Marcellin College Randwick
Overview
Secondary school
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, day school
Day school
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for boys, located in Randwick
Randwick, New South Wales
Randwick is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Randwick is located 6 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Randwick...
, a south-eastern
South-eastern Sydney
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suburb of Sydney
Sydney
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, New South Wales
New South Wales
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, Australia
Australia
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Conducted by the Marist Brothers
Marist Brothers
The Marist Brothers, or Little Brothers of Mary, are a Catholic religious order of brothers and affiliated lay people. The order was founded in France, at La Valla-en-Gier near Lyon in 1817 by Saint Marcellin Champagnat, a young French priest of the Society of Mary...
and founded in 1923, Marcellin is a school of the Archdiocese of Sydney
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney
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, and currently caters for approximately 900 students from Years 7 to 12.
The college
College
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is affiliated with the Association of Marist Schools of Australia
Association of Marist Schools of Australia
The Association of Marist Schools of Australia is an organisation that seeks to unite the various schools across Australia which have at any stage in their history been connected to the Australian provinces of the Marist Brothers, Marist Sisters or Marist Fathers, and by that union assist them in...
(AMSA), and Metropolitan Catholic Colleges (MCC).
Marist Brothers founded the college as part of the worldwide Congregation of Marist Colleges which began in 1816 under the guidance of the French
France
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priest, Marcellin Champagnat
Marcellin Champagnat
Saint Marcellin Joseph Benedict Champagnat was born in Rozet, village of Marlhes, near St. Etienne , France...
SM
Society of Mary (Marists)
The Society of Mary , is a Roman Catholic religious congregation or order, founded by Father Jean-Claude Colin and a group of other seminarians in France in 1816...
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Archbishop Kelly visited Randwick in 1921, and pressed for the establishment of a school for boys.
