FAREWELL Rev Fr AV Smith SJ 20Th Headmaster of the College 1986 – Term I, 2003 from the College Council

TheALOYSIAD Magazine of St Aloysius’ College ‘Excellence in Education’ Issue XXXIV • Autumn 2003 FAREWELL Rev Fr AV Smith SJ 20th Headmaster of the College 1986 – Term I, 2003 From the College Council Thanks to Father Smith SJ strong in the whole school community and the staff committed and professional. n behalf of the members of the St Aloysius’ College Council, past and present, it is timely So we say thank you to Father Smith SJ and wish Oto record our thanks and gratitude to Reverend him God’s blessings for the future! Father Smith SJ as he completes his long and Members for 2003 extraordinary term as Headmaster of the College. Council members at the commencement of 2003 are In accordance with the wishes of the Provincial, Father established the College Council in 1993. Since Reverend Fathers John Eddy SJ, Ross Jones SJ, then he has shared with Council members his plans, Brendan Kelly SJ and Brother Ian Cribb SJ. perceptions, hopes and aspirations for the College and Mrs Jo Lonergan (Chair), has greatly facilitated the development of Council’s role Mr Bill Clark (Deputy Chair), and governance functions. Mr John Churchill (SAC 1971), Father has sought to enhance the profile of the Sister Marilyn Kelleher, SGS, Council within the school at every opportunity, publicly Ms Natalie McNamara, recording the presence of members at events and Mr Jock Murray (SAC 1966), ensuring that the College community is aware and Brother Paul Oakley, CFC, informed of the Council and its role. He has been most Mr Brendan O’Loughlin (SAC 1987) generous in the time and effort devoted to the work of and Mr Eric Goodwin. the Council and in recognising and acknowledging the Officers of the Council considerable expertise and talent of all its members. Reverend Father Anthony Smith SJ I think all my Council colleagues agree that it is a (Chief Executive Officer to end Term I), privilege and an education to serve on the Council and Mr Laurie Byrne (Bursar), and to have served under Father Smith’s leadership. Mr John Curtin (SAC 1974) He leaves a happy school, at the leading edge of the (President of the St Aloysius College Foundation) independent school sector, where the Jesuit identity and the St Aloysius’ College mission statement underpin all Mrs Josephine Lonergan AM its endeavours, where the sense of connectedness is Chair AMDG Australia Day Honours List The College extends it congratulations to the following members of the College Family who were honoured with awards in the Australia Day Honours List: Josephine Lonergan Jim Dwyer (SAC 1964): (Chair of the College Council and Past Parent): “Awarded a Medal in the General Division of the Order of “Awarded an Order of Australia (AM) for services to Australia (OAM) for services to the law, particularly education and the Community, particularly through the through the provision of legal advice relating to intellectual Australian Parents Council and a range of educational property and trademarks, and to the community as a organisations”. Mrs Lonergan has been the Chair of the fundraiser for charitable organisations”. Jim, through his College Council since 2000 and a member of the Council work at Allens Arthur Robinson Solicitors, provides pro since 1996. bono legal advice to the Sir Donald Bradman Foundation. Paul Robertson (SAC 1970): Andrew Robb (Past Parent): “Awarded an Order of Australia (AM) for services to “Awarded an Order of Australia (AO) for service to the children’s health and welfare through the establishment and Liberal Party of Australia, to politics as a contributor to administration of the Financial Markets Foundation for policy debate and development, to effective advocacy for Children, and to the Community through church and regional Australia, primary producers and the community”. educational organisations”. 2 From the Headmaster t is time to say goodbye. At Easter I hand over the paraphernalia of head mastering to our Iincoming Heads, Rev Frs Jones and Middleton SJ. I look back over the eighteen years with a sense of gratitude for the wonderful years that I have enjoyed at the helm of the good ship Aloysius. I have drawn much inspiration from the icons who have been Headmasters before me. I am the twentieth Headmaster of St Aloysius’ College and I have held the position for eighteen years. There is a sense that I have been forever in this role. It is time that I should be gone. There is an inner peace that my time has run out. I look to the future – but not yet! My assignment beyond 2003 has not been determined. For the rest of the year – after some sabbatical leave – will be as a member of the community of Canisius College, the Jesuit Theological College at Pymble. I am looking forward to a slower pace of life – for a while! My thanks go to so many over so many years. Indeed I have been blessed by the friendships and associations carved out in the hurly burly of a busy school. My work has been made easy by a College Council composed of considerable expertise and acumen shared selflessly on behalf of the College. The task of education has been made lighter by a I am a firm believer that this College will go from parent body who have not resiled from their God-given strength to strength. I know and value the competencies task of first educators of their children. The mission has of the two Jesuits who are following me – Ross Jones been shared by a professional and competent body of and Chris Middleton They are not neophytes in the men and women who have chosen to be teachers at a business of education. It is my prayer that they will time when the profession of teaching is not always quickly come to appreciate that St Aloysius’ is not just appreciated. My duties have been made all that more a school but a culture and that this culture is imbued easy in knowing that there are a dedicated group of men with an indomitable spirit. and women, not teachers, who serve this school wonderfully in their multifarious talents in So it is with a certain sadness but with much joy that administration. I wish you, in whatever capacity you take advantage of the wonders of the Aloysian family, God’s richest The job has been made easy by a body of young men blessings. who continually exhibit those signs of a Jesuit education – that they be competent, men of compassion, with a conscience that embraces the less fortunate of the earth. And the vision of school has been nurtured by an Old Boys’ Union that has appreciated the work done on Rev Fr A V Smith SJ their behalf in the school’s history. Headmaster Recently I was asked to choose a symbol that might best reflect the role of Headmaster. As I waded through imagery discarding one metaphor after another, I came The College Family would like to extend our deepest upon the one which I believe best suits me. It is that of sympathies to Rev Fr A V Smith SJ on the death of his the juggler! The task of a Headmaster is to essentially mother, Kathleen, in Perth on 17 February 2003. keep the balls in the air. The more balls he has in the air Our prayers are offered to Father Smith’s father, Paul and the better juggler he is. Every juggler will occasionally all the members of the Smith family. drop a ball. It is his task to retrieve the ball and put it back into motion. Now it is time to hand the balls over. 3 From the Foundation Preparing the new interior of the Canisius Room Capital Development carried out by the College over this period have directly benefited the students at the College. The works has been spread over the three campuses so every boy from Year 3 to Year 12 has enjoyed the fruits of our labours. Working on the new cloister near the Canteen he latest stage of the redevelopment of the Middle School (Years 7 – 10) Building was completed over Tthe recent Christmas Holidays. The day after the College broke for the holidays the builders moved in and eight weeks later, the day before school returned, they completed the work. This phase of the redevelopment involved the construction of a Pastoral Care – Chaplaincy Centre, the The new Canteen before fitout renovation of two Science Laboratories, the construction of a new Canteen and the renovation of the Canisius Room. The valuable and ongoing support of the entire College This project was part funded by the College Foundation. Family will ensure that we are able to provide our boys with The 2002 Annual Giving Appeal raised over $100,000 for the the best possible educational facilities. project. The 2002 New Parent Appeal also raised valuable Thank you to those people who supported the funds for this development. Foundation in 2002. Your support has made this phase of the This work brings the total spent by the College on redevelopment a reality! Capital Development since 1992 to over $18 million. All the Erecting the new glass awning above the Canteen Inside one of the two Science Laboratories that were renovated. 4 College Foundation Thank You! he College and the Foundation would like to thank the following Old Boys, Parents, Staff, Past Parents, TGrandparents, Widows of Old Boys, Suppliers and Friends of the College who kindly made a gift to the College Foundation in 2002. Your support has made the construction of the Pastoral Care – Chaplaincy Centre and the renovation of the College Canteen, Canisius Room and two Science Laboratories a reality.

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