Catholic Studies

In the last newsletter article, you were introduced to the Catholic Studies faculty. This week it’s the turn of the Youth Ministry team to be in the spotlight.

Over the last five years we have been blessed to have the support of the Youth Ministry officers (YMO’s). As part of their role, the YMO’s work in classes throughout the school building relationships with the students and helping to make the face of Christ more visible and relevant to our students. In addition to classroom activities, the YMO’s support and implement many student discipleship events throughout the year. Initiatives such as Jesus Over Lunch Time (JOLT) and Awaken where students have the opportunity to develop friendships and engage in faith formation activities are just a couple of recent examples.

 Typically, our YMO’s have been graduates of the school who have elected to continue developing and strengthening their faith life by being actively involved in this school-based ministry. This year is no exception as we welcome back Abbie McConnachie from the graduating class of 2019. In addition to Abbie, we also see the return of Amber Scanes, who was part of the YMO team from last year and who has been able to stay on for a second year. Abbey Coman from Brisbane and Hannah Morson who has come from Port Macquarie are fresh faces for 2020, along with our new Parish Youth Coordinator, Adrian Brannan who has moved up from Sydney.  In the coming weeks as different events come up, we look forward to sharing more news and pictures.

Ash Wednesday Liturgy

Our next major event will be the Ash Wednesday Liturgy held on Wednesday 26th February. This is the first day of Lent, a time of preparation where we as Catholics are encouraged to take stock of our spiritual life, repent before God for those areas where we have failed, and to take the opportunity to realign ourselves with God by setting some spiritual goals to achieve before the celebration of Easter. The liturgy tends to run for approximately 30 minutes starting at 9 am in the school hall. As always, we warmly invite parents and carers to join us for the liturgy and to receive the ashes as part of our community.

 Until our next catch up, God bless and may the peace and love of Christ guide us all.

Caroline Doyle
Leader of Learning – Catechesis