Trinity Catholic College, Lismore
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1 Dawson Street Lismore, New South Wales Australia |
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| Coordinates | 28°48′12″S 153°17′02″E / 28.8032218°S 153.2837704°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent, Catholic |
| Motto | In Word and Deed |
| Established | 1984 |
| Founded |
1886 (St. Mary's College for Girls), 1911 (St. Joseph's High School for Boys), 1985 (Amalgamated as Trinity Catholic College, Lismore) |
| Founder | Presentation Sisters & Marist Brothers |
| School district | Lismore Diocese |
| Principal | Br John Hilet FMS |
| Grades | Year 7–12 |
| Number of students | ca. 1450 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colour(s) | Blue and gold |
| Newspaper | Trinity Lantern |
| Yearbook | The Trinitarian |
| Affiliations | Marist Brothers, the Presentation Sisters and St Carthage's Cathedral Parish |
| Website | www.tccl.nsw.edu.au |
| An independent co-educational Catholic college on the Far North Coast of NSW | |
1886 (St. Mary's College for Girls), 1911 (St. Joseph's High School for Boys),
Trinity Catholic College is an independent co-educational secondary college located over two adjacent campuses on the northern fringe of Lismore, New South Wales, Australia.
St Mary's College for girls was founded by the Presentation sisters in 1886, as a boarding school, and continued its development when the Marist brothers opened St Joseph's high school for boys in 1911. The two schools formally amalgamated to form Trinity Catholic College Lismore in 1985, with a ceremony in late 1984 which laid the banners of St Mary's and St Joseph's schools to rest, and marked the official amalgamation of the two schools into Trinity Catholic College Lismore.
In June, July and August 2014 the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, a royal commission of inquiry initiated in 2013 by the Australian Government and supported by all of its state governments, began an investigation into the response of Marist Brothers to allegations of child sexual abuse in schools in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Queensland. Witnesses gave evidence or made statements before the Royal Commission that the alleged cases of abuse happened during the 1970s and 1980s at Daramalan College, Canberra, at Lismore, Campbelltown and in Far North Queensland.
Trinity's motto is; In Word And Deed. This is based on from the New Testament: "little children, let us love one another, not in word or speech, but in truth and action".
The triangle is an age old symbol of the blessed trinity – The father, Son and Holy Spirit. The cross stands as a reminder of the Christian nature of the college, and is the symbol of the life of Jesus. The Holy Trinity is a belief held by some Christian denominations, but not all, that the father, the son and the Holy Spirit all exist separately but together as a divine being.
The college colours of blue and gold were chosen by students to preserve the Marist tradition. Gold is the metal that never tarnishes, it is a symbol of God and love. Blue is associated with Mary, the mother of God who holds a special place in the college. The royal blue of the vest, jumpers and blazer also is symbolic of the morals and goals for the college.
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