Principals' Message

Dear St Joseph's Parents and Carers,

A warm welcome back to all our students, families, and staff as we begin the final term of the 2025 school year! We hope the recent holiday break provided a valuable opportunity to relax, reconnect, and enjoy time with loved ones. It has been truly heartwarming to see our students return with such energy and enthusiasm, their smiling faces lighting up our classrooms and playgrounds each day.

Term 4 is always a vibrant and eventful time in the life of our school, filled with opportunities for learning, celebration, and reflection. From exciting classroom projects to whole-school events, there is so much to look forward to as we head towards the end of the year.

Diocesan Pilgrimage 

Every 25 years, the Church proclaims a Jubilee Year, a special time of grace, renewal and spiritual growth. As 2025 is a Jubilee Year, I was greatly privileged to attend the Armidale Diocesan Pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi during the recent school holiday break. Our group, gracefully led by Fr Damien and Br Allem from Armidale, included Armidale Catholic Schools staff, principals and parishioners from across the diocese.

In Rome, pilgrimage highlights included passing through the Holy Doors of the four major papal basilicas, celebrating Mass daily with fellow pilgrims in beautiful chapels, joining the general papal audience and experiencing Pope Leo’s blessing among thousands of international pilgrims, touring the Vatican Necropolis and Catacombs of San Callisto, and witnessing the breathtaking Sistine Chapel.  Finally, among the charm and beauty of Assisi, highlights included visits to the Basilica of St Francis, the Hermitage, the Basilica of St Clare, and paying respects at the tomb of the recently canonised St Carlo Acutis, a young modern saint known as the Patron Saint of the Internet.