Dear Families,

We were incredibly lucky this week to escape any damage after the big winds that our community has experienced.

What I did notice as I toured the grounds was the need to have our beautiful big oak tree checked by an Arborist. In inspecting the tree we noticed that a lot of the big branches were cracked and that to be both safe and attempt to save the tree, it needed to be cut back quite a lot.

The tree is incredibly significant in the story of our school. It connects to our Brigidine tradition.

The oak became significant when Bishop Daniel Delany, founder of the Brigidine sisters, planted an oak sapling from Kildare (‘Cill Dara’ Church of the Oak) in the grounds of what is now the Brigidine Convent in Tullow. He did this to represent the link between Brigid’s monastic foundation at Kildare and the newly re-founded Order of St. Brigid (Brigidine Sisters) on 1st February 1807.

Brigidine sisters then continued this tradition in Australia of planting an Oak tree which is why we are trying so hard to save our tree.

The children had so many questions and were concerned we were cutting it down.

See below a picture of the tree standing outside what was, the old convent building.

Wishing you many blessings

Louise

Important Reminders