Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College, Sydney

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College
May Christ Reign
Location
Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
Information
Type	Private, Single-sex, Day school, secondary
Denomination	Roman Catholic, Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
Established	1897
Principal	Libby Denny
Enrolment	823
Colour(s)	Navy and Gold
Website	[1]

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College is a Catholic secondary College for girls, founded in 1897 by the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, members of a religious congregation founded by Father Jules Chevalier in France in 1874, and located in the Sydney suburb of Kensington.

History and description

The College was moved to the Kensington site in 1913 and until 1995 was administered by the Sisters. It is part of the system of schools under the auspices of the Catholic Education Office in the Sydney Archdiocese.

At its opening, the college was an impoverished Catholic school, with little to no support from the government. As a result, the schools oldest structure, the Fyfe Wing, was not completed immediately, and construction stalled during 1914 when funds dried up. In 1915, a Franciscan Monk by the name of Friar Tony Macfarlane was assigned to teach Mathematics and Science at the school. Friar Tony Macfarlane had a strong background in Carpentry and a brief career as a Civil Engineer prior to taking his vows as a monk. Friar Macfarlane took upon himself to complete the construction of the schools main building, in an effort to remove classes from the OLSH convent next door. The OLSH nuns were involved in admin and some minor laboring work, with many parishioners volunteering their knowledge and labour time to help. With this means of completion, the Fyfe Wing was listed as a heritage site in 1984. Every year, the school celebrates this achievement on the Feast of St Francis. The school holds a bake sale, with all proceeds going to missionaries in Papua New Guinea and housing projects in the Northern Territory.

The college's present location in Kensington makes it accessible from the city and close to the University of NSW. It draws most of its students from the immediate local area and from Brighton-Le-Sands/Sans Souci. It is surrounded by excellent community resources and leisure facilities.

The campus is adjacent to the OLSH Provincial House, OLSH Convent and St Joseph's Aged Care Facility. It is near the MSC Monastery, Chevalier Resource Centre, and the parish church and primary college of Our Lady of the Rosary. Regular bus services from all areas run to the College.

External links

• OLSH College Kensington website