St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College

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

St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College
Address
Burtt Road, Drury, Auckland, New Zealand
Coordinates37.128776°S 174.930444°E / -37.128776; 174.930444
Information
TypeState integrated
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established2024
Ministry of Education Institution no.949
PrincipalDean Wearmouth
Years7-13
GenderCoeducational
School roll0[1] (April 2023)
Websitewww.saintignatius.school.nz

College

The college is to be a year 7 to 13 co-educational school. The school's's proprietor is the Catholic Bishop of Auckland and it be will be a State-integrated school. The college is intended to start operations in 2024[4] with 340 students, growing progressively to 900 by 2028.[3] The establishment of the school is 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 is 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]

Funding

Part of the funding for the establishment of the school came from the Harold Plumley Endowment.[2]

Appointments and development

The first principal of the college, Mr Dean Wearmouth, was appointed in 2022.[7] and the deputy principals, Mr Kane Raukura and Mrs Catherine Bamber-O’Malley, were appointed later in that year.[8] The planting of the campus commenced.[9] 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.[10] 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.[8] Father Smith would work part time at St Ignatius of Loyola College and part time at Holy Cross Seminary in Auckland.[11] The school will be a Mass centre for its area.[12]

References
  1. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  2. Rowena Orejana, "Auckland diocese performs well despite Covid", NZ Catholic, 24 May, 2021 (Retrieved 20 December 2021)
  3. Education Counts (Retrieved 20 December 2021)
  4. "Information Update on St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College, Drury",Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School, Newsletter, 5 February 2022. (Retrieved 23 February 2022)
  5. "Exciting news about St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College" Australian Jesuits (Retrieved 5 July 2022)
  6. Dean Wearmouth,"A new Catholic Ignatian college", NZ Catholic, July 30-August 12, p. 7.
  7. "Foundation principal appointed", NZ Catholic, July 3 - 16, 2022 (Retrieved 5 July 2022)
  8. School website (Retrieved 23 April 2023)
  9. "Planting day at future college site in Drury", NZ Catholic, 28 August - 10 September 2022, p. 10.
  10. "Putting new NZ college on Jesuit world map", NZ Catholic, 29 May 2023 (Retrieved 31 May 2023)
  11. 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)
  12. Michael Otto, "175 years of storms, peace and prayer" NZ Catholic, 15 September, 2023 (Retrieved 15 September 2023)
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