OUR STORIES

• CHANCE CHAT TAKES FRANK BACK TO HIS FATHER

  What started as a simple business catch-up at Parade’s Bundoora Campus has ended with a touching family reconnection for stonemason Frank Hallett.
  
  The story began when Frank and Old Paradians’ Association President Lewis Derrico recently met at the College to discuss the installation of a bronze plaque at the unmarked grave of Michael Sullivan, a much-respected Parade teacher and member of the Association’s inaugural committee of 1914.
  

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• PARADE'S OWN CELEBRATES 50 GLORIOUS YEARS

  Former students and teachers both past and present recently gathered in the Hickey Foyer to raise a glass in celebration of Parade College’s 50 years.
  
  Amongst those in attendance for the 50th anniversary celebrations was Spence Williams who was schooled at the ‘Old Bluestone Pile’ in East Melbourne and was later part of Bundoora’s teaching faculty in that landmark year of 1968.
  
  Last year’s College Dux Callum Holmes, resplendent in his Old Paradians tie and pictured here with long-serving teacher Ivan Kummerle, also joined the festivities as did six former College captains - Phil Carter (1969), Michael Milesi (1971), Lewis Derrico (1974), John Tobin (1986), Gerard Smith (1987) and Michael Donato (2017) - and next year's captain Max Tricarico.

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• CLASS OF ’78 FRONTS UP AT THE KENT

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• FAMED COLLEGE CHOIRBOYS THE SUBJECTS OF NEW FILM

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• PLUNKETT NAMED OLD PARADIANS SENIOR COACH

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• OPA ACKNOWLEDGES KEVIN’S COMMUNITY SERVICE

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UPCOMING EVENTS

• OPA Monthly Luncheon

  As is normal practice for the November Luncheon, Parade Principal Dr Denis Moore will report the school’s 2018 activities through what is the Bundoora campus’ 50th year and its plans for 2019.

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• OPA Monthly Luncheon

  As the year draws to a close we reflect on a frenetic year for the Old Paradians. On this occasion, Guest Speaker is the Old Paradians’ Association President Lewis Derrico, who will provide a wrap of activities through 2018 and outline plans for 2019 and beyond.

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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.