Life is Co-Ed and so are we
From 2023
In 2023 St Aloysius College proudly takes a bold step towards the future, becoming the first Catholic co-educational secondary school within the vibrant, multicultural City of Melbourne. Co-education will commence with the first intake of Year 7 boys in 2023. Subsequent years will continue to welcome boys through the Year 7 intake until St Aloysius becomes fully co-educational in 2028.
Our College
Everyone who joins St Aloysius College becomes part of an exciting journey which is already over 180 years in the making!
Who would have thought that when the venerable Mother Catherine Elizabeth McAuley (1778-1841) founded a congregation of religious sisters in Dublin, Ireland in 1831 – the beginnings of the Sisters of Mercy – that their values of hospitality, passion, justice, respect, service and courage would continue to be the driving forces behind all our educational programs.
Catherine McAuley visualized the education of women as a means to effect social change and help women to discover and to achieve to their full potential – we are still very much committed to these ideals. Catherine’s philosophy of education can be read in her own words:
"The simplest and most practical lesson I know…is to resolve to be good today, but better tomorrow"
130 Years
For over 130 years the staff and students of St Aloysius College have followed these sentiments – we are incredibly proud of the following milestones in our journey of learning.