In 1944 Bishop John McCarthy of the Sandhuurst diocese approached the Vincentian Fathers with a request to open a boys' secondary boarding school in Bendigo. Permission for the building of the college was granted on 16 January 1945. In July 1951 the Junortoun site was purchased. Plans for the school building were finalized and on 17 February 1953 work began on the new college. The first stage of the college was opened on Sunday 17 October 1954.Author: Peter Sweeney. Soft cover book with 180 pages, with khaki green cover. The front cover has a class photograph of twenty two boys in uniform (1956 or 1957), and the College logo. The back cover has a photograph of the school building and the school logo. Includes motto "Omnia in Christo". Includes sepia, black and white, and coloured photographs. Includes year photos, student list, and staff list.st vincent's college, catherine mccauley college, junortoun, secondary college, education