ABOUT US
Vision and Mission
Our commitment
St John’s College is a Catholic community whose members are inspired by high ideals of intellectual excellence, faithful Christian living and witness, and service to society.
The Mission of the College is to contribute to Catholic intellectual life in Australia and beyond by:
- helping to prepare the next generation of Catholic leaders,
- affirming the mutual relationship between human reason and Christian faith,
- providing material, spiritual and pastoral support to students,
- providing opportunities for higher education to people who are less advantaged,
- engaging with issues of significance to local and global communities.
Respect
Honesty
Charity
Courage to serve
St John’s College is a Catholic university college which enables young men and women to immerse themselves in university life through:
- a welcoming residential environment for students from different backgrounds;
- an experience of community living with social, sporting, religious and cultural opportunities;
- assistance to foster academic achievement;
- an opportunity to engage with the Catholic faith and its intellectual tradition;
- supportive pastoral care;
- formation in leadership through service to others.
Purpose and conviction
Students will leave the College:
- ready to embrace life’s challenges,
- having made life-long friends,
- as committed and engaged St John’s alumni, and
- wanting to contribute to the Catholic and broader communities.
A place to thrive
St John’s culture is committed to:
- participation of all St John’s students in the communal life of the College;
- high academic standards, critical and open inquiry, intellectual rigour;
- the compatibility of intellectual inquiry with the Christian Gospel;
- high standards of ethical behaviour and social responsibility;
- service to those less advantaged;
- respect, honesty and charity.
The principles
that guide
us forward
We believe in the power of honest work and genuine connection.
These values shape everything we do.
Intellectual rigour
We demand clear thinking and disciplined inquiry from every student.
Moral courage
We cultivate the strength to act rightly, even when the path is difficult.
Community service
We measure ourselves by what we give back to those around us.
