Faith, Justice and Formation

Year 11 Retreat Day Reminder

As mentioned at the Year 11 Parent Information Evening, all Year 11 students will be involved in a Retreat Day. It will be one of the focal points of your son’s senior schooling at St Patrick’s College and the first event in the Senior Formation Program. Attendance and participation on the Retreat Day is a condition of your son’s enrolment at the College.

Therefore, all Year 11 students are expected to be involved. The aim of the Retreat Day is to provide students with a chance to think about and reflect on their various relationships, focusing on where they are headed as young men in the future. It is also a valuable opportunity for your son’s spiritual development as well as providing the chance for the cohort to come together in the experience.

The theme for the day is ‘The Spirituality of Men’.

 Consent and Medical Information must be completed by Friday 10 March 2023.

This information is all available for access via the Parent Portal on TASS. This is where you need to check and record medical information for your son and give consent for him to attend this off-site event.

Lenten Appeal - Congratulations

Congratulations to the young men of Year 12 Hickey 2 for their outstanding effort in raising over $1,000 for the Lenten appeal last week during their lunch time. This is an outstanding effort and lays down a challenge for other homerooms to follow. Thank you also to Mr O’Halloran for organising these men into action.

Lenten Appeal – BBQ Fundraiser ISA Cricket Final

This Saturday the First XI Cricket team will play St Augustine’s in the ISA Final. During the course of the match from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM there will be a sausage sizzle barbeque to raise funds for the Lenten Appeal. Please come along and support the First XI and our Lenten Appeal.

Father / Son Evening for Year 11

“What kind of man will he be?”

All young men of Year 11 and their fathers/father figures are invited to attend an evening of reflection, sharing and fun.  We will share a meal together and continue to develop our relationships in this positive environment.  A good chance just to have time together.

Date:     Tuesday 28 March 2023

Time:    6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Venue:  Robson Auditorium

Attire:   Casual clothing

Please click on the link below to rsvp by Friday 24 March. 

Year 11 Father/Son Evening Form

Mr Herro, the Year 11 Coordinator, and I look forward to welcoming you on the evening.

Adam Leslie                            

Acting Director of Identity                

Doing our bit to help – Clean Up Australia Day 2023

On Sunday 5 March, volunteers from the St Patrick’s College Community participated in the Clean Up Australia Day campaign around Strathfield and the College. The Clean Up Australia Day initiative started over 30 years ago, by an "average Australian" who had a simple idea to make a difference in his own backyard and has now become the nation's largest community-based environmental event.

After a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic and restrictions, we had an amazing turnout of 70 boys and teachers that helped to supervise. In small groups, the boys and teachers walked around the streets, armed with bags and gloves, looking for rubbish to collect and dispose of correctly. 

Amazingly, the groups filled multiple large garbage bags with rubbish and other larger pieces of waste. We were so surprised by the amount of rubbish that a beautiful suburb like Strathfield had on its streets.

As a result of this successful clean up, the streets of Strathfield are cleaner. We hope that in future years, even more boys will join in on this important initiative. 

Katherine Sinadinos

Faith in Action Team Leader