Thomas More College (South Australia)
Thomas More College | |
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Address | |
23 Amsterdam Crescent Salisbury Downs, South Australia Australia | |
Information | |
Type | Private |
Motto | "God's Servant First" |
Established | 1979 |
Founder | Jim Hawkins, Dean Travers |
Principal | Mr Andrew Balkwill |
Chaplain | Philip Wilson |
Grades | Year 8 - Year 12 |
Gender | Co-Educational |
Colour(s) | Black, Green and White |
Nickname | TMC |
Newspaper | More News |
Affiliation | Catholic school |
Website | www.tmc.catholic.edu.au |
Thomas More College is a South Australian Roman Catholic co-educational, secondary school established in 1979. Its catchment area is the northern Adelaide, Parishes of Salisbury, Elizabeth North, Elizabeth South, Gawler, Virginia and Para Hills. It was named after St. Thomas More, an English lawyer, polemicist, politician and martyr. Its motto, “God’s Servant first”, is derived from the saint's last words before he was executed. He accepted death by hanging, ordered by King Henry VIII who then later changed it to beheading, rather than go against his conscience and God. King Henry VIII also persecuted and imprisoned Protestants, and was responsible for various of them being burnt alive. Thomas More was canonized in 1935 by Pope Pius XI.
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