It’s been great to return to a bit of normality this week and everyone seems to be settling in wonderfully.

Starting next week, I will be visiting classrooms to join in with them during their daily contemplative practice.  Part of our Benedictine charism is that we are a contemplative place and the practice of Christian meditation is one that our whole school participates in on a daily basis.  In our society, time is often filled with business, noise and things to do. The teaching of Christian meditation seeks to help our students and provide them with a spiritual practice that creates a positive impact on their wellbeing.  Stillness and silence is the key to meditation, and allows students the chance to simply ‘be’. I would encourage all families to speak to their children about meditation. You may have even noticed last year that our school prayer card also had on it ‘How to Meditate’, you may even want to give it a try yourself!  I look forward to hopefully visiting all classrooms and meditating with them!

DATE CLAIMER

Our Beginning Year Liturgy will take place on Friday Week 4 (21/02) at 9:00am in ‘The Hall’, led by by Fr Dave Lancini, our Parish Priest.  We’d like to extend a warm welcome to all of our St Benedict’s community for this event.  Here we will be launching our ‘Way of PEACE’ initiative - stay tuned in the coming weeks for more information about this!

SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM

We have several students enrolled in this years Sacramental program being run through the Good Shepherd Parish.  The sacraments of Confirmation, Reconciliation and the Eucharist are all parts of the ‘initiation’ process of the Catholic Church.  I’d like to wish these students and their families all the best on their Sacramental Journey. It’s also a great reminder to our community that we are part of the Ministerial Region of the Good Shepherd, led by the wonderful Fr Dave. 

Ryan Community Centre Good Shepherd Community Centre

Sunday 9:30am Saturday 6:00pm

Sunday 5:00pm Sunday 7:30am 

Have a great week and God bless,

Nick 



PREP OPEN DAY

We invite all potential Prep families to St Benedict’s in 2021 to attend our Prep Open Day on Thursday 19th March from 9:00-10:00am.  We invite you to attend with your child starting Prep in 2021 and have a tour of our school led by our senior teachers.  You will also be encouraged to book your Prep enrollment interview for 2021 at this time. If you are unable to attend this day, our Principal will be running tours on the following times:

Monday 23rd & 30th March, 9:00-10:00am AND 

Thursday 25 March and 2nd April, 4:30-5:30pm.