St Thomas More College, Sunnybank
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|name = St Thomas More College
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|motto = God's Servant First
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|location =
|streetaddress = 272 Turton St
|region = Sunnybank
|city = Brisbane
|county = Australia
|state = Queensland
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|postcode = 4109
|country = Australia
|schooltype = Co-educational secondary school
|fundingtype = Non-government
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|religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic
|opened = January, 1974
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|status = Open
|principal = Leslie Conroy
|teaching_staff = 78
|employees = 132
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|grades = 7–12
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|gender = Male, Female
|enrollment =
|avg_class_size = 27
|ratio = 13.4:1
|houses = Assisi, MacKillop, Nagle, Romero, Turton
|colours =Black, White, Gold
|slogan =God's servant first
|song = Servant's Song
|sports = Rugby, Netball, Basketball, Volleyball, Esports, Futsal, Soccer, Oztag
|publication = The College Weekly
|url = [http://www.stmc.qld.edu.au STMC]
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|principal_label = Principal
|enrolment = 1060
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St Thomas More College (STMC) is a Catholic, coeducational, secondary school located approximately 15 km south of Brisbane. It is a part of Brisbane Catholic Education.
History
St. Thomas More College, named after St. Thomas More, is a secondary school operated under the Brisbane Catholic Education system. The college was opened for the first time in January 1974, with an enrolment of 75 boys, under principal Jim Slingsby. The following year, the college made the move to become coeducational with an enrolment of 143 girls and 96 boys. Presentation Sisters were part of the staff until 1988.
The chapel
Our Lady of Sacred Heart Catholic Church opened in Cooranga (then known as Cooranga North) on Sunday 11 September 1938 on land donated by Mrs Mary Gertrude O'Brien.{{cite news |date=14 January 1938 |title=DISTRICT NEWS |page=5 |newspaper=The Dalby Herald |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217535988 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=24 April 2022 |archive-date=23 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423143213/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/217535988 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=20 January 1939 |title=OBITUARY |page=3 |newspaper=The Dalby Herald |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216787239 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=24 April 2022 |archive-date=23 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423143209/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/216787239 |url-status=live }} It was at 152 Cooranga North Niagara Road ({{Coord|-26.7566|151.4056|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Our Lady of Sacred Heart Catholic Church (former)}}).{{Cite web |title=Our Lady of Sacred Heart Catholic Church - Former |url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/catholic/directory/292-our-lady-of-sacred-heart-catholic-church-former |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423143207/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/catholic/directory/292-our-lady-of-sacred-heart-catholic-church-former |archive-date=23 April 2022 |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=Churches Australia |language=en}} On 28 June 2017 in the middle of the night, the church building was relocated to St Thomas More College, where it is used as the school's chapel.{{Cite web |title=Our Chapels Journey - from Cooranga to Sunnybank |url=http://www.stmc.qld.edu.au/news-events/Pages/ourchapelsjourney.aspx |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=St Thomas More College, Sunnybank}} The relocation required two trucks, one for the church body and another for the roof, and the journey was {{Convert|380|km}}.{{Cite web |title=Our Lady of Sacred Heart Catholic Church - Former |url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/catholic/directory/292-our-lady-of-sacred-heart-catholic-church-former |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423143207/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/catholic/directory/292-our-lady-of-sacred-heart-catholic-church-former |archive-date=2022-04-23 |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=Churches Australia |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=Our Lady of Sacred Heart |url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=3155 |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=Queensland religious places database |archive-date=2022-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423143214/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=3155 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2017-07-26 |title=Cooranga North church that closed in 2013 brought back to life at Brisbane school |url=https://catholicleader.com.au/news/cooranga-north-church-that-closed-in-2013-brought-back-to-life-at-brisbane-school/ |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=The Catholic Leader |language=en-AU |archive-date=2021-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514205838/https://catholicleader.com.au/news/cooranga-north-church-that-closed-in-2013-brought-back-to-life-at-brisbane-school/ |url-status=live }}
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