From the Principal     

• Prayer  
• Founder's Day
• Report on the progress of the 2017 Annual Plan
• Volunteers' Christmas Gathering:  ALL VOLUNTEERS - YOU ARE INVITED!
• Christmas Appeals

Prayer

Prayer written by Alan Paton (South African author and anti-apartheid activist)

O Lord, open my eyes ...

Show me where love, hope and faith are needed,

and use me to bring them to these places.

Open my eyes and ears that I may, this day,

be able to do some work of peace for you.

Lord of Light - shine on us.

Lord of Peace - dwell in us.

Lord of Might - support us.

Lord of Love - enfold us.

Lord of Wisdom - enlighten us.

Founder's Day

Our annual Founder's Day Festival will be celebrated at Oxford Falls this Friday and the students will be learning about interfaith dialogue and respect for difference.  Our guest speakers are from the Christian, Islamic and Jewish communities. The College will also be enjoying the entertainment supplied by both students and staff and a beautiful recess and lunch provided by generous parents and friends of St Pius X College.

The College would like to especially thank John and Cathryn Leo, Guy Russo and Nadine Robson for their ongoing major support of this wonderful annual social justice event.

Report on the progress of the 2017 Annual Plan

At the final meeting for 2017 of the College Board held last Monday 20 November I presented a report outlining the progress of the College against the 2017 Annual Improvement Plan.  Attached is the report for the consideration of parents and the College community.

Volunteers' Christmas Gathering

ALL VOLUNTEERS - YOU ARE INVITED!

TUESDAY 5 DECEMBER 5.30-7.00PM in the Junior School Playground

I am pleased to invite all College volunteers to join together for our Annual Volunteers' Christmas gathering. We will host this in the Junior school playground this year.  If you have assisted in the Canteen or Uniform Shop or perhaps with the Junior School Reading Program, the Library, Robotics or Public Speaking please come along.

We invite all parents who have assisted the Sports program as coach, manager or in other ways. Parents who have been volunteers in the Performing Arts are also very welcome. Members of the P&F Executive, Committee members of Football, Rugby, Cricket, Basketball and PAPA are all cordially invited.  Class parent representatives, social committee members and Year Group parent coordinators are also very welcome.

I hope I haven’t missed any volunteers but please pass this invitation on to anyone you know who has been a volunteer this year at the school.  Everyone is welcome.

For catering purposes please RSVP to Ann Brady abrady@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au by Friday 1st December.

Christmas Appeals

Please give generously to the Year 7 Christmas Giving Tree, the Year 9 Christmas Food Hamper Collection and the collection of clothing, coloured pencils and crayons for the poorest villages in the Philippines.  

Details can be found on the Mission and Social Justice and Student and Parent Matters pages.

Mr John Couani - Principal