Garin College, Nelson

Garin College, Nelson is an integrated, co-ed day and boarding secondary school located in Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand. The college is Nelson's first catholic college. It was founded in 2002 to serve the Catholic community in, especially, Nelson, Golden Bay and Marlborough. The college first opened on the 28th of January 2002. The college is named after Father Antoine Marie Garin (1810–1889) who was the founding pastor of the Catholic Church in Nelson. The proprietor of the school is the Catholic Archbishop of Wellington. The 'sacred space' is an area located at Garin College near the D Block building of the school. The 'sacred space' is mostly grass which leads up to a cross which is cemented in a statue of rocks. The space is...