Rector's Message
Fr Thomas
Renshaw SJ
(OR1990)
Welcome. Whether you’re new to Jesuit education or have a long-standing relationship with the Society of Jesus, I hope you find something here that takes you further along the path of life that leads back to God.
Since 1548, the Society of Jesus has been helping to educate young people in a tradition that celebrates developing the mind, body and spirit of the individual so that they can serve their community and their world. Here at Saint Ignatius’ College Riverview, we’re a community that constantly strives to become better today than we were yesterday. Whether as individuals developing skills and talents, or as a community growing in service and Christian charity, we’re a community that values excellence, growth and service.
Saint Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, recognised that God created us – every single one of us – to become a particular person. Each individual is blessed with gifts and limitations that make us completely unique, and each with a purpose that only we can fulfil. The mission of Jesuit education is to help equip young people with the tools to discover who they are created to be and the desire to become that person, and in doing so, to give glory to God.
Ignatius also realised that we are all pilgrims on the journey, called to help one another become the best version of ourselves.
Our call is to educate our students to pursue human excellence. We journey together, exploring our world, asking questions about how we can live most fully as the person God invites us to be, using all the abilities we have been given in service to our community and the wider world. In doing so, we live out Saint Ignatius’ instruction to “go forth and set the world on fire”.
Ad maiorem Dei gloriam
For the greater glory of God
The mission of Jesuit education is to help equip young people with the tools to discover who they are created to be and the desire to become that person, and in doing so, to give glory to God.
