St Laurence’s College

Established in 1915 following a renewed call by Archbishop James Duhig, St Laurence’s College holds active intellectual significance as a primary site for the institutionalization of the Christian Brothers’ educational tradition in Brisbane. Representing a leading curriculum approach within Queensland Catholic education, the college embodies the legacy of “Newman Catholicity”—integrating a respect for modern higher education within a socially and intellectually conservative framework. Within the “New MBH Program” framework, St Laurence’s functions as a situated environment for the “craftsmanship of learning,” where educational meaning is realized in rebus (in the thing itself) through its specific social and physical architecture. Ultimately, by anchoring character formation and rigorous inquiry within its historic campus, the institution fosters an investigative mind that resists “historical forgetfulness” regarding the intellectual foundations of the local Catholic community.Top of Form