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Mission Action Day – 8th April 2022 The tradition of Mission Action Day continued on the final day of Term 1 with a day filled with community spirit. We drew on the guiding principles of the College and lived the words of St Eugene De Mazenod ‘We have but one heart, one soul’ as we […]

Each year, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent and is always 46 days before Easter Sunday.Lent is a 40-day season (not counting Sundays) marked by repentance, fasting, reflection, and ultimately celebration. The 40-day period represents Christ’s time of temptation in the wilderness, where he fasted and where Satan tempted him. Lent asks believers to set aside […]

The PTO portal will open for bookings shortly. Interviews are being held Monday 4th April, Tuesday 5th April and Wednesday 6th April 2022. To make your booking, please log in to the PTO portal via the link below or click the PTO image (left), enter the ID and password you received via email. Use this […]

Mazenod College is proud to introduce Dr Paul Shannon as Principal of the college. Dr Shannon is an experienced educator with a demonstrated history of working in the leadership industry. Skilled in Lesson Planning, Educational Technology, Classroom Management, Differentiated Instruction, and Curriculum Development. A Strong education professional with a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) focused in […]

House Athletics Day was held Friday 4th February. A great day was had by all students and staff.

Mazenod College is proud to announce the Class of 2021 VCE Results

“Designed by Dr Lea Waters (PhD), research professor and world expert in positive psychology, Visible Wellbeing™ (VWB) combines the science of wellbeing with the science of learning and teaching to make wellbeing visible in all classes and across co-curricula.” Our goal through the Visible Wellbeing approach is to make wellbeing visible so that we can proactively intervene and make changes in young people’s […]

Founder’s Day at Mazenod College on May 21 has a long and rich tradition. The Founders’ Day Mass and associated activities is now an annual college event. In fact, Founder’s Day dates to 1826 when a young man named Fr Eugene de Mazenod founded the Missionary Oblates of Mary in Aix-en- Provence, France. The 21st […]

It is with enormous pride we congratulate two of Mazenod College’s past students who have competed in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. This is not Damien Schumann’s first international competition. In fact he won a Gold medal competing in beach volleyball, with teammate Chris McHugh at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held on the Gold Coast. Unfortunately, […]

Congratulations to Daniel Plowman Year 12/2021 Daniel received the Premier’s Award for his performance in History Revolutions Units 3 & 4. What a wonderful honour, we are very proud of your achievements.

A huge congratulations and the very best of wishes to our Year 12/2020 students. We wish you all the best for your upcoming exams and your future. A very different assembly this year, but a lot of fun nonetheless.

Congratulations to our 2020 Top Scorers

As it approaches the end of year, we would like to celebrate all the efforts of our students during 2020 in the Visual Arts. These Virtual Exhibitions cover all classes across Studio Art, Art, Visual Communication Design and Digital Arts ranging from year 7 through to the VCE Art Exhibition (which wasn’t able to run […]

As we were unable to hold our traditional Emergency Services Assembly and acknowledge the memory of Old Boy Steve Tynan in October. Students Josh Hicks and Ryan Dean have put together a short 5 minute presentation which was played in all homerooms. The Walsh Street police shootings were the 1988 murders of two Victoria Police […]

The Mazenod Chess team was highly successful this year and fortunately still able to compete and hold a number of tournaments, including some played remotely from home. The Mazenod Open tournament was won by Jackie Li in Year 8 in a competition against students from all year levels, while Alston Pham and Anderson Gong won […]

The 2019 Mazenod College Annual Report has been published. You can view the report here.

Our annual Excellence Award Assembly (formally known as 90+) was a wonderful success for both students, parents/guardians and the Mazenod College Community as a whole. Well attended by proud parents and mentors, we celebrated the outstanding achievements of our 2019 Year 12 students with a standout speech delivered by our College Dux; Samuel Warner.

Click here to view a message from Mazenod College Captain, Dylan Peiris

In December 2019, 9 of our senior students had the privilege of going to an exciting expedition to NASA, Houston, USA along with a staff member. This added further exposure and experience to the learning journeys of our students. The two-week long program was filled with adventurous discovery, development and lots of hands on learning. […]

The Age, Wednesday 18th December 2019 To turn his Catholic boys’ school into a humanities powerhouse, Mazenod College subject co-ordinator Nick Young said he had to confront the students’ weaknesses. “Boys definitely connect with history; they love war, revolution and those sorts of narratives,” he said. “But they don’t like reading. That’s a stereotype that […]

It is with great pleasure that I present to you the VCE Results for 2019. We are proud of all the students graduating from Mazenod in both VCE and VCAL. A huge congratulations to all Mazenod College students!

Students from schools including Mazenod and Avila are participating in the NASA CASE Space Program. Students spend two weeks in Houston with incredible access to NASA and innovative technology organisations. They tour NASA and cutting-edge tech start-ups, engage directly with NASA experts to design and plan their own space mission, and apply business management skills […]

We flew to Perth last Saturday for our stay at Mazenod WA where we were welcomed and supported (particular mention go to the staff who drove us around in their buses). We had a great coming together with Oblate youth groups, Iona, Mazenod WA as a united Oblate Youth Australia gathering. On Saturday night Mass was […]

The measure of accomplishment for a Speech Night should not be based on duration, but one of the goals set for Speech Night 2019 – Celebrate and Inspire, was to make the evening more pungent and relevant to all members of the College Community. You did not have to be an award recipient, a musician […]

The annual Performing Arts Festival has become a highlight in the school year and this year’s effort certainly did not disappoint in maintaining a high standard. For this event the staff are the helpers, as the senior Performing Arts students take the reins of leadership from the first conceptual meeting to the final bow of […]

Mazenod College proudly presented our annual Music Gala on September 10th. It proved to be a night of beautiful music which showcased our talented cohort of students.

On 12 October 1988, Constables Steven Tynan and Damian Eyre responded to the report of an abandoned car in Walsh Street, South Yarra. The tragic events that followed would send shockwaves through the Victorian Police force. Mazenod College has a tradition to pay homage and respect to Constables Tynan and Eyre in a whole school […]

Vinnies & Rosies Oblate Youth – Friday 9th August The senior students of Mazenod marked their commitment to action during ‘Homelessness Week’, 4th -10th August with the annual Winter Sleepout. Drawing on the legacy of the three previous sleepouts, Social Justice captains Sam Warner and Matthew Yong along with the Vinnies Conference students and SRC […]

Mazenod College traveled to Central Australia with 19 students from June 24th to July 5th. The Year 10 and 11 students worked their way up through the center of Australia by Australiner bus, experiencing the rich culture and jaw dropping landscape of the region. Despite the cold night temperatures, the mild clear days helped make the […]

July 29th 2019 saw members of our extended Mazenod Community gathered to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Fr Kevin Davine’s ordination into the order of Oblates of Mary Immaculate. It was a wonderful occasion with eloquent speeches capturing the essence of Fr Kevin’s leadership and priestly life. Guests were reminded of the time when Fr […]

This year’s musical was “Seussical” and what a success it was! A fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza! “Seussical” was fun for the whole family. Mazenod and Avila students were excited to portray the characters from the familiar Dr. Seuss fables. The musical provided wonderful creative opportunities not just for the actors but also for set, lighting […]

This year a total of 9 students and 3 teachers from Mazenod College took up the opportunity to visit China having left Melbourne on the 30th March and returning 12th April. Our blog will keep you up-to-date with all the happenings of the tour.  You can visit the blog here:  https://sites.google.com/mazenodcollege.vic.edu.au/chinaimmersiontour2019/home