In 2026, Sancta celebrates 100 years of empowering women and their allies
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Young voices have echoed through Sancta’s halls for 100 years, as full of joy and promise today as they were in 1926.
In March 1926, twenty-three pioneering women moved into a half-finished building on Missenden Road to form Sancta’s first student community. Lit only by candlelight and led by the fearless Reverend Mother Margaret MacRory, it is easy to imagine the excitement and nervousness they were feeling as they came together for their very first meal. They surely did not know that their courage and ambitions would illuminate Sancta for a century.
Since that first night, more than 6,000 students have called Sancta home: women and men of compassion, curiosity and conviction who have gone on to lead, serve, and create change in every corner of the world.
centenary Celebrations
Attend Sancta’s Sophia College’s centenary event
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Sancta's third decade brought post-war growth, international connections, generous benefactions, leadership transitions, and major expansion milestones.
Sancta's seventh decade saw the establishment of the College Foundation, appointment of the first College Fellows, administration changes, and renewed sporting success.
Sancta's eighth decade featured the launch of a book on the College's history, jubilees, Olympic hosting, the Palladian Cup, major benefactions, and continued student sporting and academic achievements.
Sancta's ninth decade saw further archival initiatives, leadership changes, the completion and opening of Graduate House, and the 80th anniversary of Sancta.
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