Ann Ferguson

Play It Strange founder, Mike Chunn, pays us a visit

Early Monday morning (19 May 2025), ‘Play It Strange’ hosted a workshop in Sancta Maria College to show their upcoming content. Play It Strange is a not-for-profit organisation founded by Split Enz band member, Mike Chunn, aimed at providing young musicians a voice for delivering their music.  Through the organisation, it manages annual competitions, encouraging […]

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Senior Ball: under the City of Stars / a Starry Soirée

Friday 16 May 2025, a dazzling moonlit night noting the highlight of the senior year. The event most teenagers grow excited waiting for, dressing up, getting hair, makeup, lashes, and nails done for the night of the year. Hosted at Ellerslie Convention Centre was this year’s Sancta Maria College “City of Stars” Senior Ball. Accompanied

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Historical visit to the Vatican on Easter Sunday see’s students experience Pope Francis’s final Mass

Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Catholic Church, passed away peacefully on Easter Monday 21 April 2025, at the age of 88 years, following ongoing health complications related to his lungs and heart. As the spiritual leader of over 1.3 billion Catholics worldwide, the Pope serves not only as the Bishop of Rome, but

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Pompallier Shield candle handed to Sancta Maria College

On Thursday 1 May 2025, the annual Pompallier Shield competition commenced as soon as a flame flickered on the Pompallier Candle’s wick. Students from Sancta Maria College were selected to compete and represent our school’s Catholic identity through diverse categories. This year, we gathered with fifteen other Catholic schools in the heart of Auckland, at

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