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PRINCIPAL'S PEN Honouring Our Heritage – Champagnat Day 2025

STRONG MINDS, GENTLE HEARTS

STAFF UPDATES

FEES & PAYMENTS Graduation Attendance

HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE

MISSION CENTRAL From the Student Representative Council , Service Report, A Teen’s Inspiring Italian Pilgrimage

SAINTS BOARDING

STUDENTACHIEVEMENTS Success for a Saints Gymnast at State Championships, Peninsula Representatives

VET, CAREERS & PATHWAYS September School Holiday Opportunity – CERTIFICATE II IN OUTDOOR RECREATION

CELEBRATING FIRST NATIONS CULTURE Banner Photo

CELEBRATING FIRST NATIONS CULTURE Beats of the Warup Drum, Steps of Tradition: Dancing into NAIDOC Week

AROUND THE COLLEGE & BEYOND Banner Photo

AROUND THE COLLEGE & BEYOND Maths Comp Brings Out the Best in Budding Mathematicians, Saints Students Recognised in Urban Design Competition, Pizza Perfection in Year 7

MUSIC

THE ARTS Art in Action: Students Respond with Powerful Works at Receive>Respond Exhibition, Design Tracks: Encouraging Students to Consider Careers in the Creative Industries, Creating Totems for the Quad, Ancient Pottery Inspires Our Students to Capture Sea Life in Clay , Etching the Outdoors

SAINTS SPORT Around the Grounds

OLD BOYS We Congratulate John Eales on Receiving His King's Birthday Honour , Fred Fabila's Visit, Celebrating 95 Years – All Are Welcome!

THE SAINTS SHOP

TERM DATES

SAINTS PARENT FORUM Save the Dates for 2025

COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD

BUSINESS DIRECTORY & CLUBS SUPPORT LOCALS, Rugby League Major Sponsors , Norweld, i-LEC, Trinity Auto Group, JGP Electrical CQ Pty Ltd, Pezzelato Farms, AFL Major Sponsors, Halpin Partners, Lane Orthodontics, Prime, Cairns Total Physio, Saints Family Businesses are listed below:, Australian Sport Nutrition, Aspire Financial Planner, Brothers League Club, FNQ Video, Inflatable Kingdom Cairns, Cairns Indoor Sports, Page One Public Relations, Experience Co Locals Discounts on Tours, iClean Carwash, Sheldon Realty, TCL Security, Cairns Total Physio, Haydon Partners, Kilfoy Cabinets, Bejewel, Nautical Marine Sales, Cairns Floral Supplies, Greenhalgh Pest Control, The Drug Detection Agency, TDDA, Cairns Family Therapy, Astute Office Solutions, Woods Cabinet Hardware Distributors, Cairns Leak Detection & Plumbers, Kitchens by CCJS, Gifted Memories, Express Ironing Services, Tours To Go, Vision Luxury Apartments, Newton Signs, Cairns Snake Catcher, Flex Physio Cairns, Upward Life Family Practice, JMC Architects, Cairns Cape Electrical, Sharplift Marine and Industrial, Cairns Caravan Accessories, Property Shop Cairns, Chapman Plumbing, J & B Spray Painting, Tropical Blooms, Northern Boat Covers, Wiluka Hair & Beauty, GATA Plastering, Smartline Personal Mortgage Advisers, Oral Health Services

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OLD BOYS

News from Thomas Jones
Alumni Engagement Officer

We Congratulate John Eales on Receiving His King's Birthday Honour

1966 College captain John Eales has received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours. Mr Eales received the award in recognition of his service to child welfare organisations, in particular as the honorary treasurer of Act for Kids (formerly the Abused Child Trust) from 1992 to 2014.

Mr John Eales OAM

1966 College prefects with college captain John Eales, centre of front row.

1966 College First XIII captain John Eales, centre of front row.

Fred Fabila's Visit

Last week, Mr Fred Fabila, who served as college vice-captain in 1980, contacted the College requesting a photo in front of the new College Captains and Vice-Captains Honour Board, holding the McDonald Cup, which he won as the senior athletics champion that year.

During his visit, Mr Fabila spoke with Br Michael Haynes in the Gildas Centre about his time here at Saints and mentioned that he had recently caught up with Brothers Barry Lamb and Peter Rodney, both former staff members at St Augustine’s and St Joseph’s, Hunter Hill.