St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College

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St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College
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St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College
458 Burtt Road, Drury, Auckland, New Zealand
Coordinates 37°07′44″S174°55′50″E / 37.128776°S 174.930444°E / -37.128776; 174.930444
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Type State integrated
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established2024
Ministry of Education Institution no. 949
PrincipalDean Wearmouth
Years 7–13
GenderCoeducational
School roll0 [1] (February 2024)
Website www.saintignatius.school.nz

St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College is a Catholic co-educational secondary school in the Jesuit tradition, [2] located in Burtt Rd, Drury, Auckland, New Zealand. [3]

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College

The college is a year 7 to 13 co-educational school. The school's proprietor is the Catholic Bishop of Auckland and it is a State-integrated school. The college commenced operations on 7 February 2024 [4] with 340 students, and intended to grow progressively to 900 by 2028. [3] The establishment of the school was the fruition of the long held dreams of building a school in the Jesuit tradition in service of the South Auckland community. [5] The college was the second Catholic school with an "Ignatian charism" founded in New Zealand. The first was St Aloysius College in Dunedin which opened in 1878 and closed in 1883. [6] St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College primarily aimed to provide Catholic secondary education for students who attended Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School, Takanini, St Mary’s Catholic School, Papakura or St Joseph’s School, Pukekohe. [7]

Funding

Part of the funding for the establishment of the school came from the Harold Plumley Endowment. [2] Other sources of funding were a mixture of debt, land sales, and donations with final establishment cost being between $70m to $80m. [8]

Appointments and development

The first principal of the college, Dean Wearmouth, was appointed in 2022 [9] and the deputy principals, Kane Raukura and Catherine Bamber-O’Malley were appointed later in that year. [10] The planting of the campus commenced in 2022. [11] Enrolments were called for the college's first year (2024) in early 2023 and closed at the end of March 2023 following a high demand for entrance into the school. Expressions of interest for enrolment in school year 2025 could be made to the school. [12] It was confirmed that there would be a Jesuit presence on the campus from the opening of the college. Fr Michael Smith SJ and Fr Eka Tanaya SJ were appointed and commenced their preparations in 2023. [10] Father Tanaya was also appointed as a third deputy principal of the college. [5] Father Smith would work part time at St Ignatius of Loyola College and part time at Holy Cross Seminary in Auckland. [13] The school was designated as a Mass centre for its area. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  2. 1 2 Rowena Orejana, "Auckland diocese performs well despite Covid", NZ Catholic, 24 May, 2021 (Retrieved 20 December 2021)
  3. 1 2 Education Counts (Retrieved 20 December 2021)
  4. ↑ "Term Dates 2024", St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College website (Retrieved 14 January 2024)
  5. 1 2 Beth McConnell, "The power of community spirit and commitment", Australian Jesuits (Retrieved 14 December 2023)
  6. ↑ Dean Wearmouth,"A new Catholic Ignatian college", NZ Catholic, July 30-August 12, p. 7.
  7. ↑ "Enrolment scheme zone and priorities", St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College website(Retrieved 7 December 2023)
  8. ↑ Anne Gibson, "St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College to open; Downtown Carpark alternative - Property Insider", Stuff News, 5 December 2023(Retrieved 6 December 2023)
  9. ↑ "Foundation principal appointed", NZ Catholic, July 3 - 16, 2022 (Retrieved 5 July 2022)
  10. 1 2 School website (Retrieved 23 April 2023)
  11. ↑ "Planting day at future college site in Drury", NZ Catholic, 28 August - 10 September 2022, p. 10.
  12. ↑ "Putting new NZ college on Jesuit world map", NZ Catholic, 29 May 2023 (Retrieved 31 May 2023)
  13. ↑ Michael Otto, "A long, loving look at the real – the Leadership Team meeting as a contemplative experience" NZ Catholic, 11 July 2023(Retrieved 12 July 2023)
  14. ↑ Michael Otto, "175 years of storms, peace and prayer" NZ Catholic, 15 September, 2023 (Retrieved 15 September 2023)
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