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by Director of Mission, Mr Geoff Brodie You send forth your spirit, and they are created, And you renew the face of the earth. (Ps 104:30). Last Sunday was Pentecost Sunday, commemorating when the Holy Spirit came down on the Apostles. The Missal states that the …event of Pentecost marks the beginning of the time…

by Director of Mission, Mr Geoff Brodie A Catholic school is a custodian of both the universal message of Jesus and the specific heritage of a community. The claim that we are a Catholic school in the Edmund Rice tradition is the responsibility to live the saving message of Jesus in the unique circumstances of…

by Director of Mission, Mr Geoff Brodie Christ is Risen. He is Risen Indeed! We ended last term in the Holy Week that marks the Passion of Jesus. It is the most solemn time of our year. We begin this term in the joy of Jesus’ Resurrection as we continue the season of Easter. This…

by Director of Mission, Mr Geoff Brodie A tradition during Holy Week is the Stations of the Cross. Each of the 14 Stations of the Cross recounts a moment during the first Good Friday, when Jesus suffered and died. To prayerfully encounter the Stations is to contemplate the mystery of God’s love for each one…

by Director of Mission, Mr Geoff Brodie St Patrick’s Day is always an important moment in our school year. However, one may argue that the 2021 moment overflowed with some extra meaning and value. Firstly, it was the first time the College community gathered for a whole school Mass for over a year. Our current…

by Director of Mission, Mr Geoff Brodie Every Monday and Friday the invitation to prayer in our Chapel is made to students and staff. Every Thursday College Chaplain Fr Eladio leads our community in the celebration of the Mass. I invite you to also share in our prayers by listening carefully to the words of…

by Director of Mission, Mr Geoff Brodie Our liturgical calendar marked this Wednesday as Ash Wednesday. The Missal includes this note: Today we commence the Season of Lent, a time of preparation for the great feast of Easter. During Lent, we give special attention to prayer (attending to quality more so than quantity), fasting (emptying…

by Director of Mission, Mr Geoff Brodie Last Friday our Year 12 students gathered for a retreat to start the year. Led by Mr Steve Lawrence, our young men were invited to consider human fulfilment, the facing of challenges, and the joy of living from within friendship with Jesus. For a Catholic school it offers…

by Director of Mission, Mr Geoff Brodie So we come to the end of the 2020 school year as we start another year in the Church’s liturgical calendar. Last Sunday was the first Sunday in Advent, the Church’s New Year’s Day, and in Advent we prepare our hearts to recognise, in the coming of Jesus,…

by Director of Mission, Mr Geoff Brodie Last Sunday we celebrated the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. In the introduction from the Missal we read Neither baptism nor the profession of faith in Christ guarantees our entry into Christ’s kingdom. What is most important is the way we treat the…