Catholic Identity and Mission
Ms Nicole Dudman - Director
AJASS Leaders Formation Day
On Monday 20th November our Student Mission Team (SMT) boarded the college minibus at 6.30 am for the Leaders formation to Mount St Joseph Girls College in Altona.
It was a quiet start as some caught up on sleep from their hectic weekends!
The day was led by Anne Severi, Director of Catholic Identity at MSJ, and her team.
Our students started with some introduction activities as we waited for schools to arrive. There was a badge-making machine, a Mary and Julian puzzle,9.15 am11.15 am and a thumbprint activity.
We then headed to their chapel for a prayer and Acknowledgement of Country.
There were 5 sessions across the day:
Session 1 - Ice-Breakers Games
Session 2 - ‘Journey in the footsteps of St. Mary Mackillop and Fr Julian Tension Woods.’ Josephite Kahoot
Session 3 - Exploring the Josephite Charism
Session 4 - ‘Exploring the four values central to the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.’
Session 5 - ‘Applying four values to our school communities’.
Closing - Prayer/Photo/Raffle and Certificates
It was also a wonderful opportunity for students to network with fellow like-minded
leaders in other AJASS schools.
We had the tunes pumping on the way home thanks to Xavier’s Bluetooth speaker. This helped keep us awake. We pulled into the College at 6.00 pm with some very weary travellers but given we had staff and students from Canberra and Tassie who were on the red eye to Melbourne we counted ourselves lucky!
Many thanks to Scott for getting us there and back safely.
End-of-Year Masses
Fr Darren & Fr Stanly Friday 8th December at 9.15am | All Students Staff and Students | End of Year Mass & Awards Ceremony Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
Fr Stanly Friday 15th December at 11.15am | All Staff | End of Year Mass for Staff |
Feast of Christ the King
The Message for the XXXVIII World Youth Day of November 26, Solemnity of Christ the King.
Pope Francis marks the beginning of a two-year cycle on the theme of hope that will prepare young people for the Jubilee of 2025
The Holy Father's Message to the youth for the XXXVIII World Youth Day to be celebrated in particular Churches around the world on the Solemnity of Christ the King, November 26, 2023, is centered upon St. Paul's words to the Romans, "Rejoicing in hope" (cf. Rom 12:12).
These words mark the beginning of a two-year cycle of messages addressed to young people, all connected by the common thread of hope that is the theme of Jubilee 2025: "Pilgrims of Hope." These messages will accompany the youth on their journey to celebrate the Jubilee of Young People in Rome in 2025.
The message was signed on the day of the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, a Roman Cathedral church, where young Romans will celebrate the diocesan WYD together. Likewise, young people around the world are invited to gather around their pastors in their particular Churches.
In his message, Pope Francis reminds young people that they are "the joyful hope of a Church and of a humanity always on the move"; he suggests meditating together on joy and hope, which flow from the Paschal mystery; and reminds them that this hope “is no facile optimism, no placebo for the credulous: it is the certainty, rooted in love and faith, that God never abandons us”.
Pope Francis also refers to the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Christus Vivit, whose five-year anniversary of publication will be celebrated in 2024. He emphasizes that that document opens precisely with the proclamation of Christian hope: «Christ is alive! He is our hope, and in a wonderful way he brings youth to our world!» (Christus Vivit, 1).
The Holy Father's invitation is for young people and all youth ministry workers to “reread the Final Document of 2018 and the Apostolic Exhortation Christus Vivit”. “The time,” he says, “is ripe to take stock of the situation and to work together with hope for the full implementation of that unforgettable Synod”.
Prayers this week
Let us remember those in our community who need our prayers this weekend as we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King on Sunday.