From the Chaplain

From the Chaplain

Your gifts have been appreciated!!

As I mentioned last week, this year we are able to give our gifts from our Christmas present drive to the St Vincent de Paul Support Centre located in Redfern. They will distribute our gifts to needy families within the area. This always brings a lot of joy to the children as well as the parents. As you are probably aware, the number of families doing it tough for a variety of reasons has increased due to the pandemic. Some parents feel ashamed that they cannot provide a gift for their children due to their circumstances and our donations help them to have something to celebrate during Christmas. We were able to gather more than a truck load of presents, as well as some gift cards for the older recipients. Thank you to all of you that have kindly helped in providing these gifts and for all the effort in considering those less fortunate.

Walk The Mile: SCEGGS Podcast – “Episode 19: Lou’s Place, a place for women”

This episode is a discussion with the general manager of Lou’s Place, Nicole Yade. Lou’s Place is a day refuge for women that are in need, whether it be due to homelessness, domestic violence or any other disadvantage. It has been a safe haven for hundreds of women for over 20 years and the work they do is essential to the lives of many. Due to the nature of the conversation around sensitive issues please listen to this podcast with discretion.  If you are concerned by any of this, please do reach out to one of the counselling services:

And a reminder that  we are published on Spotify, Apple and Google Podcast and Deezer, so you can access it easier from your preferred device. I always welcome your feedback and appreciate your encouragement. You will find each podcast as they are produced in this newsletter and on the other platforms as well as our website.

And some very exciting news: we have reached over 1000 listens in just over three months!! I don’t know if that’s a good statistic in the podcast world because I am still very much a novice. But its good enough for me! Thanks to all of those people that have helped make it happen, been a guest, listened and given feedback. I hope that it continues to serve the community as much as possible.

 

Garry Lee-Lindsay
School Chaplain