College News

Italian Day 

Thank you to everyone who dressed up for our Italian Day celebrations on Wednesday. Our school was a sea of green, red and white. 

We will include more photos and a full report in the next newsletter.

SOLE/Diversity Day Colour Run

Our SOLE/Diversity Day Colour Run is on today, Friday 10th November.  

We look forward to sharing photos and details of the day's events in our next newsletter.

Years 3/4 Market Day

The Years 3/4 Community warmly invites the F-8 community and their families to attend our 3/4 Market Day.

Thursday 16th November

from 11.20am to 1.00pm

Items will range from 50c to $3.50.

There will be a sausage sizzle available. 

$2 per sausage.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Parish Pastoral Council Questionnaire

Parishioners, we need your help and opinions. 

The Parish Pastoral Council is conducting a questionnaire to gauge parishioner’s opinions about the activities in our parish and to obtain suggestions to strengthen our Parish. 

Please fill in the questionnaire and place in the suggestion box located in the gathering space at the Church or in the mail box in front of the Parish Office. 

Thank you for your time.

Please donate to the Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project

This term our College is collecting items for people who are receiving support from the Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project in Melbourne. 

Each TA/Class will create their own hamper/package comprised of some of the specific items that BASP requests below, especially the items in bold.  BASP do not have spare space to store items that are not used.

Each TA will receive a bag for their collection and these packages will be delivered to the Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project prior to Christmas.

Please give generously, if you can. 

What is the Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project (BASP)?

The Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project (BASP) was established in 2001 to work for a humane, just and inclusive approach for people seeking asylum in Australia.

It is a Melbourne based initiative of the Brigidine Sisters who have been engaged in education and social justice since arriving in Echuca from Ireland in 1886.

Australia has a long history of welcoming migrants and refugees and is a signatory to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, but it has become increasingly apparent since the 1990s that people genuinely seeking asylum in Australia are treated unjustly. Many have been held in detention centres, both in Australia and offshore and if released are dependent on charities for their survival.

Sr Brigid Arthur regularly visited detainees in Melbourne and became painfully aware of the plight of asylum seekers if they were released into the community, so they established BASP. Initially, financial support came from the Brigidine Sisters, but as time has gone by there is increasing financial support from donations and fundraising events. The day to day support of the asylum seekers in the care of BASP is provided by over 70 highly committed volunteers.

Past Students and Friends Memorial Liturgy

Every year we fondly remember and honour Past Students and Friends of St Augustine's College who have left this world too soon.

Everyone is welcome to the outdoor Liturgy that will take place in the peace of the College Memorial Garden commencing at 5.00pm. Light refreshments will be served following Mass, which will be held in the Church at 6.00pm.

SOLE Stars

Congratulations to our Weeks 5 and 6 SOLE Stars.

Week 5

Week 6