OUR STORIES

• ANTE COMMITS AS OPA’s 1200th LINKEDIN MEMBER

  ​Ante Basic, a final year student of 2014, recently became the 1200th Old Paradian to connect with the Association's LinkedIn network.
  
  Currently completing a BA in Anthropology at La Trobe University, Ante joined the online business platform, which is managed by OPA committeeman Phil Carter (1969).
  
  “It’s important to stay connected with people and communities especially those like the OPA,” said Ante, pictured at the Vatican back in January.

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• WERE YOU A PARADE 1ST XVIII PREMIERSHIP PLAYER?

  ​If the answer is yes, then the Old Paradians' Association is extending an invitation to you to join Parade's 1970 Brownlow Medallist Peter Bedford at a Luncheon prior to the much-anticipated Parade-St Bernard's match at the Garvey Oval.
  
  On Anzac Day eve, Wednesday, April 24, the pre-match Luncheon will be held in the Frank Mount Social Room. It is here that the Association has extended an invitation to any player who was part of Parade's Premiership-winning teams in either the ACC or Herald Sun Shield to relive past glories and support the College's current players as they do battle with St Bernard's for the Madden-Bedford Shield.

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• DAMIEN WOODRUFF (1961-2019)

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• PROMINENT OPs GATHER FOR UNVEILING OF PANELS

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• A MESSAGE FROM EREA - Br (Dr) DENIS MOORE

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• REMEMBERING BROTHER BOWLER - GEOFFREY COYNE'S TRIBUTE

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UPCOMING EVENTS

• 2019-04-10 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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• 2019-04-24 Bedford Madden Shield Luncheon

  A pre-match Luncheon in the company of legendary League figures Peter Bedford and Simon Madden in the newly-refurbished Frank Mount Social Room, on the day that Parade and St Bernards 1st XVIII teams vie for the much-prized Bedford-Madden Shield.

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• 2019-05-08 OPA Ladies' Luncheon

  Join the women of Parade in what is now the most-attended of the Association Luncheons held at the RACV City Club, on a day in which the Association's annual Woman of Distinction Award is presented.

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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.