OUR STORIES

• WAR CRY BELTED OUT AT ’79 REUNION

  ​Sean McGrath has led old schoolmates in a rousing rendition of The War Cry at the recent 40-year reunion of the Class of 1979.
  
  Sean (pictured) belted out the war cry with gusto as 54 fellow former students and teachers followed suit. Earlier, the then Parade College Captain Tony Todaro, who nobly supported the Association in rounding up fellow ’79ers for the big night, talked with great affection of his formative years at the Bundoora campus.
  
  Now managing a business, and a father to three sons 24, 22 and 19, Tony, in responding to a question about life’s journey since College days, promptly replied: “I’ve been doing what most of the boys have been doing here I guess. Working and raising a family”.

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• LEWIS DERRICO STANDS DOWN AS OPA PRESIDENT

  ​Lewis Derrico (1974), the President of the Old Paradians’ Association since its revival in late 2009, has stood down after ten years at the helm.
  
  Succeeding Lewis as President is Paul Shannon (1985), the Association’s long-serving Vice President. The role of Vice President will now be shared by two fellow committeemen John Abrahams (1982) and Andy Walsh (1971).

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• OP JEREMY JOHNSON AWARDED AM

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• DALE GIVES BACK TO COLLEGE'S ACADEMY STUDENTS

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• COLLEGE’S COLLINS MATRIARCH TURNS 100

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• AN OLD PARADIAN’S ODE TO THE FUTILITY OF WAR

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UPCOMING EVENTS

• 2019-07-10 OPA Luncheon

  Held on every second Wednesday of the month since 1936, the OPA Monthly Luncheon is quite possibly the oldest luncheon of its type in the world. Join Old Paradians over a sumptuous meal and a glass of vino within the idyllic surrounds of Melbourne's RACV City Club in Bourke Street.

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• 2019-08-09 20-YEAR REUNION, CLASS OF '99

  The Hickey Foyer provides the appropriate backdrop for a 20-year reunion of those old boys who made up Parade College's final year Class of 1999.

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• 2019-08-14 OPA Luncheon

  Held on every second Wednesday of the month since 1936, the OPA Monthly Luncheon is quite possibly the oldest luncheon of its type in the world. Join Old Paradians over a sumptuous meal and a glass of vino within the idyllic surrounds of Melbourne's RACV City Club in Bourke Street.

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ABOUT

The Old Paradians' Association seeks to foster links with all past students, whose formative years were shaped by the Christian Brothers of Parade College.

Formally established in 1914, the Association’s inaugural 13-man committee included the President James Kennedy (who completed his Matriculation class at Parade in 1890), Reverend Brother JM Dwyer and the Rush brothers Robert and William, all of whom maintained a continuing interest in the Association for the rest of their lives.