Religious Education
Marylene Douglas
All students attending St Louis de Montfort's Aspendale have the right to feel safe. The care, safety and wellbeing of children and young people is a fundamental responsibility of all within our school.
Welcome to a New School Year. It's been wonderful to see so many smiling faces back at school, many with new shoes, new haircuts and increased height measurements!
We started the year with Fr Andrew leading us in a beautiful Welcome Mass focussing on the Year of Jubilee. Our gorgeous new preppies received a special blessing as did our new Year 6 students. Teachers were also commissioned during this mass pledging to be a Beacon of Hope in their role at St Louis'.
Leadership Badges were blessed and presented to the Year 6 students.
Congratulations to all Year 6 students on their appointment to their leadership position, especially Zeke.M, Nick.P, Ava.L, Aysia.S, Scarlett.I, Clementine.C and Noah.F who will be assisting me throughout the year, as the Faith and Social Justice Leaders.
May the God of Jubilee, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
bless us and our school community.
With the spirit of Jubilee may we reach out in justice to all
and so bring peace and light into every heart.
During the coming year, I invite you to be beacons of hope to others.
Be encouraging, be optimistic, be helpful, be cheerful, be positive, be uplifting of others, be a good listener, be a Gospel person, and be a shining light wherever you go.
May you be hope-filled people bringing life and joy through your words and deeds in our school community.
May our Creator God fill our hearts with hope and joy.
AMEN
DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE: WHAT CAN WE DO?
The Parish Justice Action Group (JAG) is committed to raising awareness and taking action to address the issue of Domestic and Family Violence. The key activity will be a Parish Forum on Saturday 15 March 2025, from 2 -3:30pm, at St Brigid’s school hall. We recognise that we all have a role to play in creating communities of respectful relationships that prevent domestic and family violence and we seek to answer the question “What can we do?” We will provide information about how to recognise domestic and family violence, how to respond to it and measures we can take to prevent it. A panel of people with involvement in the sector will respond to prepared questions on the topic. Following this presentation, there will be an opportunity to seek further information and support and to interact with the speakers and sector organisations over afternoon tea. This will be an adults-only event and bookings will need to be made. Further information coming soon.