Bulletin, Issue 4, 2013 - Mount Carmel College

I s s u e 4 , 2 1 s t M a r c h . 2 0 1 3 M o u n t C a r m e l C o l l e g eG E N E R A L N E W SMini VinniesOn Thursday, March 14 th our Student Leaders attended the Induction Mass for the St Vincent de Paulsociety. School leaders have an important role to play in the life of the school. Student leadership providesa forum for students to work collaboratively with a sense of vision and purpose and to serve their fellowpeers and the wider community. It was decided that one avenue in which our Primary Leaders can exercisetheir service to others, is through Mini Vinnies.Mini Vinnies is a group of primary school young people who get together to help those in need within theirschool and local community. This group introduces children to social justice issues, to the St Vincent dePaul Society and to living faith through action. In 2013, we aim to start a Mini Vinnies group in thePrimary school and the House Captains and Primary Leaders will be the driving force behind it.At the Mass on Thursday, the two Primary Leaders received a candle and badges for each member of theMini Vinnies group and made a pledge to uphold the aims of the society and work to promote awareness in their school and thewider community.We look forward to the exciting work that the Mini Vinnies will plan for in 2013.Miss Ida SaracinoPrimary Religious Education CoordinatorProject CompassionAll Project Compassion boxes are due to be returned to school on Friday, 22 nd March. Thank you to all families who havegenerously donated to Project Compassion during this season of Lent. As Holy week is rapidly approaching all of us are encouragedto make a concerted effort in this last week of Lent to fill our boxes in order to assist our brothers and sisters who are living inpoverty. It was interesting to hear in the news on Sunday that our newly elected Pope has spent much of his life working with thepoor in the slums and in soup kitchens handing out food and comforting those who led troubled lives. We too, can follow in PopeFrancis’ footsteps and attend to the needs of the poor and the marginalised.Featured in the last issue of the Bulletin was the story of Ditosa and how Caritas Australia helped her. In this fortnight’s Bulletinthere is a segment on Rollen and how her life was transformed with the support of Caritas Australia.Rollen lives in a small village called Kerenga in Papua New Guinea. She lives with her mother and two brothers. When she waslittle, life was hard for Rollen. She did not go to school. Instead, she looked after goats. She also helped to pull up wild cane roots sothat her family could grow food on the land. Sometimes her hands would be covered in blisters. Rollen decided that she wanted togo to school. The head teacher gave her a pencil and exercise book and let her attend primary school. But children in Papua NewGuinea have to pay for school after Year 8, and Rollen had no money.Soon after, Rollen met Caritas Australia’s partners called ‘Mercy Works’. They supported Rollen so she was able to study until Year10. After that, they helped her to train in Tourism and Hospitality. Mercy Works also showed her how to spend money carefully sothat she would have enough to last. Now Rollen has a job at a hotel. She says that nothing is impossible!By donating to Project Compassion we are making a life-changing difference to the lives of children like Rollen and the marginalisedcommunities around the world. Every little bit helps to open doors into the future.Mr Gerard McNultySecondary Religious Education CoordinatorPalm Sunday and Holy Week PrayerOn Friday 22 nd March students from Kinder- Grade 2 will re-enact the story of Palm Sunday in the Hall at 9.30 am. All parents arewarmly invited to attend.On each day of Holy week the Primary students will re-enact and meditate the Stations of the Cross. Parents are most welcome toattend each grade’s prayerful representation of the Stations. The list of times is as follows:Monday, 25 th March 10am Grade 3Tuesday, 26 th March 9.10am Grade 4Wednesday, 27 th March 9.10am Grade 5WThursday, 28 th March 10am Grade 5NGrade 6 will lead us in Prayer on Wednesday, 3 rd April when we return after Easter. The focus will be on the resurrection.We are located at:361 Sandy Bay Road,Sandy Bay, TasmaniaOur address is:PO Box 217,Sandy By, 7006Contact us at:Ph. (03) 62167900Fax. (03) 62167999or via the Internet:info@mountcarmel.tas.edu.auwww.mountcarmel.tas.edu.auAs we all prepare to remember the story of Jesus’ suffering and death may we open our hearts to receive the comfort and healingstrength of his love for us.Miss Ida SaracinoPrimary Religious Education Coordinator