{"id":1334,"date":"2021-06-11T11:37:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T01:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/?post_type=article&#038;p=1334"},"modified":"2021-06-11T12:17:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T02:17:33","slug":"from-the-religious-education-coordinator-10","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/article\/from-the-religious-education-coordinator-10\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Religious Education Coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">St Paul wrote in his letter to the early Church in Ephesus:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that to know the love of God is better than all knowledge. God\u2019s love is greater than our understanding. But we know that we are loved and God has more love for us to experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During this \u2018ordinary time of the liturgical year\u2019, may we continue to be open to experience God\u2019s love in our lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>St Therese Denistone Stage 3 Retreat<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1383 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2021\/06\/RE-1-e1623196281223.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"306\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Madeline and Rebecca of Year 11 helped facilitate and present the St Therese Denistone Stage 3 Retreat, which was on the theme, \u201cThe Love of God Impels Us&#8230;\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The following are excerpts from an email from Mr Justin Salar, REC at St Therese Denistone, following the retreat:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI would just like to highly commend your Marist secondary students for how they conducted themselves yesterday.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Madeline and Rebecca from Marist Sisters&#8217; Woolwich, really showcased &#8216;Witness&#8217;, articulated themselves and represented your College. <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The St Therese Denistone Stage Three students highly benefited from your secondary students&#8217; presence.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><b>Year 9 Reflection Day<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The theme of the Year 9 Reflection Day was Women of Fire! Women of Courage!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students participated in activities on women in our Marist story. Special guest presenters were Mr Chris Nolan of Caritas Australia and Sr Noelene Simmons, Marist Sister and a member of ACRATH (Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans). Thank you to the staff who supported the day: Mrs Criss, Ms White, Ms Pender, Mr Hodges, Ms D\u2019Netto, Ms Vu and Ms Poli.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<h3><b>Year 10 Reflection Day<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The theme of the Year 10 Reflection Day was \u201cWho will speak if you don\u2019t? The students were challenged to be women of action by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sr Noelene Simmons, Marist Sister and a member of ACRATH (Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans) and Mr Chris Nolan of Caritas Australia. Thank you to the staff who supported the day: Mr Allen, Ms White, Ms Pender, Mrs Watson, Ms D\u2019Netto, Mrs Colreavy and Ms Poli.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<h3>Year 7 Mass<\/h3>\n<p>Thank you to Fr Kevin Bates for the celebration of the Mass with Year 7. It was a wonderful opportunity to be able to celebrate as a Year group.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1394 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2021\/06\/RE-6-e1623202993491.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"293\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"highlight\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Miss Mary Kleist, Religious Education Coordinator<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">This article on College life meets The Archbishop&#8217;s Charter for Catholic Schools &#8211; Charter #1, #2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St Paul wrote in his letter to the early Church in Ephesus: that to know the love of God is better than all knowledge. God\u2019s love is greater than our understanding. But we know that we are loved and God has more love for us to experience. 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