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The theme of 2018 National Reconciliation Week is ‘Don’t Keep History a Mystery: Learn. Share. Grow’. On Friday 1st June, Jonah Slockee-Albert, College Indigenous Captain, led a powerful service in which Indigenous students spoke about their heritage and the importance of their cultural identity, reminding us that is the longest continuous culture in the world. All staff and students took part in an ancient custom of the smoking ceremony that cleanses our hearts and minds and wards off bad spirits. Reconciliation Australia reminds us all that each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. It must live in the hearts, minds and actions of all Australians as we move forward.
Archbishop Christopher, at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council 2015, spoke about the importance of bringing the two traditions of Aboriginality and Catholicism together.
“It’s an enormous challenge to bring Aboriginality and Catholicism together in Australia,” he said. “It is the work of inculturation. The essence of the meaning of the word inculturation is summarised in the theme of our National Assembly, ‘The heart of Jesus beats within us all’.
“That is, the encounter with Jesus – the spirit of the living God – leads us on our journey and is in fact the destination of our journey.
“It is Jesus himself, who is the perfect unity between Aboriginality and Catholicism. The closer we come to Jesus the closer we’ll be able to move forward in the challenges that beset us all, but especially our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander friends.”
The College is always very proud of the contributions Carroll Indigenous students make to our community in raising awareness and educating us about their culture.
Term 2 is progressing at a rapid pace as we approach the end of Semester 1. Students are busy completing assessment tasks and revising for the end of semester exams which may result in some class changes for Semester 2.
Enrolment numbers are very strong for the 2019 Year 7 intake. Interviews have been taking place over the last two weeks and we look forward to welcoming many new families. If you are aware of any families that have not returned their enrolment forms please encourage them to do so.
The focus of this year has been ‘celebrating success’ at Carroll. Mrs Veronica Harrold-Carter, Assistant Principal – Pastoral Care, has been working very hard promoting the use of points in Sentral. This has been very successful with a large amount of the student body obtaining points for contributions to learning, assessments, participation in extra-curricular activities and those who are working hard to make a difference in our College community. Students can exchange these points as part of the reward system for vouchers, lunch rewards and other events.
Congratulations to our Cross Country Runners, Basketballers and League Tag Teams who competed over the last week. The Year 7/8 and 9/10 Girls Teams won their respective competitions at the Kezie Apps League Tag Day along with Carroll Basketballers winning the Year 9/10 Boys, 9/10 Girls, 11/12 Girls and 11/12 Boys competitions at the Canberra/Goulburn Secondary Basketball Competition. A large number of Cross Country Runners won their races and are now representing at the CCC Carnival in Sydney. All students represented the College proudly and showed the many opportunities that students have at Carroll to showcase their talents.
Finally a reminder that Popstars – The 90’s Musical, will be on 3rd, 4th and 5th July at Carroll College. Students have been rehearsing for months for what will be a fantastic evening. Tickets are available on Qkr! or the Front Office and will sell out quickly. We look forward to seeing you there.
Nathan Mansfield
Principal
This past week the Church has celebrated Corpus Christi and the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We are all familiar with the story of Mary visiting her cousin Elizabeth where before the two women embrace, John leapt for joy in his mother’s womb, having recognised the Lord and Messiah in the womb of Mary. As preparation for writing this article, I was researching the visitation and came across an article which offered insight into the haste in which Mary visited her cousin. A visit which would see Mary undertake a long and perilous trek from Nazareth to a village in the hill country of Judea. St Ambrose of Milan describes this haste with an almost untranslatable Latin phrase, “nescit tarda molimina Spiritus Sancti gratia,” which literally means, “the grace of the Holy Spirit does not know delayed efforts”, or in simpler terms “delayed efforts are foreign to the grace of the Holy Spirit”. Mary’s choice to visit her cousin is reflective of a decision taken from within her heart followed by immediate action.
How many things exist in our lives that we dreamed of doing, should have done, and never did? Phone calls which should have been made, dreams that should have been realised, gratitude that was not expressed, affection never shown, words that should have been said, etc.? Postponements and delays weight heavily on us, wear us down and can discourage us. How accurate is St. Ambrose’s description of Mary’s haste: the Spirit completely possessed the Virgin Mary and compelled her to act.
The story of the visitation teaches us an important lesson: When we allow Christ to dwell and grow within us, we allow ourselves the opportunity to be led to people, places and situations we may never have considered. The two women, Mary and Elizabeth show us the importance of engaging in authentic ministry. Ministry is not solely about doing things for others, serving the poor, teaching, loving others remembering they too are made in God’s image. Authentic ministers also allow themselves to serve and be served, taught, cared for, consoled and loved.
In the words of Saint Teresa of Calcutta “In the mystery of the Annunciation and the Visitation, Mary is the very model of the life we should lead…”
As a shared act of ministry and serving the poor and disadvantaged in our local community, Carroll College will once again take part in the St Vincent de Paul’s Winter Appeal. Throughout June we ask families to send in blankets/doonas, gloves, beanies, scarves, or soup cans. Please only donate food items which are in-date and other items in good-quality condition (not soiled or in poor condition).
St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal
Finally, I would like to congratulate and commend Mrs. Erica Drewsen, Youth Minister Jarryd Atkinson, the Year 10 CSYMA class and Year 11 CSYMA students Tahlia Cowan, Destinee Zischka and Tayla Preddey for their organization and facilitation of the Confirmation Retreat held at the College on Friday 1 June. The day was a huge success and assisted the year 6 candidates in their preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation.
Fr. Francis Carroll … Pray for Us
Live Jesus in our Hearts … Forever
Mrs. Charlotte Nicoletti
Coordinator of Religious Education and Faith Formation
PARISH CONNECT
St Bernard’s Parish, Batehaven
Adoration is on the First Friday of the Month at 5.30pm.
Mass is celebrated every first Saturday of the Month at 9am.
9 June – 6pm Sacrament of Confirmation celebrated by Archbishop Christopher Prowse
23 June – 7pm Trivia Night and celebrations for Fr Martins birthday
R.C.I.A programme is ongoing. Wednesday evenings at 7pm in the Church meeting room.
Wrap with Love – Help is needed to sew together knitted or crocheted squares to make rectangular wraps for people in need. Bags of squares and instructions are available on shelves in the church meeting room. Annual knit-in Friday 10 August at the Batemans Bay library.
Craft is held every Thursday 10am – Noon in the Church meeting room.
Men Alive meet every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month at 8am
Sacred Heart, Moruya
8 June – 9:15am Parish Feast Day
10 June – 10am Sacrament of Confirmation celebrated by Archbishop Christopher Prowse
Corpus Christi: The Body and Blood of Christ
In our faith journey, we encounter several mysteries. Last weekend, we celebrated the mystery of the Trinity: Three Persons, One Godhead. This weekend, we celebrate the mystery of the Body and Blood of Christ, Corpus Christi; the self-sacrificing and self-giving gift of Christ to his disciples.
This mystery was instituted by Christ at the last supper as ‘the sacramental expression of his suffering, death and resurrection, the paschal mystery’ (the 5th Luminous Mystery of the Rosary). The synoptic Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke and First Corinthians recounts that Christ took bread and gave thanks, broke it and gave to his disciples saying ‘this is my body, given for you. Do this in memory of me’. After the meal, he took a cup of wine in his hands and said, ‘this is my blood, the blood of the new covenant, drink this and remember me’ (Luke 22.17-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-25).
The disciples, known as the early Christians kept the practice in memory of Christ as they expressed brotherhood in the community through the breaking of bread and prayers (cf. Acts 2.42); This treasure has become a tradition celebrated throughout the history of the Church with different names, reflecting its meaning, significance and place.
Nutrition is essential for human growth, strength and physical development. To satisfy this need, we eat food. However, to satisfy our spiritual hunger Christ gave us his body as the Living Bread, the Bread of Life (John 6. 34). This was given to the apostles at the last supper, it is therefore known as the Lord’s Supper. It came to be known in Latin as Viaticum, meaning food for the Journey. Being a sacrament of unity, it came be known as Holy Communion. Given that, it expressed the real presence of Christ, it is called the Body of Christ. Being a community celebration, it is popularly known as the Mass. Also, being an act of thanksgiving, it is called the Eucharist.
In the teaching of the Church, when a validly ordained priest offers the prayer of consecration over the elements of bread and wine through the invocation of the Holy Spirit, the prayer of Epiclesis, there is transubstantiation: the bread and wine changes into the Body and Blood of Christ. This is the mystery that is celebrated at every mass, the Body and Blood of Christ. We become what we eat. As many times as, we come to the Eucharist, may we be transformed into what we receive.
Fr. Martins
Message from Qkr! Update
As of June 6th some of the older versions of the Qkr app will no longer work, and families must update their app. Most people have auto update enabled in their phone settings so this will happen seamlessly. If the app has stopped working, you will require to download the current version from the app store.
Handy Hints!
To receive Push Notifications to notify of an event that is specific to your child/ren and events at the College you just need to enable your Push notifications on your phone and the app under Settings.
IF YOU HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT VOLUNTEERING, OUR CANTEEN IS A GREAT PLACE TO DO IT.
GREAT STAFF, GREAT KIDS, GREAT FOOD.
WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR HELP. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED PLEASE COMPLETE THE FORM AND RETURN TO THE SCHOOL, OR CONTACT LYNDALL McCARTHY ON 02 4471 5600 FOR MORE INFORMATION.
The students performing in this year’s school musical, ‘Popstars’, had the incredible opportunity of developing their drama skills with Brooke Louttit, a former Carroll College student, on Sunday 27th and Monday 28th. We started the Sunday with some vocal and body warm-ups, before getting into some group theatre sports. These drama games pushed us past our comfort zone which helped us strengthen our group and grow as a whole. On Monday, Brooke got us to run through a few scenes from the musical that we needed to work on. She gave us direction with our places on the stage, body positions, facial expressions, and working together as a group. We all really learnt a lot from her and are so grateful for giving up her time to help us out.
On Wednesday 30th May, around 50 girls from Years 7 to 11 competed in the Kezie Apps League Tag Day at MacKay Park in Batemans Bay against Batemans Bay HS, Moruya HS and Narooma HS. Being the second year participating in this event meant that the girls came with some experience, and really showed their ability. Our Year 7/8 teams finished 1st and 2nd respectively, with one team going through the day undefeated, our two 9/10 teams both finishing in the top three, and our senior girls were unlucky to come away with only one win and one draw on the day. The girls as always represented the school with enthusiasm and sportsmanship which is the most pleasing part. A big thank you to Ms Bonner and Miss Gray for their help on the day, and hopefully we will be playing again sometime soon!”
Archdiocesan Cross Country Report
On Tuesday 22 of May Carroll College Students competed in the Archdiocesan Cross Country Carnival at Stromlo Park. We had a record number of competitors on the day. The following students made it on to the CCC Carnival in Sydney - Cooper Brady, Austin Edwards, Hugh Tuckwell, Ronin Rowley, Tom Lassau, Angus Turner, Channel and Peach Glasson, Luka Whiteman, Ian Thompsett, Shayne Hargraves, Sarah Penberthy, Emma Lassau, Zalie Betts, Gemma Ferguson, Rhys Flood and Maddison Blewitt. Congratulations!
As you may be aware the latest Netflix series, ’13 Reasons Why’ has just released season 2.
This show is graphic and propagates ideas that could put young viewers at risk. The portrayal of characters is problematic and information is inaccurate and unhelpful. The creators of this show did not adequately consult suicide prevention groups, despite the second series displaying warning signs on the advice of metal illness organisations.
Parents need to be made aware of the content of this show and the dangerous implications it can have on young people. Unfortunately, the show romanticises suicide by portraying the main character as living on after death through narration, written notes and recorded messages.
In this Special Report, Dr Carr-Gregg highlights the areas of the show that concern the mental health community. He hopes that parents will have a conversation with their teenagers about the content, should they choose to watch it.
If you have any concerns about your child, please contact the school counsellor for further information.
Here is the link to your special report :
http://sjglb.nsw.schooltv.me/wellbeing_news/13-reasons-why-special-report
Foster Carers Needed.
Every child deserves a safe, stable home.
Your family could provide the support a child urgently needs.
Foster carers can fill a range of needs ranging from overnight and short-term support to families through to permanent care.
Speak to someone from our Anglicare team today about what option could work best for you.
Together we can give more support to children in our community.
Contact Edith Ishadi on 44750901/0407128068 or edith.ishadi@anglicare.com.au
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