Marist College Ashgrove

Marist College Ashgrove (abbreviated as MCA) is an independent Roman Catholic day and boarding primary and secondary school for boys, located in the northern Brisbane suburb of Ashgrove, in Queensland, Australia. The college caters for students from Year 5 to Year 12.[1]

Marist College Ashgrove
Main entrance
Location
Ashgrove, Brisbane, Queensland

Australia
Coordinates27°26′25″S 152°58′41″E
Information
TypeIndependent day and boarding primary and secondary school
MottoLatin: Viriliter Age
(Act Courageously[1])
Religious affiliation(s)Marist Brothers
DenominationRoman Catholic
Established1940 (1940)[1]
HeadmasterDonald Brown
ChaplainAlatini Kolofo'ou
Staff~137[1]
Years5–12[1]
GenderBoys
Enrolmentc. 1,600
Area26 hectares (64 acres)
Campus typeSuburban
Colour(s)Royal blue and gold   
Websitewww.marash.qld.edu.au

History

The "Tower Block" was the first and still remains the prominent building on the College campus:

In 2020, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse found that the church had failed to intervene against Thomas Butler, a Marist Brother known as Brother Patrick, when students reported that he sexually abused them within the three year period he taught at Brisbane's Marist College Ashgrove.[2] Butler had received sex abuse complaints in between 1991 and 1993.[2] Provincial of the Marist Brothers in Australia, Brother Peter Carroll, delivered an apology at the royal commission's public hearing.[2]

Campus
View of The Tower from Cameron Oval

The college is situated on a 26-hectare (64-acre) campus and includes such facilities as:

  • McMahon Oval – used for both Rugby Union and cricket – featuring the John Eales Grandstand and Matthew Hayden scoreboard
  • State of the art Science Block
  • 8 cricket / rugby union / soccer ovals containing:
  • 2 multi-purpose courts basketball/tennis
  • Long jump/triple jump training track
  • Shot put/discus/javelin stations
  • Gymnasium – capacity for 2 indoor basketball courts/8 badminton courts
  • 2 outdoor basketball courts
  • Weight room
  • Matthew Hayden cricket training complex
  • Olympic sized heated swimming pool with grandstand
  • A performing and visual arts center which houses a 340-seat theatre
  • Three distinct houses that contain the five boarding residences
  • Hall of Fame

Houses

In 1993, the House system was established. There are eight houses at Marist College Ashgrove:

  • Foley
  • Ephrem
  • Gilroy
  • Harold
  • Ignatius
  • Slattery
  • Ridley
  • Rush

Boarding school

Marist College Ashgrove also offers a boarding school catering for students from Years 6 to 12. The College currently caters for 220 boarders. The boarding community includes many students from the Greater Brisbane Region and South-East Queensland, along with many country students from Outback Queensland and regional Australia. International students also board from all over the Asia-Pacific region from countries and territories such as Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Hong Kong

Crest and motto

The crest of the college was based on the design of the crest of St Joseph's College at Hunters Hill, Sydney. The four quadrants of the shield are filled with: the Marist Monogram, with its twelve stars, in the top left, the Southern Cross in the top right, the MCA logo in the bottom left and the lamp and book representing learning, in the bottom left.

The motto traditionally displayed above the crest, Latin: Viriliter Age (Act courageously), was adopted in 1957 and is translated from Latin.[1]

Notable alumni

See also

References
  1. "Annual Report 2011" (PDF). Marist College Ashgrove. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  2. Gramenez, Emile (20 October 2020). "Sex abuse royal commission finds Catholic church failed to act against Brisbane brother over abuse complaints". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  3. Marriner, Cosima (27 April 2007). "It's private - the school he wants to forget". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 1.
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