4 | gleeson.sa.edu.au Family Handbook Gleeson College was established in 1989 and is named after the late Emeritus Archbishop of Adelaide, the very Reverend James Gleeson. Archbishop Gleeson made a major contribution to Catholic Education and to education generally in South Australia, first as an inspector of schools and later as Director of Catholic Education. Throughout his long and distinguished career Archbishop Gleeson had a strong personal commitment to the pursuit of justice and peace and we believe that the students of Gleeson College will continue striving for those goals in his tradition. The parents/caregivers and staff of the College see Gleeson as a community‐oriented College. Students, parents/caregivers and staff form a faith‐community centered around our common desire for a relationship with God expressed through the Catholic faith and practices. The dual cross on the College crest symbolises our sharing with Christ, as students, as a College community and as a community of three schools. The motto ‘With One Heart’ continues the theme of our belonging together with and in Christ. Archbishop Gleeson served on the Pontifical Council ‘Cor Unum’ (One Heart) from 1971 to 1981. This council aimed at developing effective methods of enabling the people of developing countries to meet their heeds in the desperate struggle for their right to live in dignity, justice and peace. It is our hope that the students of Gleeson College will continue to work for justice and peace in the tradition of James Gleeson and consider it most appropriate to incorporate this phrase in the College motto. Since Gleeson is a College that places such an emphasis on providing a community in which each individual is free to develop as fully as they are able, certain ways of acting are implied by this aim. Students should have a positive sense of belonging to the Gleeson community and this should be evident in the way they wear the specified uniform which is a sigh of their communal identity. College History Introduction ENROLMENTS: 900 SECTOR: Catholic Education NAMESAKE: Fmr Archbishop James Gleeson ESTABLISHED: 1989 “I thank you for the beautiful way you have involved me in the life and mission of your College. In choosing my family name for your College, I believe you have chosen a living tradition of commitment to education and especially to Catholic Education” - Archbishop James Gleeson