October is dedicated to the Month of the Rosary in the Catholic Church because we celebrate the memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary on 7 October.  The rosary is an invitation to experience the grace of Mary as she leads us to her Son, Jesus.  The Holy Rosary is our prayer through Mary to Jesus.  It has a long history beginning long before AD1200 when St Dominic began fervently to promote it.  By the late 1400s, the now familiar format of praying the ‘decades’, consisting of the Our Father, 10 Hail Marys and the Glory Be, had been established. 

Year 12’s 

We wish our Year 12 students well in their final weeks of schooling as they embark on their External Examinations from Monday.  We pray they may have confidence that all their preparation will hold them in good stead throughout this time. 

We look forward to gathering with them on Wednesday of Week 7 for their final College Assembly.  This will be a students only event which we hope to live stream for all families. 

End of Year events 

We are in initial stages of planning of end of year events.  With COVID guidelines we the format of many of these will change.  As more details become available we will update families. 

Mini Vinnies Christmas Appeal – a detailed letter will be emailed home about this next week 

Awards Ceremony – Wednesday 18 November – students only 

Graduation Mass – Friday 20 November – Yr 12 students and their families only 

Christmas Carols – Friday 27 November 6:00pm-8:00pm College families 

Parent Portal – change of use 

Our use of current Parent Portal will end at the end of 2020 as we move to our new system Sentral.  In preparation for this change, you may like to download your digital copies of student report cards before your access is removed.  Report cards from before 2020 will not be uploaded to the ‘new’ parent portal.  2020 Report Cards will be uploaded and be available in 2021 but will not be uploaded this year.   

Cate Brennan

Deputy Principal Religious Education