This Thursday, 13th October, will be a significant date in the lives of our Year 12 students across the diocese as the Higher School Certificate examinations commence.
The influence parents can have in the education of their children is celebrated in a rather special way each year through the annual Special Needs Mass.
Since 2005, the Catholic Schools Office has undertaken study tours of countries such as India, Vietnam and Cambodia. The purpose of those tours was for teachers and CSO staff to experience the work of the Catholic Church in addressing poverty in these countries.
A number of years ago I was enrolling my eldest daughter into a school and, with all the enrolment material with which we were provided, I was struck by the words of the school’s Vision Statement.