Samaritan Catholic College
In August 1998, it was announced that Redden College and St. Joseph's at Fitzroy North were to amalgamate and become one College, to be called Samaritan Catholic College. Declining enrolments at both schools, influenced by the movement of families with school-age boys to the outer suburbs of Melbourne, was a major factor in this decision.
The new College opened in January 2000 at the Preston site of Redden College. A campus for Year 9 students was maintained at the old Fitzroy North site, but this program has since been discontinued. Since the amalgamation in January 2000 the college has spent $3.5 million on building and refurbishment, including the installation of a lift ($350,000) and the construction of a Multipurpose Centre ($500,000).
Br. Tony Paterson FMS was appointed the first principal of the new College, and was succeeded by Mr. Mark Sheehan in 2005.
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