Image: Professor Simon Haines speaking at the 2025 Shakespeare Symposium.   Campion College is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Simon Haines as Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts. In this role, Professor Haines will work with Campion College’s Centre for the Study of the Western Tradition (CSWT) and contribute to the intellectual life of […]

The Board of Trustees of Campion College has announced that the President of Campion College, Dr Paul Morrissey, will conclude his service at the end of 2026, with Mr John Roskam appointed to succeed him. Reverend Deacon Adam Walk, Chairman of the Campion College Board of Trustees said, ‘For more than 11 years, Campion College […]

“The world really needs saints right now.” That was the challenge put to graduates at Campion College Australia’s 18th Graduation Ceremony, held on Tuesday 16 December in the George Cardinal Pell Grand Hall on the College’s Toongabbie campus. Occasional Address speaker Dr Joanna Howe, Professor of Law at the University of Adelaide, told graduates that […]

This week we were pleased to welcome The Hon. Don Farrell, Minister for Trade and Tourism, Special Minister for State, and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate to Campion College. During his visit, he toured our new Academic Centre, met with the College President Dr Paul Morrissey and College Trustees, Mr Joe de […]

In celebration of the 800th anniversary of the birth of St Thomas Aquinas, Campion College’s Centre for the Study of the Western Tradition (CSWT) hosted a full-day conference on 11 October 2025, exploring the theme “Aquinas and the Vita Contemplativa.” The event brought together scholars, clergy, and students to reflect on Aquinas’s profound insights into […]

The Parramatta Professionals Forum welcomed a full room of guests at Sahra by the River Parramatta on Friday, 17 October 2025, for a lunchtime address by Mr Joe de Bruyn. With a long and distinguished career in Australia’s union, political, and educational landscape, Mr de Bruyn spoke passionately on the topic “The Attack on Marriage”, […]

Campion College’s Centre for the Study of the Western Tradition welcomed scholars and enthusiasts from across Australia to Toongabbie on 5–6 September for its Shakespeare Symposium, a two-day gathering that sought to explore Shakespeare’s works at the intersection of literature and philosophy. The event brought together a distinguished group of speakers, including two Campion College […]

Campion College’s Women’s Lunch brought together over 140 women on Thursday 4 September in the George Cardinal Pell Grand Hall for an afternoon of celebration, reflection, and fellowship. It was a wonderful occasion to welcome new friends and supporters, while also giving longstanding friends the chance to reconnect and share in the life of the […]

Campion College hosted its 2nd Annual Vianney Lecture last night, welcoming Fr Sean Byrnes as the keynote speaker via video call after illness prevented his planned in-person visit. Fr Byrnes presented on the topic “The Anthropological Dimensions of Marian Cooperation: What Does Mary’s Cooperation Mean for Our Own?” Fr Byrnes brings a rich pastoral and […]

It is with profound sadness that we mourn the passing of Bishop Emeritus Peter John Elliott ( 1 October 1943 – 6 August 2025 ), a beloved friend and longtime supporter of our college.  Bishop Elliott was a founding member of the John XXIII Fellowship, which later became the Campion Fellowship and helped lay the intellectual and spiritual foundations of Campion College. Founding […]