Mr Gray Connolly addresses students at Formal Hall

May 26th, 2023

On Thursday the 25th of May, students and staff gathered for Formal Hall. Our guest speaker for the evening was Gray Connolly, a Sydney-based barrister and public commentator with expertise in public law and commercial law practice, including constitutional law, energy and resources law and admiral/shipping law. In his Formal Hall address, Mr Connolly provided […]

Shout out for Campion College in editorial on AI

May 24th, 2023

Campion College received a shout out in Monday’s edition of The Australian in an editorial on the challenges presented by artificial intelligence: In the face of another technological revolution, the World Economic Forum is looking to tradition for answers. In a 2016 paper about the “fourth industrial revolution’’, including AI, the Forum argued that rather than […]

Campion co-founder writes on the influence of Christopher Dawson on education

April 20th, 2023

In a recent article published on MercatorNet, Campion College co-founder Karl Schmude shares his reflections on Joseph Stuart’s latest book, Christopher Dawson: A Cultural Mind in the Age of the Great War, and on the influence of Christopher Dawson on institutions such as Campion College: Stuart’s approach is admirably expressed in the subtitle of his […]

High achievers pursue studies at Campion College

April 13th, 2023

Campion College has welcomed a record number of high achievers in its liberal arts program this year, with 25 per cent of new students achieving an ATAR of 90.00 or higher in their Year 12 studies. College president, Dr Paul Morrissey, warmly welcomed all commencing students in a Matriculation Ceremony at the start of the […]

Parramatta Professionals Forum hosts Mr Danny Casey

April 13th, 2023

On Thursday the 13th of April, the Parramatta Professional Forum hosted Mr Danny Casey, Director of Schools, Catholic Schools Broken Bay. Mr Casey spoke about his time working on the Vatican Financial Reforms before answering questions and sharing additional stories with the group. The Parramatta Professionals Forum is a network group established by Campion College, […]

Student leaders get a sneak peek of new Academic Centre

April 11th, 2023

Earlier this month, our student leaders were treated to a special tour of the Academic Centre to see how construction is progressing. Students toured through the new lecture theatre and classrooms before moving across to the two-storey library where our new stained-glass skylight was recently installed. The tour finished up with a look at the […]

Greg Sheridan delivers public lecture on St Paul

April 6th, 2023

On Wednesday the 29th of March, Campion College had the great pleasure of hosting a public lecture on the Letters of St Paul at The Athenaeum Club in Melbourne. Our guest speaker for the evening was Greg Sheridan,  author of God is Good for You, editor at The Australian and a longtime friend of Campion College. […]

Stained-glass skylight is installed in new college library

April 4th, 2023

Campion College President, Dr Paul Morrissey, recently had the pleasure of witnessing the installation of the skylight in the new college library. The skylight, which contains 15 pictorial panels surrounded by an additional 20 panels containing phrases in Latin and English, was carefully installed one piece at a time over a period of three days. […]

CSWT hosts book launch for Jamie Grant’s new collection of poems

March 17th, 2023

On Thursday the 16th of March, Campion College’s Centre for the Study of the Western Tradition (CSWT) hosted the book launch for Jamie Grant’s new collection of poems. CSWT Director, Dr Stephen McInerney, remarked that it was a great pleasure to launch Hallucination, Mr Grant’s latest volume of work. “It has all the features that we’re used […]

Literature Lecturer Comments on Roald Dahl Censorship in The Weekend Australian

February 25th, 2023

Campion Literature Lecturer and Director of the College’s Centre for the Study of the Western Tradition, Dr Stephen McInerney, has been featured in today’s edition of The Weekend Australian. In the article, Dr McInerney comments on the power of literature to change us and how a fear of this change “can lead in turn to […]