Religious Education & Faith Life

Laudato Si' Week

“Humanity still has the ability to work together in building our common home.” Laudato Si’ n.13 

Laudato Si' Week is celebrated by people all over the world who care about the environment and want to help protect it. The week is named after an encyclical called Laudato Si', which was written by Pope Francis in 2015 and talks about how important it is to take care of our planet.

During Laudato Si' Week, people come together to learn more about the environment and what we can do to protect it. At St Helena’s our students live by our school value of Care for the Earth, and this is evident in our daily school lives. Students recycle paper as well as their fruit and vegetable scraps for the work farm, and our very active RE Team empty recycling bins and manage the compost and worm farms. Our garden club is open at lunch time daily, and provides students with a valuable opportunity to be connected with how food is grown. 

Laudato Si’ Week is important because our planet is facing a lot of challenges like pollution, climate change, and loss of habitat for animals. By coming together and working to make positive changes, we can help protect the environment and make a difference in our world.

Adult Faith Formation

Please see the above details in regards to the upcoming Term 2 courses and events at the Centre for Faith Enrichment. Further details can be found here.

St Helena's of the Holy Cross Parish is also taking expression of interests for Baptism and Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults. Please submit your information via this form so that you can be provided with further information.

New Building Bricks Campaign - St Helena of the Holy Cross Parish

The Parish is fundraising with a building bricks campaign to raise funds to commence the building of a much needed Parish Centre/Hall. They currently have 9632 bricks with a target of 30,000 to commence the project.