Servite Order [SEP] location of formation
and brothers), contemplative nuns, a congregation of active religious sisters, and lay groups.
History.
History Foundation.
The Servites lead a community life in the tradition of the mendicant orders (such as the Dominicans and Franciscans). The Servite Order was founded in 1233 AD when a group of cloth merchants of Florence, Italy, left their city, families, and professions to retire to Monte Senario, a mountain outside the city, for a life of poverty and penance. These men are known as the
Servite College
Servite College is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational secondary day school, located in the Perth suburb of Tuart Hill, Western Australia. The school is operated by the Servite Order.
History.
Members of the Servite Order came to Australia in late 1951 and by 1958 had established St. Philip’s Regional High School for Boys in Tuart Hill. In 1968 the name was changed to Servite College, and in 1973 it became the first co-educational Catholic secondary school in Western Australia.
Operations.