The course serves as professional development for individuals currently working as Religious Education teachers and as a pathway for further learning in theological studies.

Approval was granted by NSW Department of Education & Training in April 2006 to enrol international students in the Bachelor of Arts.

The college is also approved by the Australian Government as a Higher Education provider and as such, eligible students have access to FEE-HELP loans for tuition fees.

[2] The college originated in lay initiatives to create a classical liberal education with Catholic characteristics as an alternative to Australia's secular universities.

[5] The college's 4-hectare (10-acre) campus and grounds had been a Marist Fathers seminary which was dedicated to, and at one time held relics of, Saint Peter Chanel.

[6] In 2020, the college received funding and approval to construct a new academic centre on campus, including a new library, lecture theatres, tutorial rooms and dining hall.