John Paul College

The establishment of the college was the result of the joint efforts of four clergymen representing three distinct denominations: Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Uniting. Each of these individuals was a staunch advocate for ecumenism, a principle that continues to shape the ethos of the College to this day. Father Rollo Enright, the Catholic parish priest at St Peter's in Rochedale, was deeply committed to ecumenism and played a pivotal role in promoting the ecumenical vision for the college, particularly after the Catholic Education Office declined the proposal for a Catholic College at Daisy Hill. Father Leo Burke, the inaugural Catholic parish priest of St Edward's in Daisy Hill, remains actively involved with the college as its patron. Another proponent of ecumenism, Patrick Doulin, served as the parish priest of St Mark's Anglican community in Slacks Creek and acted as the official representative of the Anglican hierarchy. Reverend Bryan Gilmour, the pastor of Logan Uniting Church, was a significant figure in the ecumenical movement within his denomination and, alongside the others, fervently supported the creation of John Paul College as an ecumenical institution. It was he who, when it seemed that all options for establishing the college had been exhausted, proposed that the founders pray for divine guidance, stating, "not our will, but God's, be done."