RECENTLY ADDED ITEMS

Details:

• A somewhat belated report of the gathering of the 1968 Intermediate group, back in September (Events section)

• Notice of the recent passing of Brian Sherman (56-62) RIP (Alumni/RIP section)

• Notice of the Loyola (LCW) student who received the SPOCA Award for 2024 (Connections/Loyola section)

• Letter of Appreciation from the 2024 ACU Scholarship recipient, Olivia Thomas (Connections/ACU/Scholarship Recipient section)

• Another belated report on the deaths of two OPs: Tom Brophy (Rev, 50-57) and John Zizys (55-59) RIP (Alumni/RIP section)

• A report and some photos of a SPC gathering at St Andrews Beach Brewery on 22 November (Alumni/Patricians Recently section)

• Bill Dwyer SJ (44-47) RIP (Alumni/RIP section)

• Intermediate 1968 class meet again! (Alumni/Patricians Recently section)

• Rev Fr Ferruccio Romanin (1943) RIP (Alumni/RIP section)

• A contribution to the 'Life After SPC' page – a series of recollections by Ted Rule about his time in China (Alumni/Life After SPC)

• Funeral reports for Michael Head (58-66), and also John Fennell (45-51) (Alumni/RIP section)

• SPOCA Golf Day report – event held on 14 October at Kew GC (Events section)

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.

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