Merici College

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Welcome to Merici College! We are a 7-12 Catholic girls’ college, situated in Braddon in the heart of Canberra. Established in 1959 and known at that time as Canberra Catholic Girls’ High School, we are dedicated to excellence in the education of girls. Since 1983, the year of our Silver Jubilee, the College has been known as Merici College, named in honour of St Angela Merici, the famous educator of women from all classes of society in the Renaissance period.

2009 marked our 50th jubilee – a year of great celebration as we renewed links with ex staff and students and discovered more about the richness of our past, while looking towards the next fifty years. It was also an excellent opportunity to celebrate the vibrant community that we are today, with the diverse talents and gifts of our present day students. We are very proud to be the oldest established Catholic girls’ secondary school in Canberra and we build on these fifty years of achievement and innovation in the education of girls, preparing confident and competent young women well equipped to contribute to the world beyond school.

As a Catholic school, our central aim is to guide each individual towards full human development. We seek for each student to grow emotionally, socially, intellectually, spiritually and physically, supported by the principles of the Catholic Faith. Merici is also enriched by families from diverse Christian and other faith traditions. An essential part of our life together as a Christian community, is working together for the common good whilst fostering in each individual a feeling of belonging and of self worth.