Acquired in June 2007 is the new "Paddies Van" that will be used in the St Patrick's Service Programs. It was funded through the efforts of:
- The Mimiki Committee
- The St Patrick's College P & F
- The St Patrick's College Cross Country Team.
The "Paddies Van" will be used for the following Service Programs that St Patrick's College runs.
Tuesday Morning Breakfast
Each Tuesday morning a team of Year 9 students and staff go out to Decker Park at Sandgate and serve a bbq breakfast. Whilst students are cooking the breakfast, others spread out and talk with the park residents and others from nearby boarding houses.
Wednesday Afternoon Tutoring
Each Wednesday afternoon a team of Year 10 students and staff go out to Humpybong State School on the Redcliffe Peninsula and assist the young students struggling with their studies.
Thursday Morning Breakfast
Each Thursday morning a team of Year 10 students and staff go out to Humpybong State School on the Redcliffe Peninsula and serve a bbq breakfast those students who are not able to have a regular breakfast .
Friday Afternoon Visitations
An enthusiastic group of year 9 students and members of the college St Vincent De Paul group have made a commitment to visit elderly people at Emmaus Nursing Home at Nudgee. The visits happen fortnightly on Friday afternoons and are a highlight in the week for the residents.
Saturday Night BBQ
Every second Saturday evening a team of Year 11 students and parents go out to the Sandgate Rotunda and host a bbq. Whilst students are cooking the breakfast, others spread out and talk with the local residents and others from nearby boarding houses. Students get to know their names and their story and the park residents get to know the student’s first name and their story too!
Street Retreat Program
Two of the four ‘Core Directions’ of the Christian Brothers coming out of their 1996 General Chapter were ‘Growth through fragility’ and ‘Call to the margins’. These two directions are at the heart of the street retreat program. The program hopes to introduce young adults to an experience of “Christ present in, and appealing to us through the poor.” (Christian Brothers Charism Statement). The program strongly believes in a ‘theology of Presence’.
The retreat program centres on developing relationships with those people that find themselves on the margins of our society. The Street Retreat program is an overnight retreat that allows students to experience the various infrastructures that are available for the homeless of our city.