The 
Journey
Maitland
Glebe
Redfern
Fairfield
Orange
Liverpool..

Goulburn
Albury
Armidale
Dubbo
Ryde
Waterloo

Bathurst
Granville
Wagga
Blacktown
Redfern...


Liverpool
1954 - 2000*

Liverpool is one of the original townships of the British settlement of Sydney. It lies about 24 kms south-west of the city of Sydney.
 
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Patrician Principals
Brother Joseph Tierney
Brother Ignatius Barrett 
Brother Gerald Egan
Brother Basil Downey (Prim)
Brother Patrick O'Connell 
Brother Cronan O'Meara
Brother Anthony Dubois 
Brother Benedict Olsen 
Brother Jude Byrne
Brother Matthew Mahoney
Br Ignatius Barrett
1958 Primary
A Class of the 60s
Br Peter's Class
60s Construction
80s Secondary Staff
90s Primary Staff
College Campus
* 2000 was the last year a Patrician held the position of Principal at the College.
 
The Patrician Brothers came to Liverpool in 1954.  The foundation grew out of the need to alleviate enrolment pressures on the recently opened school at Fairfield.  So great was the hunger for a Catholic education that students from beyond Liverpool were seeking enrolment at Fairfield. Opening a school at Liverpool would help the Fairfield situation. 

In their generosity, the Sisters of Charity were to provide a classroom and playground for the boys.  Brother Joseph Tierney was chosen as the one to bring the Patrician Brothers to All Saints Parish in the old Macquarie town of Liverpool; however, within the first year poor health may it necessary for Brother Joseph to step down from the Liverpool venture. Brother Ignatius Barrett took his place.

The first stages of the present Primary school were completed in September 1955.  It was in this year that a second Brother, Brother Lactean McGee was assigned to the school.  There was no classroom available for some months.  Until then, classes were held in a partition-type shelter which was subject to the elements.   These hardships were borne with good spirit by the Brothers and their first students.

Although teaching conditions improved there was no residence for the brothers until December, 1958.  Until this more permanent residence was opened by Bishop James  (later Cardinal Sir James Freeman) the Brothers travelled from various places such as Redfern, Granville and Fairfield.  The warmth, friendship and generosity of the Liverpool people sustained their perseverance. 

The first community to live at Liverpool comprised of Brother Ignatius Barrett, Brother Eugene Kelly and Brother Callistus Keating. Brother Ignatius was to remain Superior until 1962.

The first signs of expansion appeared in 1963.  These included a larger tuckshop and an extra classroom which enabled better tuition for the slower learners.  Generally class sizes were too big to give much attention of the slower learner.  The provision of this classroom helped alleviate concern over this issue.   Encouraging these changes was the new Superior, who had begun his long association with the school in 1959.

Brother Gerald Egan's period as Superior saw the greatest period of expansion to date.  Firstly there were extensions to the Monastery; two rooms were built.

The next stage of growth was the building of the Secondary School in response to the demands of the Wyndam Scheme.  The first section was opened in 1966 and relieved the stress of overcrowded classrooms.  While the building was in progress, some of the classes had to meet in the old All Saints' Church, made vacant by the erection of the All Saints Memorial Church.  These classes later moved to the rooms vacated when the secondary classes took up residence in the new school on Bigge Street.

When more growth took place in 1967, the students cold now avail themselves of Woodwork facilities, alongside Art, Music and Science resources.  It was also possible to allocate one of the larger rooms as a Library, a modest forerunner of the present All Saints Library.

The next stage of expansion in the 1970s included the building of Technical Drawing Rooms, extending the Science Rooms and improving the Art amenities.   Changes to the playground improved conditions, especially on wet days.   Although there have been few major extensions since the mid 1960s, there have been alterations within the existing buildings including a major redevelopment and upgrade of the administration and staff areas in the mid 1990s.

As the time of the Patricians at Liverpool was coming to an end perhaps one of the main features of education at the school was the sharing of facilities by the two adjacent secondary schools. This culminated in the joint development of the Performing Arts Centre completed in 2000.

Although modest in its beginnings, the Patrician foundation at Liverpool has flourished. So much is owed to the dedication, self-sacrifice, enthusiasm, and spirit of the Brothers, staff, parents, and students who have made All Saints College the success that it is.
 

May All Saints continue to be aware of God's presence with them.
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On the 19th of December, 2000, the staff of All Saints hosted a farewell liturgy for the Patrician Brothers and especially the out-going Principal Brother Matthew Mahoney.
It was a very moving and fitting ceremony on which to turn the last page of the Patrician chapter on Liverpool.
Br Matthew Mahoney
Good-bye and Luck
Prayer Setting
Students at farewell
The Brothers gather
A Piper's Send-off
The Brothers will never forget the generosity of so many people who made their ministry at Liverpool both possible and a joy: the Charity Sisters, the priests of the parish, the dynamic and inspiring parents and friends of the College, and the students for whom it was all for.