RECENTLY ADDED ITEMS

Details:

• Ludwig Book Club's latest report – Poverty, by America, by Matthew Desmond (Alumni/Book Club section)

• Another Patrician passed away – Fr Tom Brophy (Alumni/Alumni & Friends RIP section)

• An abbreviated version of the booklet for the Anzac Service at Xavier (Events section) and the AGM (C'tee/Meetings section)

• Notes on the passing of Vin Bourke, Tony Bahr, Barney Moore and Peter Crozier (Alumni/Alumni & Friends RIP section)

• An update of the Alumni RIP section, including a short piece about Graham Barr (Alumni & Friends RIP section; and Previous RIPs)

• A new story about the life of a Patrician since his school days – this one is about Tony Cavanagh (Alumni/Life After SPC section)

• A March 2024 update on the activities of Julian Carr's organization in Tanzania (Alumni/Life After SPC section)

• An addition to the Alumni/Notables page, announcing the book written about Jack O'Hagan by his grand-daughter (Alumni/Notables)

Welcome

SPOCA welcomes all alumni and visitors to the website, and encourages those interested in establishing a closer connection with the College or its Association to contact SPOCA via the email address below.

The SPOCA digital images website (part of the Victorian Collections site) containing over 1,000 SPC photos can be accessed by clicking here.

When that pictorial website began, President Peter Rogan sent a letter (read here) to all Patricians announcing its launch.

Site Navigation

Use the 'drop down' menu list at the top of the page to navigate to and between other sections, or use the occasional word-links which appear in the text (the menu will be top-right for larger screen devices, and will be revealed when clicking on the three small bars at top-left for smaller screens). The home page can also be accessed by clicking the College icon at the top left of any page.

A Small Navigation Annoyance ...

Most pages have links to one or more documents which will appear in a new window and can be downloaded to your own device, if desired. If this website is being viewed on a phone screen, some documents may not be able to be viewed from the link, but a screen message may still appear which gives an option to download the document and this should work. Probably, an iPad or tablet will enable viewing directly from the link. In any case where a link is clicked (even on a computer) the document may take up to 15 seconds to 'load' onto the screen.

Document Downloads ...

Any document which appears on any page can be downloaded by first clicking on the 'square and arrow' icon in the top right corner of the document. When that document then appears in a separate window, click the download icon appropriate to the browser you are using. Alternatively, for larger text view of such pdf documents, scroll to end of the document and click on the 'magnify' icon to 'Fit to Width'.

Other documents can be accessed by clicking on a filename from a list. This will also display the document in a separate window and can be downloaded from there.