{"id":600,"date":"2021-03-03T15:38:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T04:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/?post_type=article&#038;p=600"},"modified":"2021-03-05T15:31:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T04:31:03","slug":"from-the-religious-education-coordinator-4","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/article\/from-the-religious-education-coordinator-4\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Religious Education Coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row text-and-image-block style-\" data-block-enewsletter=\"text-image\" data-template=\"\">\n<div class=\"text-and-image-block_content\">\n<h2 class=\"content\" style=\"text-align: left\">The Lenten Journey Continues<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row enewsletter-text-block\" data-block-enewsletter=\"text\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-553 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-17-at-8.23.55-am.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"146\" \/>How are you travelling through Lent this year? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In his <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/lent\/documents\/papa-francesco_20201111_messaggio-quaresima2021.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">message<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for Lent 2021, Pope Francis asks for all to \u201cexperience Lent with love,\u201d which \u201crejoices in seeing others grow.\u201d The Pope said that one can give hope to others by being kind, sharing the \u201cgift of a smile\u201d or speaking a word of encouragement. May your Lenten journey be one that comforts, consols, strengthens and encourages others.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"row enewsletter-text-block\" data-block-enewsletter=\"text\">\n<h2>Celebrating 200 years of Catholic Education<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-692 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-03-at-3.36.43-pm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"319\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"row enewsletter-text-block\" data-block-enewsletter=\"text\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Staff were presented with a pin celebrating 200 years of Catholic education in Australia. Thank you to House Liturgy Captains who led the College in our prayer at the Principal\u2019s Assembly launching the celebration.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"row enewsletter-text-block\" data-block-enewsletter=\"text\">\n<h2>Year 12 Retreat<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row enewsletter-text-block\" data-block-enewsletter=\"text\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Week 5, Year 12 students attended the Retreat at Le Rosey Mittagong in Houses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The theme, Rejoice and Be Glad from the Gospel of Matthew 5:12 challenged the girls to seize the opportunity to celebrate life for all its beauty, chaos and joy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thank you to Ms Kathryn White for her support in the preparation for the Retreat and leading Retreat 2. Thank you to the teachers who facilitated, led and supervised on the Retreats: Dr Ireland, who attended both Retreats, Ms Clarke, Mrs Criss, Mr Allen, Mr Greenwell, Mr Hodges, Mrs Del Moro, Ms O\u2019Neill, Mrs Colreavy, Ms Vu, Ms Bloomfield, Mr Iskander, Ms Pulmbarit, Mr Hussey, Ms Wardle, Ms D\u2019Netto and Ms Askew. Their professional and personal commitment to the retreat ensured the experience provided opportunities for students to grow in their faith.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thank you to Fr Aliki Langi and Fr Greg Morgan who joined the Retreats and provided the opportunity for the celebration of the Sacrament of Reconciliation for students and then celebrated the Eucharist. These were very special opportunities for the students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The feedback from students was overwhelmingly positive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Below are some responses from students to the question:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Over the days of the retreat I learnt\/became aware of\u2026\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Everyone has their own story\/ connection to God<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My positive qualities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How grateful I am for these opportunities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I learnt more about my own spirituality<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Everyone has a story<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The personal connection I have with God<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The need to stress less and to be more positive<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My relationship with God, ways to unwind and to bring myself back to the present<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My positive traits<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How much stress I was carrying<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To journal<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Comfortable silence<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To meditate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A lot more gratitude<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To look up at the stars<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speaking to God whenever I need to and presence of God in my life at all moments.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row enewsletter-text-block\" data-block-enewsletter=\"text\">\n<div class=\"text-content\">\n<div class=\"highlight\">\n<p><em>Miss Mary Kleist, Religious Education Coordinator<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This article on College life meets The Archbishop&#8217;s Charter for Catholic Schools &#8211; Charter #1, #2, #8 &amp; #11<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lenten Journey Continues<br \/>\nHow are you travelling through Lent this year? In his message for Lent 2021, Pope Francis asks for all to \u201cexperience Lent with love,\u201d which \u201crejoices in seeing others grow.\u201d The Pope said that one can give hope to others by being kind, sharing the \u201cgift of a smile\u201d or speaking a word of encouragement. May your Lenten journey be one that comforts, consols, strengthens and encourages others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-600","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=600"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}