Aboriginal Perspctives   

RECONCILIATION MASS REFLECTIONS 

Esme:

Last Friday on the 31st of May, Georgia, Lara, Mila, Alexys, Ruby, Jackson, Mrs Bourke and myself all went to CMC for a Mass. The mass was about Reconciliation week. It went for a solid 2 hours, I had a reading which was a prayer of the faithful.  After the Mass we went for afternoon tea and we only stayed for about 5 minutes and then left because our courtesy van was there. I would say there were around 1000-1100 people there. 

Georgia: 

Last Friday, the 31st of May, Mrs Bourke and Jackson took Alexys, Esme, Lara, Ruby, Mila and I to CMC for the Reconciliation mass. The reconciliation mass took place in their gym, there were about 1000 people attending including Bishop Shane and 2 other fathers. The reconciliation mass was in honour of reconciliation week. Some people had jobs, like Esme had a prayer of the faithful and Alexys, Mila and Lara had a job of carrying an item up. The mass went of 2 - 2 1/2 hours. 

Alexys: 

On the 31st of May the Catholic Identity group went to CMC for Mass. We left at 10:30am and came back to school at 1:30pm. Alexys, Mila, Lara, Esme, Georgia and Ruby all went with Jackson and Miss Bourke. When we got to CMC we had to go to there new gym, that's where the mass was. There was a lot of people there, 10 people from all the catholic schools in Bendigo and all the kids from CMC. The purpose of going to the mass was for reconciliation week. Some of us had to do jobs like speeches and holding something. There was a choir there that sung all the songs.

Mila:

On Friday 31st of May, 6 students from the Catholic Identity group participated in a mass at CMC. We left at 10:30am and we came back at 1:30pm. There were 4 students who had jobs. They were Esme, Mila, Alexys and Lara. The mass was held in the gym. The mass was about reconciliation all the catholic schools in the Bendigo were there. The students who wonderfully represented our school were Mila, Alexys, Lara, Esme, Georgia, Ruby and the two staff members were Jackson and Mrs Bourke.