Assistant Principal - Religious Identity & Mission 

Stations of the Cross

Today, on Holy Thursday, the Stations of the Cross occured during Period 5 & 6 as a re-enactment of the 14 stations. Our four Year 10 Service Leaders – Ryan, Lachlan, Alex and Oliver have been working hard to ensure this re-enactment is both reverent and engaging for the students. We hope the re-enactment will help our students to reflect on specific events of Jesus’ last day, and it helps our college community to reflect on the many issues that challenge us at this time.

Easter 

I hope you find time to relax with family and friends over the break. Located at the start of our holidays is the Easter weekend – Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday. Easter is important in our Catholic, Christian tradition.  

I like this reflection from an old edition of the Catholic Australian: “As Christians we believe in the resurrection - ‘That God is’. That life is about constantly becoming Christ within us. That death itself is just another moment of potential transformation. We are liberated for life, free from fear and open to transforming love. We are seen and known, loved and forgiven. We are worth the effort and free to participate in all that life may bring. There is purpose, there is meaning, there is great love. We have a new commandment. We live with Good News to share. So, what might this mean for us? It might mean being people who care about people. It might mean being people who can be with those who suffer or who are lonely. It might mean waiting with someone who is afraid, or staying with someone who is lost, or standing with those who are outcasts. It might mean participating in life in all its ups and downs and never giving up on the possibility that life is trustworthy and worth the effort. It might mean being a people who can imagine possibilities and live in the promise of renewal and the hope of new life…”  

Caritas Fundraising 

At the start of the term, I set out a challenge for the Year 10 Spirit Leaders – which House could raise the most money for Caritas? Well, they took up the challenge and ran with it. From ice-cream sales to talent quest to free-dress day to sausage sizzles, they outdid themselves. We are to still calculating the final totals, the winning house and the total amount raised will be announced on Edmund Rice Feast Day. 

As we enter the final week of Lent, we continue to reflect on the lives of people vulnerable to extreme poverty and injustice and how we can help through supporting Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion appeal.   

Saint Oscar Romero taught us many lessons, these included: to live a simple life, to commit to bringing peace to the world, to speak the truth and of course to aspire not to have more, but to be more. Some words from what has become known as the Oscar Romero prayer; 

“We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord’s grace to enter and do the rest.”  

Thank you for supporting the college’s Project Compassion Campaign. Your generosity will challenge unjust structures, work for the freedom of those living in poverty, and empower people to work for a sustainable way of life.  

Anzac Day

 Anzac Day falls in the final days of our break and we are being represented at various RSL services around the region. We will have our Anzac Day Prayer Service on the first morning back (Wednesday April ) in Period 1.