Trinity Catholic College, Auburn

Infobox Aust school private
name = Trinity Catholic College


motto = "Truth, Courage, Community
established = 1995
type = Private, Co-educational, Day school
denomination = Roman Catholic
key_people = Paul Fensom (Principal)
fees =
city = Auburn and Regents Park
state = New South Wales
country = Australia flagicon|Australia
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enrolment = ~1,326 (7–12)
num_employ =
revenue =
colours = Red, White and Navy color box|#FF0000color box|#FFFFFFcolor box|#000080
homepage = [http://www.tcc.nsw.edu.au/ www.tcc.nsw.edu.au]

Trinity Catholic College is a Catholic institution located in New South Wales, Australia. The college, separated into two campuses, is situated in Regent's Park and Auburn. It is a co-educational secondary college providing Catholic education for students in Years 7-12 in the Auburn, Berala, Regent's Park, Sefton, Homebush West and Lidcombe region.

Trinity Catholic College was founded in 1995 from an amalgamation of three schools: Benedict College, Auburn, St John's Girls' High, Auburn and St Peter Chanel Girls' High, Regents Park. The College is located on two campuses. The Regents Park campus offers places to students in Years 7 and 8, while the Auburn campus is for students in Years 9 to 12.

These schools had a tradition of Catholic education. The Sisters of Charity, the first Religious Sisters to work in Australia, began a school at Auburn in 1893, which became St John's Regional College for Girls. The inspiration of Blessed Mary MacKillop was handed down in St Peter Chanel Girls' High at Regents Park, founded in 1953 by the Sisters of St Joseph. The tradition of the Marist Brothers was established in 1942 with the foundation of a boys' school at Auburn which eventually became the senior Secondary school of the district, Benedict College.

College name and badge

The name Trinity reflects the Roman Catholic belief in God existing as three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The college badge consists of the Southern Cross and , which represents the school's pride in their Catholic faith and the culture of their Australian heritage. This badge commits us to words and actions which are consistent with the values of Jesus Christ and in the best interests of all Australians.

The school motto 'Truth, Courage, Community' was introduced in 2005, for the celebration of the school's 10th anniversary.

College facilities

Trinity Catholic College has two campuses, with facilities including:
* One library and Resource Centre
* Hall
* Music Rooms
* Visual Arts Rooms
* Computer laboratories
* Drama Room
* Outdoor Basketball Courts
* One Technology block which include workrooms for Woodwork, Power Mechanics, Metal Engineering, Hospitality, Textiles, Design and Graphics, Engineering Science, Computer Rooms, Technical Drawing Rooms, Computer Aided Design area and Electronics Room
* Chapel
* Religious Education Resource Centres
* Dancing Halls and Musical Theatre Stages

Sports and extracurricular activities

Sports is a part of the curriculum at Trinity Catholic College. All students participate in a sport program each Thursday afternoon as well as having the opportunity to participate in a number of whole-school sporting carnivals.

The College is a member of both the Metropolitan Catholic Schools' Association (MCSA) and the Metropolitan Combined Catholic Schools' Association (MCCS), which hold competitions for a variety of sports for both boys and girls. The MCS provides inter-school competition sports such as Athletics, Basketball, Cricket, Cross Country, Golf, Rugby League, Soccer, Softball, Squash, Swimming, Tennis, Touch Football and Volleyball. The MCCS provides inter-school competition in Athletics, Volleyball, Swimming, Softball, Soccer, Tennis, Netball, Touch Football, Basketball, Hockey and Athletics.

See also

* List of non-government schools in New South Wales

External links

* [http://www.tcc.nsw.edu.au/ Trinity Catholic College website]