Daramalan College, from Residence to Issoudun Centre
The site of the former MSC Residence now holds the Issoudun Performing Arts Centre.
In the mid-1960s, 24 brothers and priests lived in the Residence, plus two or three in a unit in the Sharpe wing. Quite a number of MSC lived in the Residence over the decades.
The Issoudun Wing is a two-storey performing arts centre for Daramalan College, created in collaboration with the school team and specialist theatre design consultants.
The centre provides a new home for creativity and expression with a large theatre that will host a range of school gatherings.
The building references the school’s existing architecture, adding to the pattern of planning across the campus and defining the northeast corner of the Dickson site.
It is called the “Issoudun Wing” after the French town where Fr Jules Chevalier started the MSC order in 1854. The name pays honour to the Daramalan priests and brothers who vacated the site after living there since the 1960s.
It was blessed and opened on Friday, October 25th at 9:30am,followed by morning tea and a Chevalier Day Liturgy.
The MSC presence was Stephen Hackett, Provincial, Barry Smith, previous in management, Kimi, past chaplain, Tru, present chaplain.
Appreciation to Barry Smith for providing the photos.
