De La Salle College “Oaklands” is first and foremost an educational community in the Catholic tradition. It is true that our specific heritage finds its origins in the work and vision of Saint John Baptist de La Salle in the 17^th Century. Yet, the Church has always held to the importance of education in the lives of all, especially the young. Saint Thomas Aquinas taught that education in the faith is concerned with the knowledge not only of ‘divine things’ but also of the ‘human acts’ by which man comes to God.