Christian Brothers College Newsletter
Senior Campus 214 Wakefield Street, Adelaide SA 5000 P 08 8400 4200 F 08 8400 4299 Junior Campus 324 Wakefield Street, Adelaide SA 5000 P 08 8400 4222 F 08 8400 4220 CBC Community 178 East Terrace, Children’s Centre Adelaide SA 5000 P 08 8223 5469 F 08 8223 7803
A Birth-12 Catholic College for boys in the Edmund Rice Tradition
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Term 3, Week 4
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Friday August 10, 2012
The Twenty12 Art Exhibition
worked with the lonely and were advocates for others both in standing with them and speaking for them.
From The Acting Principal Dear Parents and Caregivers, Last Wednesday 8 August was the feast day of Mary MacKillop, Australia’s first Saint. This date also marks the 103rd anniversary of her death. She was canonised by Pope Benedict XVI on 17 October 2010 as Saint Mary of the Cross. Mary MacKillop was a woman who had great dedication to God’s work and the Josephites, the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, the congregational order she founded, worked in many schools in the cities and remote locations and assisted in hospitals and outreached to the marginalised. I remember that, in my early years of schooling at a Josephite primary school, I was wholeheartedly inspired by the great courage and compassion the nuns, or “Brown Joeys” as they were known, showed to those who were in need in our community. Like Mary MacKillop, these women challenged unjust structures,
On Wednesday both Oliver Megins and Jack Poole, our Year of Grace ambassadors attended a mass at St Francis Xavier Cathedral with representatives from other catholic schools to give thanks and prayers for the life of an extraordinary holy woman who believed in doing what she could for those who couldn’t.
Birthday Celebrations Next Wednesday 15 August is our 134th birthday celebration. Students will have lessons 1 – 3 as normal and celebrate a mass at 11.30am for the Feast of the Assumption. It is on this day the in 1878 that the foundation stone ceremony occurred which was attended by Br Ambrose Treacy, the Superior General of the Christian Brothers. The foundation stone we believe is today situated under the current Food Technology area. The foundation stone stated (translated from Latin): To the Great and Omnipotent God be honour, power and sovereignty. The first stone of the convent and schools of the Christian Brothers in the City of Adelaide, Australia, which are to be erected by the piety and generosity of the clergy and People, under the special patronage of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, was blessed and laid on 15
Gospel Spirituality
We invite all people into the story of Jesus and strive to make his message of compassion, justice and peace a living reality within our community.
Faith Excellence Community Compassion
August in the year of Salvation 1878 by the Most Rev Christopher Augustine Reynolds D.D. Bishop of this diocese, surrounded by a devout assembly of the clergy and faithful; the Sovereign Pontiff Leo XIII happily reigning, Queen Victoria holding the Sovereignty of the British Dominions; and William Francis Drummond Jervois being Governor of the Colony. Health, True Peace, and Eternal Felicity to all here present and to Benefactors. Amen
To celebrate this important milestone in our college history we will have a mass facilitated by Fr Kevin Hennessy cp in the Centenary Gymnasium for the College community. All parents are welcome to attend. This will be followed by “Birthday Carnival” at 12.30pm where students will be providing food and activity stalls. The highlight of the afternoon will be our staff versus students basketball game and our annual netball game with St Mary’s College for the “Birthday Cup”. CBC has been successful in winning the cup twice over the past three years. All students are to wear casual clothes on Wednesday 15 August. Activities on the day are detailed on page 6.