St Pius X College Newsletter

Social Justice &

Youth Ministry

  • Social Justice
  • -  Collection of toiletries and new non-battery small toys for Treasure House Orphanage in Fiji
  • Youth Ministry
  • - Year of Youth Cross
  • - Healthy Relationships Discussion:  What is Love?Praise and Worship event: SPREADING JOY!

 

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Treasure House Orphanage Fiji Collection

The Edmund Rice Society is running a collection of toiletries and new non-battery small toys to donate to Treasure House Orphanage in Nadi, Fiji. These gifts will be taken to the orphanage by my wife and myself in the holidays as we spend a day with the children and staff of Treasure House.

Please place donations in the Edmund Rice Society collection box in the foyer during Week 9 only.  I will share photos of the visit with you all next term.

Thank you.

Mr David Blake – Social Justice Coordinator

Youth Ministry

Listed here are the upcoming events to commemorate the visiting of the Year of Youth Cross in our College community from the 23rd until 30th June, coinciding with our last week of term. The Cross will be present at our full St Pius X College Assembly on Monday 25th June an opportunity for all our students to engage through prayer in the message of JOY which the Cross brings as it travels around our schools and parishes.

The week will again be a significant time for our youth community with special events to celebrate, inform and encourage our faith. It will be about drawing us together in fellowship at this peak time in the local celebration of the Year of Youth, and all of our St Pius students should feel welcome to engage in these events, as indeed are both the youth of the parish and the youth of Mercy College.

As a community St Pius X College will host the Cross in the Brothers Chapel as a poignant symbol of our hope in the Resurrected Christ at our 8am Tuesday morning Chapel Mass on 26th June.  All in the community are welcome to join in at the Liturgy of the Word and Eucharistic Celebration, joining in with the Year of Youth prayer.

 

What is Love? Tuesday 26th June from 7.00pm in the Bishop Barry Room

Students aged 16 and older may be interested to join our ongoing discussion around healthy relationships.  This follows on from our previous Relationship discussion, ‘Becoming the One’ (also entitled by Fr Jim, ‘How not to end up on Married at First Sight’) which began in May and attracted a large number of young adults interested in exploring this important area of our lives and faith.

We will be continuing this discussion and on this occasion we will be joined by members of The Culture Project Australia. The Culture Project is an initiative of young people living in mission for 12 months and spreading a message through schools, parishes and youth groups of human dignity and sexual integrity, promoting a Culture of Life in the contemporary world. Our discussion will again focus on the message that we are all worthy of authentic love.

Please join us for an open and honest discussion about a positive approach to love and relationships aligned with Gospel Values and set against the contemporary secular approach to this most important facet of our lives.  Details are in the flyer below.

What is Love Relationship Discussion.pdf

 

On Friday 29th June we will be holding a praise and worship event in the church: SPREADING JOY!  This will be a creative night full of music, worship and fun. Some of our Year 11 and Year 10 St Pius X College drama students will be presenting a short dramatic/comedic depiction of JOY within the proceedings. It is bound to be a fun and uplifting night and is open to all ages, so please come along and encourage other students to attend.

Collaborating with our local sister school, Mercy Catholic College, and neighbouring parishes the event will be a youthful and joyful celebration. This Praise & Worship night is open to all the youth of the parish and we would love to welcome you to join in the JOY.  For our students this will be the last day of term so the event on this evening would be a wholesome and uplifting way to start the break.  Come along!  Details are in the flyer below.

Spreading Joy (1).pdf

 

Starting at 10am on Saturday 30th June and collaborating with the youth from the Lower North Shore parish, we will walk the Year of Youth Cross in pilgrimage from Our Lady of Dolours Chatswood to St Thomas’ on High Street in Willoughby.  We welcome everyone to join us on this journey, help share the burden of the Year of Youth Pilgrimage Cross (it is heavy!) and share the JOY of fellowship on the journey as we share a faith in the resurrected Christ.

 

 

Please look out for opportunities to join your local parishes

in celebration of the Year of Youth!

 

Mr A Brannan - Youth Ministry Coordinator