As a Catholic school, St Aloysius’ College should never be content with the status quo. Instead, we should be restless for excellence – human excellence. Excellence, as defined by our nature as a Christian community in the Jesuit tradition, is neither some arbitrary number or index, nor implied comparison with others. Instead, it is a perpetual desire to go more deeply and to see each member of our community flourish in all dimensions of their humanity. We should be constantly driven to pursue the Magis.

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As a Jesuit school, St Aloysius’ College is the inheritor of a 500-year-old living tradition. Its mission remains true – the formation of young men, in partnership with their families, who seek and find God in all things, possess a faith that does justice and hence are men for others. St Aloysius’ College seeks to form young men who demonstrate authentic human excellence – competence, conscience, compassion and commitment – the so-called 4Cs. Therefore, human excellence, as we define it, is not a destination but a constant journey, a constant striving. Both the Spiritual Exercises and the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus offer us a path to human excellence through the lens of Ignatian Spirituality.

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The College commits to a strategic direction that seeks to maintain our tradition through an innovative approach to our way of proceeding. The approach has three foci. At the heart of this strategy is the individual student, our commitment to his care through cura personalis, to his holistic formation and the opportunities he is provided with to develop and demonstrate human excellence as encapsulated by the 4Cs. St Aloysius’ holds that the most important factor in a student flourishing (outside of his family) is his teacher. Therefore, we prioritise the support and development of our teachers within this Plan.

 

Finally, in the increasingly fragile and fractionated world, our Aloysian Family is a vital source of community. This Plan prioritises the opportunity for connection within our shared mission and faith – both locally and globally. 

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As an inherently resourceful independent Catholic school, we are not seeking a larger volume of programs and works, but, instead, a greater depth to what we undertake. In this, we commit ourselves to deepening demographically our accessibility and inclusiveness – this is another form of excellence distinctive to a Jesuit school. The capacity for a broad range of families to enrol their sons at the College relies upon our relatively moderate fee levels and the strength of our Bursary Program.
This Plan commits to both of these two essential drivers of Catholic culture. 

 

As a Christian pilgrim community, we are called to respond to the signs of the times. The disruption of the pandemic has revealed to us both what is important and what is possible. We are called to accommodate, to adapt.

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The capacity for technology – a service which has the capacity to be both humane and liberating –
to innovate whilst being true to our mission has been manifested in recent times. This Plan commits to fundamentally changing elements of our practice through creative approaches to our core mission.

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The pandemic has also taught us precaution, and this extends to what Fr Arturo Sosa SJ (Superior General 2016 – ) calls ‘our common home’, creation, and our responsibility to care for the world and our environment. Therefore, we also commit to a communal response to responsible environmental stewardship in our behaviours and in our decisions.

 

These are both important and possible.

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Human Excellence should be considered in companionship with the College’s Capital Master Plan – Plan Magis. Plan Magis sets the direction for the future physical development of our campuses. The focus of Plan Magis is on teaching and learning and the ongoing stewardship of the campuses to support the College’s Jesuit mission and Ignatian charism. The Master Plan provides an overall framework for development over the next two decades, building both on existing opportunities whilst looking to the future and anticipating change for this Jesuit educational ministry. 

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As The Boys’ Chapel sits at the heart of the College in Milsons Point, Jesus sits at the heart of our ethos and identity. Our mission is to offer each student, Christ as the model of human life. Our Plan constitutes a renewed commitment for the College to be an expression of Church for all within our community.