Student Ministry

Kimberley Immersion collection

The Kimberley Immersion group will this year focus on supporting the Gawooleng Yawoodeng Aboriginal Corporation, which is a women's crisis centre in Kununurra. The centre aims to provide support and information, counselling and accommodation for homeless women and their children who are victims of mental, physical and domestic violence and abuse.  

The College will aim to help the centre in their quest for the following donations: 

• Hygiene items, such as soap, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, toothbrushes and toothpaste. Hotel samples are great! 
• Size 16-plus used clothing for women
•  Ladies and children’s underwear – various sizes.

Vinnies Winter Appeal

This year we are asking our whole school community to assist with our winter appeal.   We are asking for donations in the following ways: Winter clothing and bedding including sleeping bags, doonas, blankets, jackets, new socks, scarves and closed-in shoes. 

We are also asking for donations of non-perishable food items including pasta, rice, canned food, tea and coffee and so on. Our aim is to collect more than 1500 donations of non-perishable food items this year. Let’s see if we can reach our target! 

We will be keeping a tally, so please look at the window in Student Ministry for updates over the next four weeks. All Donations need to be dropped off at Student Ministry. 

Please remember, when we reach out to help our brothers and sisters in need – the poor, the hungry, the homeless, the isolated and lonely, the abused and abandoned, and the sick – we demonstrate our love for God in a very real and tangible way. Archbishop Timothy Costelloe is asking us all this winter to: “follow the example of Jesus and extend our arms to embrace people in need here in Western Australia.” 

So, let’s show him the St Norbert College community really cares and reaches out to those in need this winter. 

Year 9 Retreat 

The Year 9 retreat will be held on Tuesday, 24 May and run by the Youth Mission team in Perth.  The theme for the day is relationships, with self, others and God. 

Here are some reminders for the day - 

• Students need to wear their full College winter tracksuit and their PE shirt (not House shirt). If they do not have this, then wear your normal winter uniform
• Students  need to bring your own food and drink for the day – they  will NOT have access to the canteen
• Students will attend Homeroom as usual, then at the start of Period 1 meet their RE teacher in the Year 12 Quad.
• We will be walking across the road to the venue. 
• There is no need to bring a sports bag or school bag.
• This is a compulsory College event  that takes place in normal school hours.

Ms Margaret Kyd

(Coordinator of Campus Ministry)