{"id":35,"date":"2016-10-17T06:11:48","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T06:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/our-identity\/college-houses\/coghlan-house\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T09:04:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T22:04:35","slug":"coghlan-house","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/our-identity\/college-houses\/coghlan-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Coghlan House"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Coghlan Shield<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The Lion<\/strong>: proudly striding forth represents the courage of Br Coghlan\u2019s convictions, to make tough decisions in the face of adversity and to be brave when facing challenges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Telescope<\/strong>: symbolises Br Coghlan\u2019s great vision and belief in the College\u2019s potential. It also serves as a reminder to keep our sights set on the ideals of Blessed Edmund Rice as we embrace the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Star and Bars<\/strong>: symbolise strength and fortitude and are taken from the College Crest, another Coghlan initiative. These together with his motto \u2018Luceat Lux Vestra\u2019 are embedded within the ethos of St Patrick\u2019s College.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>PATRON<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Coghlan House honours the memory of Br John Vincent Coghlan, Headmaster of St Patrick&#8217;s College for two terms, 1936-1941 and 1945-1950. He played a leading role in developing the College&#8217;s identity and whilst he may not have laid the first stone, he introduced the strong foundations upon which the College has flourished.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8758 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Br-Coghlan.jpg\" alt=\"br-coghlan\" width=\"227\" height=\"283\" \/>John Vincent Coghlan was born in Brunswick, Victoria and educated at St Patrick\u2019s College in Ballarat. He joined the Christian Brothers in 1909 and at the age of 16, came to Mount St Mary in Strathfield to commence his training. Following this, Br Coghlan undertook a number of different teaching and leadership roles in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart, before being appointed Superior at Wagga Wagga. In 1936 however, Br Coghlan embarked on the first of his two appointments as Principal\u00a0of St Patrick\u2019s College, Strathfield.<\/p>\n<p>From the onset Br Coghlan recognised the College\u2019s great potential, but knew that if it were to be realised he would need to start with the students. One of his first challenges was to instil a sense of school spirit and pride within the students and with this in mind, Br Coghlan introduced the College crest, the College uniform and the College motto, Luceat Lux Vestra. He also appointed the College\u2019s first student leadership team and even instructed one of the Brothers (Br Butler) to create a suitable war cry for our students to take to the sports field with. He also completed building projects like the tennis courts and was able to secure more land for the expansion of Breen Oval.<\/p>\n<p>Under Br Coghlan\u2019s leadership the ensuing years saw us enjoy some outstanding academic and sporting successes. People began to notice the smartness and politeness of the Christian gentlemen who came to the College, and as a result enrolments increased dramatically. Perhaps Br Coghlan\u2019s greatest legacy however is our school spirit which has remained deeply engrained within the culture of St Patrick\u2019s College.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>coghlan house<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/876944134?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coghlan Shield The Lion: proudly striding forth represents the courage of Br Coghlan\u2019s convictions, to make tough decisions in the face of adversity and to be brave when facing challenges. The Telescope: symbolises Br Coghlan\u2019s great vision and belief in &hellip; <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/our-identity\/college-houses\/coghlan-house\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9095,"parent":29,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18094,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/18094"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}