Social Justice News

Caritas Australia Global Gifts 

This Christmas you can ‘be an angel’ by giving a Caritas Global Gift.  For friends and family, who like you, know they don’t need more ‘things’, your gift can help provide clean water, food or sustainable livelihoods - things we so often take for granted here in Australia. In return for your donation toward your chosen gift, you receive a beautiful card to give to your loved one showing you have made a contribution on their behalf.

Global Gifts 2019 focusses on mothers like Sileap in Cambodia. She and her husband, Simoen, worked hard growing rice and raising chickens to provide for their children and build a better future, but floods, droughts and animal diseases, waste their efforts and they struggled to feed their children. This Christmas, you can be an angel to help lift families like Sileap’s out of poverty.

The light you bring… Sileap joined the Sustainable Change with Dignity Program. With training in sustainable farming techniques and how to raise and protect chickens from diseases, Sileap now runs a successful hatchery and earns enough to feed and support her children. Her community also had disaster risk reduction training which is helping them cope with floods and droughts. Purchase gifts online at www.caritas.org.au/globalgifts or phone 1800 024 413.

Kirrilee Westblade

Deputy Principal 

Catholic Identity

Year 5 Caritas Just Leadership Day

On the 26th of November, eight Year 5 students went to St Mary's in Mooroopna for a Just Leadership Day.  Kerry from Caritas, taught us what a good leader needs and taught us about solidarity, common good and dignity in our world.  We met lots of new friends from other schools and at the end we made a poster to bring back to our school.  Our poster said things like, 'let's go further together!'  Overall it was a great day and we had lots of fun while learning what it means to be a leader in our community and the world.

Tara Wakenshaw, Lily Pegoraro and Charli Miller

Thank You From Mini Vinnies

During the months of October and November. The newly formed St Augustine's Mini Vinnies group has been gathering presents. The presents have been donated by students, parents and staff of the school.

The Mini Vinnies group would like to thank all of the staff, parents and students who have donated gifts to the appeal. The gifts were handed over to the Kyabram Conference of the St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria at assembly yesterday, Thursday 27th November. The Kyabram conference will distribute the gifts to local children this Christmas.