March 2021 Dan McErlean Bryan McSweeney 12 Werona Street email:
[email protected] Sunnybank Qld 4109 Dear Old Boys St Mary’s College began the 2021 School Year with the arrival of our new Principal Brendan Stewart, enrolments now 940, including an additional Year (5) Class. Then the Blessing and Opening of the Edmund Rice Cultural Centre, which overlooks the Brother Frank Rodgers Sports Fields on the corner of Hill and Helen Streets, was officially opened on Tuesday 2/2/2021 The building caters for full College assemblies, provides state of the art lecture rooms for educational purposes and learning demonstrations and has tiered seating arrangements. The fit out includes a Kitchen area and an Archives display which depicts the great history of St Mary’s College. The lower floor includes a gymnasium, weights room, as well as students change room facilities, and leads out directly to the Sports Fields. Yes Boys – It’s On, The next meeting of the Brisbane Sub-Branch of the Toowoomba (St Mary’s) Brothers Old Boys’ Association will be held on Friday 26 March 2021 from 11:30am in “Harlequin Jacks” Bistro in the Sofitel Hotel situated above Central Station. Please remember in your prayers Old Boys and Friends of the College recently deceased: Life Member Rev Fr James Byrne (1949-1953) the second son of the late Dick and Moreen Joyce (Fitzpatrick) Byrne and brother of Anne, Patrick, Redmond, Denis and Mary Frances. Rev Brother Gary Ferguson (1951-1956). Rev Brother B.P.McCrossan – St Joseph’s College Staff 1982 and St Mary’s College 1983-1984.