Mercy Partners acknowledge and pay respect to the traditional owners, the Yuggera, Turrbal, Jagera and Ugarapul People, recognising Elders past and present, on whose land we walk, work and live.
Whitefriars College provides a Catholic Education for boys where excellence is valued and all are challenged to achieve their best.
Extract from the College’s Vision
Whitefriars College is a Catholic School for Boys in the Carmelite tradition. The College was established by the Carmelite order of Priests and Brothers in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne in 1961. Whitefriars is unique as it is the only Carmelite school in the Southern Hemisphere and is grounded in the Carmelite tenets of Contemplation, Community and Service. The Colleges motto, Almae in Fide Parentis – in the care of a loving mother, speaks of our deep connection with Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The Carmelite identity is also strongly influenced by the contemplative spirit of the Prophet Elijah.
At Whitefriars our vision is to educate and develop gentle men in the Catholic Carmelite tradition of contemplation, community and service. We do so through the provision of a quality education for young men grounded in the Carmelite tradition that emphasises critical thinking, the search for meaning and how to contribute to the common good of society.
The College supports every student to seek and achieve excellence in their learning, their relationships, and their participation in the community. Students are invited to appreciate the Christian worldview and see the goodness of God in themselves, all others and the natural world. Our aim is to enable our young men to look beyond themselves with a moral compass and social conscience and to approach life with intelligence, inner strength and gentleness.
Education of a student at Whitefriars is not just academic; it is a holistic approach that focuses on the academic, faith, wellbeing, social, physical, intellectual and cultural dimensions. Whitefriars College is a boy’s school that provides students with hope and is a place which nurtures aspiration as well as knowledge, skills, understanding and a strong sense of Social Justice formed through faith in action, all of which aims to connect young men with school, to see beyond their current view and equip them for a world beyond Whitefriars.
Whitefriars College was entrusted to the care of Mercy Partners by the Carmelite Province of Our Lady Help of Christians, Australia and Timor-Leste on 18 April 2024.
Acknowledgement of Country
