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Your parents have entrusted an important part of your journey to Villanova College. But who are the people who shape and have shaped the shared mission of the College? We will travel back in time beyond the six Irish priests who set the College up, to investigate the Saints after whom our houses are named, and the social justice heroes of the 1800s who set up the mission of Catholic schools in Australia.
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An Augustinian Education
- About Villanova College" ... As a faith-based school, we foster values of humility, community, restless search for truth and interiority, instilling a sense of social responsibility in our students. We encourage active community engagement and provide numerous opportunities for students to make a positive impact on society through service-learning initiatives and outreach programs ... "
- Our House System" ... With a total of eight houses, each named after distinguished figures embodying our core values, our system creates a strong sense of belonging and foster lifelong friendships ... "
- Education | Augustinians in the Province of Australasia"The Augustinians in Australia are committed to the ministry of education, particularly through their two Colleges: Villanova College, Brisbane, Queensland and St Augustine’s College – Sydney, NSW. These centres of learning are modelled on Saint Augustine’s approach to education as ‘a journey providing academic, spiritual and personal experiences that transform the student’ ... "
- St. Augustine and Teaching"I will teach you, remembering and bearing in mind the obligations of my servantship, so that I speak not as a master but as a minister, not to pupils but to fellow pupils since I speak not to servants but to fellow servants. For we all have one master, whose school is on earth and whose cathedral is in heaven ... "
- Saint Augustine and EducationThe Citation is provided for this unpublished manuscript at the top of the document.
" ... He believes in sheer hard thinking in young people. Students should learn to value their own intellectual powers. - Fr Michael Morahan OSA | Talk given to Augustinian seminarians in Seoul, South KoreaThe Citation is provided for this unpublished manuscript at the top of the document.
"Friendship is something very important to most people. In fact St Augustine believed that in this world two things are essential: life and friendship. - The Order of Saint Augustine"... At first sight one of the oddest aspects of the Order of Saint Augustine is that it was not founded, as such, by the great Saint ..."
