History of the Foundation

The proposal to establish Campion College Australia emerged from the Campion Fellowship, a national association of Australian Catholics formed in 1973. The Fellowship shares the desire of a predecessor organisation, the Campion Society of the 1930s, to foster the intellectual and cultural life of the Church through programs of educational depth and quality. It is inspired by the Catholic Church's mission of evangelisation, as envisioned by the Second Vatican Council and elaborated most notably by Pope John Paul II.

In 2001, the Campion Foundation was established to build on the work of these earlier Campion associations. It draws on the inspiration of St Edmund Campion, the outstanding Oxford scholar and teacher of his day.