During our Festival in September this year, the statewide blackout occurred on Wednesday 28th, and further, on Thursday 29th, the weather alert was announced. Approximately 1,000 school children who had been preparing for their performance for over 8 months, had their performances cancelled. It was the first time in the history of the Adelaide Festival Centre that an indoor event had been cancelled. In lieu of the weather events, we were delighted to be able to reschedule a concert for as many students as possible whose performance night did not occur.
Reducing landfill waste by a massive 80% at St Raphael’s School in Parkside was one of the main reasons that they were presented with a KESAB Wipe Out Waste Award for the “Greatest Reduction of Materials to Landfill by a Primary School Site” this week.
Tim Hoile, Director of the Marine Discovery Centre, Henley Beach and Sr Enid, past Principal of Star of the Sea School, are honoured to receive UNESCO Awards at Government House. The Marine Discovery Centre is at Star of the Sea School, 333 Military Rd, Henley Beach.
The Pope’s passion for nature and the outdoors was a focus of Nazareth Catholic Community’s (NCC) work in 2016. In the Early Childhood Centre (ECC) children as young as 15 months are responsible for their corner of the community, for their water usage and they take seriously our shared responsibility to care for God’s creation.
Throughout 2016 a group of 32 aspiring leaders from Catholic Schools in South Australia gathered to explore their discernment and capacities for formal leadership. The yearly program was grounded in theological foundations led by Father Michael Trainor who outlined the core of Catholic leadership was a strong relationship with God.
We pray for peace in our world and remember all those who have striven for a just world.
The Ode by Laurence Binion (1914)
They shall grow not old,
As we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them,
Or the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
And in the morning,
We will remember them
Compassionate God, hear our prayer for peace and justice in our world.
Amen
On 15 November, St Michael’s College will be honoured to have the last Rat of Tobruk, Mr Bill Corey visit the school to present a class of Year 9 History students the State prize for the Anzac Day School's Awards.
St Francis de Sales College Mount Barker is proud to be the one! The one millionth Australian school student has visited Capitol Hill in Canberra with the support of the Australian Government’s Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER) program.
Terry MacDermot is the Head of Visual Arts at St Michael's College and he’s about to launch his first book called TAKUNDA. It is about a young African boy who lives with a disability and who is shunned by his community. With an orphaned monkey for a friend, they go on an adventure where Takunda realises his own strengths.
At a special liturgy, the outgoing Senior Leaders at St Joseph's School, Port Lincoln, handed over school symbols to the new leaders and invited them to be the new stewards of the school.