TREAND (pron. - trayon) is named after Fr Pierre Marie Treand MSC, b. Hermance, Switzerland 1856 - d.1926.

Fr Treand was a contemporary of Fr Chevalier. He was ordained in 1882 and after a time in England he came to Australia in 1891. The MSC had come to Sydney from France in 1885, to establish a supply base for their new missions in New Guinea that had been founded in 1882, near Rabaul. They originally settled in the Eastern suburbs of the expanding city of Sydney where they were given the parish of Botany Bay & Randwick. Soon the Congregation began to accept local Australian vocations and a seminary was established - Sacred Heart Monastery, Kensington, opened in 1897.

The Australian Congregation continued to grow and by 1905 a separate MSC Australian Province was established with Father Treand as the first Provincial. He continued as Provincial until 1913, and is known as the ‘Father’ of the Australian Province of the MSC. To this day, the Provincial of the MSC resides in Treand House, Sydney. Fr Treand was a man of great humility; he was spoken of with awe and reverence by all who knew him. He is remembered as an excellent retreat giver, spiritual director and counsellor.

Treand crest colour and symbols:

Red – colour of the dove when representing the wisdom and inspiration we draw from the Holy Spirit

Stylised Australia, with hints of ‘heart’.

Dove and olive branch – symbols of – wisdom, good counsel, peace, love, pastoral care, messenger (over the seas from France to Australia); the biblical dove (Noah’s Ark) flew across the waters.