Sacred Heart College

Our Mission

In the tradition of the Sisters of St Joseph, Sacred Heart College exists to provide, in a Catholic education environment, a lived experience of the gospel value of all-embracing love symbolised by the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
 
Animated by this life-giving ideal we:
- Celebrate as a Eucharistic community.
- Encourage each other to give courageous witness to gospel values.
- Reach out to all, but especially the needy, the broken, the deprived, the lonely, the rejected.
- Affirm and promote the giftedness of every student.
- Challenge each other to excel in academic, sporting, cultural and service endeavours.
- Strive to develop responsible self discipline.
- Foster loyal and supportive relationships amongst parents, students and teachers.
- Respect the differing beliefs of others.

As a united community we strive to:
“Act justly, love tenderly and walk humbly with our God.” (Micah 6:8)

Lift up your hearts

Founding charism - Sisters of St Joseph
In 1908 the Sisters of St Joseph came to New Town to take charge of the Sacred Heart Parish School due to its financial difficulties. Sr M Gabriel Reidy was the first religious principal. The number of pupils attending the school grew steadily with the expansion of the City of Hobart into the Northern suburbs.

In the mid 1990s the Sisters of St Joseph had the opportunity to commission artwork for a new development to provide liturgical, cultural and sporting facilities for the community. The new development was aptly named the SSJ Performance centre after the Sisters of St Joseph. The artwork contains a myriad of symbols. Images included are: the Federation Cross of the Sisters of St Joseph, a pair of theatrical masks, a layering of rhythmical planes representing hills or flags of ceremony and the six pointed star, a symbol of creation and a link to the Australian sky and flag.

From January 2005, the Sisters of St Joseph governance role included Immaculate Heart of Mary School which is now integrated into the Sacred Heart College community. The whole College is administered by a Board of Directors of the Sisters of St Joseph advised by the College Advisory Board.

The Sacred Heart Convent of the Sisters of St Joseph is located in the College grounds and has recently been renamed as the Josephite Mission and History Centre. Here people will be able to receive an insight into the life and history of the founders of the College. Adjacent to the College is also St Joseph’s hostel which is the residence of retired sisters.

Sacred Heart College is keen to embrace the ideals of the Sisters of St Joseph and to convey the Charism. The College continues to grow and prosper under the watchful eye of the Sisters of St Joseph who wish “To seek the most lost and vulnerable in God’s vineyard”.