page_title: Newman College, Melbourne
section_title: Rectors
hierarchical_section_title: Newman College, Melbourne / Administration / Rectors
caption_attribution_description: English: The dome of Newman College (built 1916-1918) by renowned architect Walter Burley Griffin.
context_page_description: Newman College is an Australian Roman Catholic co-educational residential college affiliated with the University of Melbourne. During the university year it houses about 220 undergraduate students and about 80 postgraduate students and tutors. The college was named after Saint John Henry Newman, a former Anglican and major figure in the Oxford Movement who became a Roman Catholic in the 19th century. Although most strongly affiliated with the University of Melbourne, a small number of undergraduate students attend RMIT University, Monash University's Parkville and City campuses, and the Australian Catholic University.
  The collegiate system was a response to the secular nature of the university, as each of the major Christian churches were given land to the north of the main campus to establish institutions in which to teach religion. The college motto is Luceat Lux Vestra, translating from Latin as "Let Your Light Shine".
  At its opening the administration of the college was entrusted to the Society of Jesus who continue its administration to the present day. As of 2020, the rector of the college is Frank Brennan SJ AO, an Australian Jesuit priest, human rights lawyer and academic.
caption: Dome of Newman College
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