The Shield<\/strong>: With its chevrons and bars, it is a symbol of strength and fortitude.<\/p>\n The Motto<\/strong>: ‘Luceat Lux Vestra’ (Let your light shine) is found in the fifth chapter of Matthew’s Gospel just after Christ’s preaching the Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount. Just as the world needs light, so it also needs disciples like the Master. Light hidden under cover is of no use. Those who wear the crest pledge fidelity to this motto.<\/p>\n The Star<\/strong>: Seen mounting the Crest, it signifies that the College lights the way to knowledge and to the Heavenly Father.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Created in 1936 for Metropolitan Catholic Colleges Combined Athletics Carnival at the SCG.\u00a0 Suggested by Br Coghlan and composed by Br Butler.\u00a0 During WW2 it was sung by a group from First XIII to a popular tune \u201cThree little fishes and their Mummy fishy too\u2026. And they swam and they swam all over the dam.\u201d<\/p>\n ST PATRICK\u2019S 1 2 3 The College anthem was composed in 1958, with words by Br Robert Charles Hill and music by Br Colin Declan Smith \u2013 both\u00a0 members of the ÄûÃÊÊÓƵ Community.\u00a0 A choir of over 600 voices first performed it at Speech Night in the Sydney Town Hall in 1958.<\/p>\n For God, for King and Country, \u00a0First of Saints and Scholars, <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CREST The Shield: With its chevrons and bars, it is a symbol of strength and fortitude. The Motto: ‘Luceat Lux Vestra’ (Let your light shine) is found in the fifth chapter of Matthew’s Gospel just after Christ’s preaching the Beatitudes … read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14984,"parent":5,"menu_order":7,"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\/8598"}],"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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8598"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16800,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8598\/revisions\/16800"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}War Cry<\/h3>\n
\n\u00a0RICK RACK RICKETY RACK
\n\u00a0ÄûÃÊÊÓƵ ARE ON THE TRACK
\n\u00a0BLUE BLACK BLUE BLACK BLUE BLACK GOLD
\n\u00a0WARRAMBEE WARRAMBEE
\n\u00a0STRATHFIELD STRATHFIELD S P C
\n\u00a0S P C
\n\u00a0WHO ARE WHO ARE WHO ARE WE?
\n\u00a0WE ARE THE BOYS FROM S P C
\n\u00a0YAH YAH HERE WE ARE
\n\u00a0PATS BOYS PATS BOYS
\n\u00a0RAH RAH RAH
\n\u00a0S P C!<\/p>\nAnthem<\/h3>\n
\n\u00a0For Faith and Nation both \u2013
\nThat\u2019s why we strive for victory,
\n\u00a0On that we take our oath,
\n\u00a0Blue and Black our Heraldry,
\n\u00a0And Gold of colours best,
\n\u00a0The noblest code of chivalry,
\n\u00a0We bring to every test<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0Teach us how to learn from thee;
\n\u00a0Zeal in learning, Faith in turning,
\n\u00a0Work and play to sanctity.
\n\u00a0Luceat Lux Vestra
\n\u00a0May our motto ever be:
\n\u00a0To do and love the right and to let our light
\n\u00a0Shine for all to see.
\n\u00a0St Patrick, true to thee.<\/p>\n