St Patrick's College, Ballarat

Kwalejin St Patrick, wacce wani lokacin ake kira St Pat's, Paddy's ko SPC, makarantar kwana ce ta Katolika mai zaman kanta ga yara maza, wacce ke tsakiyar Ballarat, Victoria, Ostiraliya. An kafa makarantar ne ta hanyar Cocin 'Yan'uwa Kirista a shekarar 1893, waɗanda ke ci gaba da gudanar da makarantar ta hanyar Edmund Rice Education Australia . Makarantar tana ba da ilimi ga yara maza daga shekara ta 7 zuwa shekara ta 12, tare da mai da hankali kan shirye-shiryen ilimi da wasanni. Kwalejin tana haɓaka koyarwar Yesu Kiristi da Cocin Katolika, tana mai da hankali kan ginshiƙai huɗu na imani, ƙwarewa, al'ada da farin ciki. Mai kula da kwalejin, Paul Bird, Bishop na Ballarat, yana jagorantar manyan masallatan kwaleji tare da sauran firistoci (ciki har da tsoffin ɗaliban St Patrick's). Tarihi Asalin kwalejin ana kiranta da Holy Ghost College, wanda aka fara a shekarar 1888 kuma aka gudanar da shi ta hannun Holy Ghost Fathers . Haka kuma a shekarar 1888, 'Yan'uwa Kirista ne suka kafa Makarantar Firamare ta St Alipius.[1] Duk da haka, bayan fara aiki mai kyau, makarantar sakandare ta rufe saboda tafiyar Ubannin Ruhu Mai Tsarki zuwa Faransa. Bishop na Ballarat a lokacin, James Moore, ya tuntubi 'Yan'uwan Kiristoci na Lardin Ostiraliya, Brother Patrick Ambrose Treacy, don ya karɓi ragamar tafiyar da makarantar. Sabuwar kwalejin ta buɗe ƙofofinta a ranar 24 ga Janairu 1893, a matsayin Kwalejin St Patrick. 'Yan'uwan Kiristoci huɗu suna cikin ma'aikatan farko, tare da Brother JL Ryan a matsayin shugaban makarantar da ya kafa. A shekarar 1924, an gina makarantar firamare ta yara maza ta St Patrick's Christian Brother a titin Drummond ta Kudu. 'Yan'uwan Kirista a Kwalejin St Patrick ne ke gudanar da wannan makaranta da St Alipus, amma dukkansu sun zama makarantun parish a shekarun 1980. Kwalejin St Patrick ba ta da makarantar firamare a ciki, kuma ɗalibai suna farawa a aji na 7 bayan sun kammala karatun firamare a wani wuri. A hankali makarantar ta girma a girma da girma har ta zama babbar makarantar Katolika a Ballarat, har ma da ɗaya daga cikin manyan makarantun Katolika a Victoria. Kwalejin, ƙarƙashin mulkin 'Yan'uwa Kiristoci, ta girma daga ɗalibanta na farko da suka yi rajista a 1893 zuwa 168 a 1902. Tarihin makarantar ya kasance na farko ko da a lokacin ƙuruciyarta, inda a 1893, ɗalibin kwalejin, Sir Hugh Devine, ya zama likitan tiyata mai shahara a duniya. Makarantar ta bunƙasa sosai a cikin shekaru 100 da suka gabata, inda sama da yara maza 1,000 suka yi rajista. Kwalejin, a shekarar 1933, ta kammala gina gidan Ɗan'uwan, wani babban gini mai girman tubali ja, wanda har yanzu yana mamaye fuskar makarantar. An gina wani cocin tunawa a shekarar 1954 kuma an keɓe shi don tunawa da tsoffin ɗaliban St Patrick waɗanda suka mutu a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya da na Biyu. Wannan babban cocin Romanesque har yanzu yana da matsayi mai girma a gaban makarantar kuma shine cibiyar ruhaniyar makarantar. Kwalejin tana da ɗaliban da suka kammala karatun digiri sama da 300 waɗanda aka naɗa firistoci, wani tarihi a Ostiraliya. Sama da ɗaliban da suka kammala karatun digiri 60 sun shiga rayuwar addini. Manazarta