Marist College Canberra

Marist College Canberra is a Year 4 - 12 Catholic learning community for boys. It is founded in the Marist tradition of St Marcellin Champagnat and our core values derive from our understanding of the gospels and Marist characteristics. We are a school that nurtures and strengthens our students as they are transformed into better and more compassionate people. We invite young people to engage in an education that sets high expectations and uncompromising standards. In the process, we give them a chance to test themselves against the best they think they can be, to grow in the knowledge of the Catholic faith, to develop a loving relationship with Jesus Christ and to build a Christian community.

As a Marist community, we endeavour to encourage and develop the Marist spirit and camaraderie in our boys, as outlined in our Core Values. We often hear ex-students speak of how proud they are ‘to be Marist’ and it is in supporting our ethos that the Marist charism can become real for our boys.

The origins of Marist College Canberra are to be found at the Rocks in Sydney. There in 1875, only three years after the foundation of the first Marist school in Australia, the Brothers began a Select School or High School with Brother Augustine McDonald as its first Principal. Such a school was quite an innovation for those days, when having even primary schooling made one well educated.

Our Mission is to run an exceptional Catholic school for boys, in the Marist tradition, where the Good News of Jesus Christ is proclaimed and where faith, educational excellence and the call to justice are reconciled and lived. This College, in partnership with the families of its students, aims to build on the initial formative influence of the family, in the lifelong process of Christian education.

Our Vision is We want to create a school that nurtures and strengthens our students as they are transformed into better and more compassionate people. We invite young people to engage in an education that sets high expectations and uncompromising standards. In the process, we give them a chance to test themselves against the best they think they can be, to grow in the knowledge of the Catholic faith, to develop a loving relationship with Jesus Christ and to build a Christian community.