From the Principal

From the Principal

End of Term Prayer

Dear God, 

As we come to the end of another term, 

we thank you for being with us. 

Thank you for giving us joy this term. 

Thank you for surrounding us with Your peace 

and thank you for another term to start over again. 

We ask you to bless our learners, their families and our staff. 

We ask for your richest blessings over our Domremy Community.

Surround us with your loving care, 

keep us safe and help us to return next term 

renewed and refreshed.

Amen

Venerable Nano Nagle, Pray for us.

Dear Parents, Carers, Students and Staff

What a Term! It has certainly seen a flurry of activity in and out of the classrooms with many highlights! Both students and staff certainly stepped up the challenge on all levels. 

Of course this term saw our successful Domremy Light Festival, and our immediate and extended community out in force for the event. I expressed my thanks to all in the last issue of our Newsletter, but in this issue there is a detailed report about the Festival, from its inception to delivery, and all that it captured in between. There are also reports on our Let there be Light Newman initiative with Year 5 students from some of our feeder Primary schools and our Year 9 students, (from which the Light Festival idea sparked), and the Solar Buddy social justice initiative, largely led by Mila our Environment Prefect and Aoife, our Humanities Prefect, which saw them engaged at the Light Festival with families and younger children assembling lights which will be delivered to communities in PNG as part of an initiative to tackle energy poverty.

In the last two weeks, our College Community has also celebrated:

  • Sporting achievements – our Intermediate A Football Team and our Junior A Netball Team placing 1st and 2nd respectively in their respective SCS Conference 2 finals
  • A personal accomplishment outside of school by Paris Dimos at AGT2024, which provides encouragement to others to step out of their comfort zones and step up, and lifts everyone 
  • Our student vollies, who are generous with their time in service of others, by being involved in the Vinnies Sandwich Making and adjudicating at the All Hallows Primary School Public Speaking Awards
  • Our students who got involved and used their voices at the Rosebank Ethical Explorations Day and the SCS Student Voice Consultation Forum at ACU
  • the Year 8 Amadeus Music Showcase, which was an outstanding, professional and skilled performance 
  • Our La Verite Assembly – which captured all the successes and achievements of our girls for the whole of Semester One
  • Reports and Parent/Student/Teachers Meetings – staff have completed reports and interviews for nearly 800 students 

As you can see, our College community has certainly witnessed both enthusiastic involvement and commitment in showcasing the spiritual, academic, creative, artistic, musical and sporting talents that are so prevalent here, together with the service ethos which is front and centre at Domremy. Every event has been a testament of the girls’ fidelity in exhibiting teamwork, strength, diligence and resilience within both the competitive and non competitive arenas, and the Presentation values we uphold so strongly at Domremy, in their service to others. 

Congratulations to all our girls for their exuberant spirit in all that they do, and our gratitude for the tireless efforts of our staff for their generous support of our young women. I would also like to acknowledge our Year 12 Leaders for their exemplary leadership and creative direction. 

Our community is truly blessed with much generosity, compassion and spirit and I thank our College Leadership Team and our wonderful staff who have contributed in every way to make this term such a success.

I express my deepest gratitude also to our parents and carers for their support throughout and for placing their trust in us. 

I wish each of you a well deserved rest whilst enjoying the company of family and friends these school holidays. I look forward to welcoming everyone back for another exciting term. Our staff will have their Staff development day on Monday 22 July and I look forward to seeing all students back on campus on Tuesday 23 July.

We continue to keep all members of our community in our prayers. I thank you for your continued cooperation and support. 

Blessings on you and your families,

Mrs Antoinette McGahan