2024 College Theme

A very warm welcome to the 2024 school year.  I truly hope that you each had the most wonderful, blessed Christmas and enjoyed spending time with your loved ones. Each year the College selects a religious theme to frame our focus for the year ahead. In December 2023, our Senior Leadership Team came together with new student leaders from St Bernard’s and St Mary’s Primary Schools. 

 After some fruitful discussion, the religious theme for 2024 was chosen: “Whoever follows me out of the darkness will never be alone, but will have the light of life.” (John 8:12)

These words come from the Gospel of John, and highlight the importance of faith in God, along with faith in ourselves and each other. So that all students are familiar with the theme, every RE class has undergone a study of the Scripture itself and discussed practical ways in which we can put these words into action. Students will have further discussion of how we can put our faith into action, through engagement with Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion Appeal.

Youth Ministry

Each year, students in Year 9 are offered the opportunity to be involved in our Pathways Sacramental Retreats, Formation Days and Mass and Prayer Services. Interested students were given information regarding these opportunities during class on Monday. Please encourage your child to check their emails in the coming days so that they can access further important information about applying for this initiative. The first of these days, (the Year 3 Reconciliation Retreat) will be held on Friday the 1st March, with a training and preparation day on Thursday 29 February.

Anna Smart
Religious Education Coordinator