stories.
"What you are all doing is incredible, because
this money is going to some kid who might not
otherwise get to to go to St Pat's."
2106We welcomed Trent into the Living Room where he was
interviewed by College mother Ainsley Pavey. Trent told
the audience of mums and sons fascinating stories,
regaled in a way only like a storyteller can. In the Q&A
conversation, Trent shared his memories of being raised
in the local area.
Trent, whose father, uncle, cousins & plenty of mates
(with special shout out to Adam Hansen, SPC '96 and
Paul Abberton) attended St Pat’s, fondly recalled diving
off Shorncliffe Pier, having fish and chips on Flinders
Parade and riding bikes along the water front to the
second hump on the Hornibrook Bridge and fishing
from there all day.
Trent described visiting at the College as a “full circle
moment”. “I got particularly emotional, you guys have
very kindly put Mr Trent Dalton on a reservation sign out
at what I consider to be the Seaview Pub…if you needed to
find my old man, dad, you’d call up the Seaview and “Hey
Dad, can we have steak tonight”. He’s not with us
anymore but he’s weeping tears of pride, you know that
you guys put up a car space for me…pride beyond belief.”
Trent gave the crowd insights into his writing, including Many thanks to our College Supporters - the major sponsors and
how his record-breaking, award-winning first novel, Boy the prize donors of Mother's Day Raffle - who made it possible
Swallows Universe was the fastest selling Australian for all proceeds from the ticket sales to go directly to The
debut novel in history. First published in July 2018. The College Foundation to provide bursaries, assist with running
novel – loosely based on Dalton's own childhood – tells costs for the Paddy’s Van & provide support for those in our
the story of Eli, a boy growing up in Brisbane's outer community who need it most. As a community we raised over
suburbs in the 1980s. The book has been adapted for $15,000, a truly spectacular effort. We thank everyone who
stage by Queensland Theatre Company and for screen contributed to the success of the afternoon and raffle. Many
with Joel Edgerton attached. Trent shared with the thanks go to Trent for his time and to all the Mothers and Sons
audience the day researchers were sent to scout his who attended.
childhood digs.
The Old Boys - & Friends - were proud to donate a “Memory
Pack” Lucky Door prize to the event which included a digital
"[They sent] researchers to the places I grew up in media frame, a bottle of Irish (of course) Baileys Cream & a hard
copy of the first issue of ‘The Morven’ Old Boys & Friends
... going around with their notepads. That blows
quarterly magazine. A big thank you to everyone who purchased
my mind that they would come out from Hollywood raffle tickets. Your generosity was astounding.
to do that."
127 1ANZAC DAY
Commemorating as a College & a Community
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
On Friday morning the 23rd April, the whole As we at St Pat’s approach 70 years of
school community - along with some of our being Proudly Shorncliffe, we were
local neighbours - gathered on the shorefront honoured to take part in the local
for the College Anzac Liturgy. Sandgate Anzac Day commemorations on
Sunday 25th April. Year 12 trumpeter
Anybody who has had the privilege of Conor McAteer, played The Last Post and
attending a Dawn Service in Gallipoli may three of our College singers Jackson
have been reminded of the Anzac Cove Hughesman, Rex Fonacier and Samuel
experience, sitting at the base of the jagged Caruana – accompanied by Mr Nik
cliff with The Sphinx on top. Here at St Pat’s, Consiglio – led the Australian National
students and staff spilled out to the sands as Anthem and service hymns. Our College
they sat beneath the cliff of the Shorncliffe Marching Band contributed with their
headland and paid respect to the Anzacs and very first official performance, marching
all men and women who serve in our Armed with 50 student representatives who paid
Forces. their respects.
comes from For the Fallen, a poem by the English poet and
writer Laurence Binyon and was published in London in the Winnowing Fan;
Poems of the Great War in 1914. The verse, which became the League Ode, was
already used in association with commemoration services in Australia in 1921.
https://www.army.gov.au/our-heritage/traditions/ode
Lest we forget
22 16MAN OF ACTION
Captain Liam Clarke, SPC '06
Old Boy Captain Liam Clarke, SPC ‘06 returned to the shores of
the bay to give the address at the College Anzac Day liturgy.
"It is a privilege, as a former student of this College and you can remember and commemorate those servicemen
as a current soldier in the Australian Army, to be here and women who fought and continue to fight to ensure
this morning to speak at your Anzac Day Liturgy, and I that those things we value most as Australians – freedom,
thank you for the opportunity to do so. opportunity and the right to a fair go – are still present in
our country for us to enjoy.
As Australians, our annual commemoration of Anzac
Day is one of our most sacred national rituals. The day
is not one to glorify war, but one to remember and What can you do as Men of Action to
commemorate those who have taken part in wars, commemorate the legacy the
conflicts and peace keeping operations as well as the ANZACs have left for you?
contribution and suffering of those who have served.
Your commemoration and honouring of the Anzacs
Each year, the 25th of April provides us with an does not need to be confined to the 25th of April each
opportunity to reflect on the sacrifices and experiences year. As Men of Action you can show the Anzac spirt of
of those original Anzacs who landed on a beach much courage and service every day. Australian servicemen
like this, 107 years ago. It also allows us to and women have given willingly of themselves to
commemorate the men and women who followed them protect the rights and freedoms of others when those
in armed service to the nation and in particular the rights and freedoms have been threatened. Have the
102,119 Australians who have made the ultimate sacrifice moral courage to do the same – be Men of Action willing
and given their lives. In this way, Anzac Day serves to to take a stand and defend others if you see them fall
connect us as Australians across generations and victim to behaviour which disrespects, belittles or
consider how our forebearers rose to face the otherwise, takes away from their ability to enjoy the
challenges of their times, each unique in their own way, rights and freedoms of our society which the Anzacs
and what we can do in our own time to honour their have safeguarded for us through their sacrifice.
legacy.
Knowing that your trip home in the
afternoon will not be interrupted by
bomb blast or gunfire is not
something other young people your
age can count on.
Australia is now, and has been throughout our history, a
lucky country. We have freedom, opportunity and safety
which is uncommon in our world making Australia a
uniquely great place to live. Believe me, attending a
college like this and knowing that your trip home in the
afternoon will not be interrupted by bomb blast or Take the time this Anzac Day to pause, reflect and
gunfire is not something other young people your age commemorate the service and sacrifice of those
can count on. Australians who have defended our country, particularly
those who have given their lives. Take a moment to
That we live in the Australia we do today and that you consider the ongoing sacrifice of their families who
have the chance to enjoy all of the opportunities open to have had to live with the shadow cast by the absence of
you is not something to take for granted. Our country a father, son, mother or sister – be it only for a period of
only exists as it does today because our values and way of service or the permanent absence of death. Remember
life have been protected by generations of Australians today’s Anzacs who are currently serving in Australia
who have thought our freedom worth fighting for. When and overseas. Finally, take the time to reflect on what
viewed this way, I hope that you can see the importance you can do as Men of Action, to honour the legacy the
of Anzac Day to you as young people – it is a day where Anzacs have left for you. Lest We Forget.”
23YOUR STORY
CAPTAIN LIAM CLARKE, SPC '06
I attended St Patrick's from 2003 and graduated in 2006.
Having come from another high school with a substantially
different environment, I appreciated that just about every
staff member knew just about every boy’s name. The sense
of school community which I was amazed to see back then
has only become stronger in the 15 years since I was a
student.
Saturday sport and afternoon training was an unfamiliar
Captain Clarke in transit in Kabul with a Portuguese comrade.
concept to me as a new boy, but jumping feet first into
rugby union (I still remember my first game in a U14 trial particularly fortunate to travel to NATO Headquarters in
match against BGS) was a great way to get involved with Brussels, Belgium during my deployment to secure
the school and my peers . Rugby Saturdays at Curlew funding for the project. On returning from Afghanistan, I
remain amongst my fondest memories of my time at the posted to Canberra to work in Army Headquarters.
College. During that posting I delivered a presentation on my
Afghanistan deployment which, without my knowing it,
I joined the Army directly out of school, studying Civil became a job interview and saw me selected to join a
Engineering at the Australian Defence Force Academy new team raised to deliver engineering works in the
before commissioning as a Lieutenant through the Royal Pacific as part of Australia’s step-up in the region.
Military College – Duntroon. I have spent the majority of
my career in Townsville at the 3rd Combat Engineer Over 2019 and the initial part of 2020 (before COVID
Regiment and the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian fully took hold) I had the privilege to travel widely in the
Regiment. There, I participated in exercises in Australia South West Pacific, visiting Vanuatu, Fiji and the
and Papua New Guinea and deployed on Operation Solomon Islands to work with the nations’ security
Queensland Assist conducting disaster relief after Tropical forces on partnered infrastructure projects. I enjoyed
Cyclone Debbie. Of my more memorable experiences are the chance to see some amazing parts of the world,
deploying to Afghanistan and as a project engineer on the often at short notice, and especially to experience the
Pacific Step-up. cultures of these countries first hand by working
directly with their dedicated and motivated people. I
I was responsible for NATO’s explosive was also able to see the level of trust put in qualified
remnants of war clearance program, professionals, as an engineer in my case, and therefore
working the United Nations and the Afghan the responsibility that comes with acting in that
Government... profession.
In 2017 I deployed to NATO Headquarters in Kabul as an
Engineer Plans Officer. This was a great opportunity to use
military and civil engineering skills on operations and work
with a team from the US, UK, Turkey, Italy and Portugal. I
was responsible for NATO’s explosive remnants of war
clearance program, working the United Nations and the
Afghan Government on a range of tasks from contract
management to adhering to international treaty
obligations, which is not what I expected when leaving
Australia. I was able to use my civil engineering skills to
design and construct works for a major fuel installation to
Site reconnaissance visits in the western Solomon Islands with
protect it from rocket and mortar fire. I also was government and Royal Solomon Islands Police Force personnel.
24Presentation of awards at the end of tour in Kabul with US engineers. Fishing opportunities in the Solomon Islands.
In 2019, my son Spencer was born – the new perspective "...what started as an attempt to record a few
of fatherhood brought me a few realisations on things I memorable experiences has naturally landed at the
had taken for granted. Foremost was reinforcing how more important message – take the opportunity now to
much effort and how many sacrifices my wife Jess has appreciate your family and those around you because
made to ensure our family functions, especially when I they are far more responsible for your success than you
spent about 18 weeks away from home, often overseas, probably immediately realise."
during the year. This truly brought home just how much
those around us – our wives, husbands and partners do
without ever us asking.
The second realisation came with seeing that I was now
responsible with Jess for another tiny person which made
much clearer just how much my parents had done to give
me the opportunities I have had, such as moving schools
to attend St Patrick's.
I suppose what started as an attempt to record a few
memorable experiences of SPC, has naturally landed at
the more important message – take the opportunity now
to appreciate your family and those around you because
they are far more responsible for your success than you
probably immediately realise.
View of Kabul from a NATO helicopter
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foundation@stpatricks.qld.edu.auPRIDE WEEK 17-21 MAY RECONCILIATION
Our theme fofforr the week was P Pride in You, Pride in me, Pride in WEEK 27 MAY - 3 JUNE
The purpose
us. The purpose of of this
this week
week is
is to let all members of our SPC
community know
community know that
that they
they are
are loved, valued and welcome at
National Reconciliation Week is held annually across
St Patrick’s.
St Patrick’s.
Australia from 27 May to 3 June. These two dates
The term “Pride” describes how people should feel about acknowledge significant milestones in the reconciliation
econciliation
themselves. Anyone with pride feel that they have dignity and the journey— the successful 1967 referendum, and the
he High Court
respect of others because of whwho they are and what they do. We Mabo decision, respectively. As we do every year at St
everyone within our community has
would all like to think that ever Patrick’s College, flag-raising ceremonies were held for each
pride in themselves, no matter their race, gender, sexuality or date with both the Aboriginal and the Torres Strait Islander
religion. flags raised. Such events are important for our community,
not just in the symbolism they represent but also in
College is aligned to the Full of Life
The position of St Patrick’s Col
understanding the underlying actions that have taken place to
guidelines designed by EREA anand is based on love for all. Our
right the wrongs of the past for reconciliation.
Pride Week is about reminding everyone that they are worthy of
being loved, and feel that they are not made to be different
This year's theme, More than a Word. Reconciliation Takes
person.
because of who they are as a pe
Action, is particularly significant for the College as we launch
national network of schools and is
St Patrick's is a part of a nation our 2021 Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). The RAP was
authentic to the Mission of EREEREA through the Charter for Catholic developed after a period of consultation and listening, with
schools in the Edmund Rice tra tradition. Like other EREA schools, we First Nations and non-Indigenous staff, students and parents,
Edmund Rice and the Christian
are inspired by the life of Edmu and members of the wider College community. The College
Brothers, and the touchstones (EREA Charter 2017) figure RAP sets out the aspirations, opportunities and actions we
prominently in this identity. believe are essential to achieving meaningful reconciliation
with First Nations peoples and communities. The RAP can be
The touchstone of inclusive community clearly articulates that we
accessed through the College website.
address the needs and well-being of marginalized young people
within both our College and wider communities. It speaks of A number of other events were held throughout the week
communities that are “accepting and welcoming, fostering right with our First Nations, including a gathering of our First
relationships and committed to the common good”. We are also Nations students at Southern Cross College, as well as
guided by the Catholic social teachings where “each person attending the Qld Reds First Nations Round at Suncorp
possesses a basic dignity that comes from God, not from any human Stadium with parents and students from St John Fisher
quality of accomplishment, not from race or gender, age or
College. This outing also included meeting with students from
economic status."
Cherbourg State School who had travelled down to the match
During Pride Week at St Patrick’s, we undertook a series of as part of the Qld Reds Rookies2Reds program.
activities that were planned to be age relevant and focused on
diversity of people. In the younger grades, these were based The AIC Reconciliation Round was also held at the end of this
around friendships, types of families and name-calling. In the week against St Laurence’s College with a smoking ceremony
senior years, it was based around comments, jokes, insults, and message stick swap between captains, held before both
discrimination and bullying of LGBTI+ people. the First XI Football and First XV Rugby. The Reconciliation
Round demonstrates a commitment by AIC Colleges to
During our week, we also performed a ceremony where we raised advancing reconciliation between First Nations People and all
the Pride flag. During this ceremony, we explained what the Australians.
colours of the flag meant. This ceremony was not done to push By Mr Luke Royes, Program Leader
any ideological or political agendas, but one that signifies the - Liberating Education
diversity that we have in community and the strength that it
brings.
By Mr Chris Mayes, College Principal
BLACK & BROWN REPRESENTING PEOPLE
OF COLOUR
RED FOR A SYMBOL OF LIFE
BRIGHT & BOLD ORANGE IS FOR A COMMUNITY THAT
HAS BEEN EXCLUDED
YELLOW FOR SUNLIGHT BECAUSE NO ONE SHOULD
EVER HIDE IN THE SHADOWS
GREEN IS FOR NATURE.
BLUE FOR HARMONY AND SERENITY & PEOPLE GETTING
ALONG AND LIVING A PEACEFUL LIFE.
28
PURPLE IS FOR HAVING SPIRITDV WEEK 17-21 MAY
-21 MAY
Did you know that in matters of DV the mobile phone is
usually one of the first items to be taken, checked, broken
Extracts from the Leaders' Address, Men of Action Week, Term 2 or thrown away by the perpetrator? This leaves the victim
By College Captain: Angwik Shan & cut off from assistance and support. They often have no
Vice Captains: Liam Botting, Jackson Dows way to call emergency services or helplines for assistance.
May marked ‘Domestic and Family Violence Awareness St Pat's and St John Fisher College are helping our
Month’ – a month dedicated towards raising communal local community friends, Sandbag, by collecting
awareness and sending out a clear message that domestic second-hand mobile phones as a part of the
violence will not be tolerated – not now, not ever. DV Safe Phone program. All phones collected will be
erased, tested and distributed to someone in need.
On average, 110 Australians are killed each year as a result of
NO CALL FOR HELP SHOULD GO UNHEARD
domestic and family violence. Each week, a woman is killed by
her former or current partner. Despite all that is occurring
within our world, recorded cases and examples of domestic
violence continue to rise and put countless lives in grave FORMATION
danger.
We welcomed Australian professional boxer Jeff Horn
to SPC during Week 8 this term. Jeff joined our Year 12
Throughout the month of May, we were invited to join in and students for a session as part of the College Formation
support the fight against domestic and family violence within program. In his youth, Horn had been a victim of
our society, through a movement known as Darkness to bullying and started boxing as a means to protect
Daylight. himself. Jeff went on to become a teacher and hold the
WBO Welterweight Title from 2017 to 2018.
Darkness to Daylight involves a 110km walk or run through the
month of May, where each kilometer represents a life lost to The Formation Program occurs three times a term
Domestic and Family Violence. By entering Darkness to throughout the school year. Gathering in year level
Daylight - we are making a stand, helping to drive community groups, the program, built around P.E.R.M.A, aims to
awareness and intervention, and raising crucial funds to help build Men of Action based on life skills and lessons
prevent Domestic and Family Violence within our society. centred around men of Faith (values), Learning (passion)
and Humility (right relationships), with each session
St Patrick’s College joined arms with St John Fisher College different for each year level.
where we – students, staff and those within the community
who may be interested – came together and stood in solidarity 1. Positive emotions (feeling good)
with those who have been victimised through domestic and 2. Engagement (being completely absorbed in activities)
family violence. By standing together, we can all bring the 3. Relationships (being authentically connected to
issue of domestic violence out of the darkness and into the others)
daylight. For there is always light, if only we're brave enough 4. Meaning (purposeful existence)
5. Achievement (a sense of accomplishment and success)
to see it.
29MORVEN
Celtic - Gaelic
meaning: Lives by the sea
GET READY TO CELEBRATE 70 YEARS OF ST
2022 PAT'S! In 2022 St Patrick’s College celebrates its
70th year of educating young men in the
70 YEARS Edmund Rice Tradition. Get ready to be part of
the festivities as we invite past, current and
PROUDLY future families associated with the college to
help remember our proud history and celebrate
SHORNCLIFFE those that have walked the Morven halls.
TAKE A
TOUR
A virtual tour down memory lane.
Take a 360 tour of the
St Patrick's College campus!
Take a virtual fly-through of the SPC
Campus. Check out the New Street
Café, Junior School, Music, Christian
Brothers Building, Senior Science,
Drama, Design Technology, Gym,
Learning Support and our Library.
See what's new since you were at St
Pat's and enjoy the trip down
memory lane.
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COLLEGE CAPTAIN 2021
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College Principal:
Mr Chris Mayes, office@stpatricks.qld.edu.au Your story is a story to be told.
The exceptional and the talented, the
The College Foundation, Chair
Michael Crutcher, foundation@stpatricks.qld.edu.au brave and the resilient. Even in the
everyday ordinary lays an exquisite and
College Development Manager: extraordinary story.
Stacey Bishop, sbishop@stpatricks.qld.edu.au
College Development Officer: We want to hear the short stories and the
Terri Brauer, tbrauer@stpatricks.qld.edu.au tall stories. The day-to-day moments to the
insane and far-fetched urban myths of St
President, OBA:
Path's that remain unconfirmed. Tell us
Mr Phil Lahey, oldboys@stpatricks.qld.edu.au
some of your favourite, funny or significant
The Morven, Editor & Designer: memories from your days associated with
Terri Brauer, tbrauer@stpatricks.qld.edu.au SPC and we will aim to include them in
your Old Boys magazine.
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