From the Principal

Thank you to the parents and carers who managed to come in for Learning Conferences over the past couple of weeks. I know how busy life is – I can only imagine what needed to be juggled for you to get here. If you didn’t manage to get in, please feel free to contact teachers to discuss your son’s or daughter’s learning.

The Feast of the Assumption is on 15 August, a special day in the Church to think about Mary. We will have Mass for students in Year 5 – 12.

When we talk to students about Mary, we say she is a model for us to say ‘yes’ to God in our lives. What is God calling us to do? To act justly, to love those we know –  and also those we don’t know – to be stewards of our world, and to love God. God is also asking us to be fully human and fully alive.

There are many beautiful images of the Assumption from Europe in the Renaissance. I do love the one I have included here, or part thereof, painted by Titian in 1518. It doesn’t help me remember, however, that Mary was as Judean, aged 16, when she gave birth to Jesus, so 46 when Jesus died. Her death and Assumption into Heaven was some time after.

Helen Spencer

Principal