When popular Year 12 boarder Nick Munsie passed away in June, his grieving school mates rallied together to raise funds for suicide research and prevention, drawing strength from tragedy.
The ongoing Covid crisis is having an impact on mental health. The College Wellbeing Team has introduced several measures to ensure every student has access to the support he needs during these challenging times.
At the Tokyo Olympic Games Spencer Turrin (2009) and Jack Hargreaves (2011) created College history by becoming the first Joeys Old Boys to win rowing gold medals.
Joseph McMahon is a colossus of Joeys history. Humble and devout, he would certainly have balked at such a description, but there can be little doubt his nine years at the helm of St Joseph’s College brought great success in all fields of endeavour.
Boarding at Joeys is often the tonic a boy needs to ramp up his focus on academic goals. It has certainly been the case with Jack Lennon, a third generation Joeys boy from the cotton town of Wee Waa in northern NSW.
When it was blessed and opened in 1940, the St Joseph’s College chapel fulfilled the wishes of all the Marist Brothers who had been associated with the College since its foundation in 1881.
Lt Commander Philip Playford (1952), whose distinguished naval career included active service aboard the HMAS Hobart in the Vietnam War and two years on the..
Described in 1956 as the “greatest all-round schoolboy athlete Australia has ever produced”, Jim McCann returned to the College in June to present the triple..
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