Assistant Principal - Mission
Week 10 at St Paul’s - celebrating St Paul’s Feast Day
The College is looking forward to a range of activities celebrating our patron saint, St Paul, in Week 10 this Term. The College will be celebrating Mass on Monday 1 July in the Edmund Rice Centre with Father James. Students are required to wear their academic uniform to Mass. Our College community is blessed to share the life and impact of St Paul on the Christian church. His life and contributions to Christianity are studied throughout the College, culminating as an important aspect of the HSC Studies of Religion extended response. St Paul’s life story and transformation on the road to Damascus is one of the pivotal stories of the Christian tradition; Paul’s early life as a Roman citizen, and a Greek-speaking Jew, supported his access to important leaders during his later years advocating for the teachings of Jesus Christ. Paul’s transforming journey in life is often considered at our College, where an advocacy for helping others with kindness and respect is evident in our beautiful grounds every day.
The St Paul’s Feast Day PC activities are taking place on Tuesday 2 July. Students are welcome to wear their sports uniform and are expected to attend the day and participate in all the activities. The Year 12 student leaders have organised a range of PC challenges which will count towards the House Shield winner for 2024. We have been given a confirmed list of the activities which we will running on the day, including: Tarp Volleyball; Spelling Bee; Trivia; Spaghetti Towers; Sponge Relay; Newspaper Hockey; Giant Chess; European Handball; Gumboot Toss and Vortex.
We have invited a number of local food trucks for lunch purchases, including: Fuller Food Coffee van; Dunghutti Catering; Cha-Cha Sushi; Sweet Choices Ice Cream; Bellingen Pasta; Kekik Turkish Cuisine; Bubble Tea and Munchie Madness.
During period 5 there will be the Year 12 talent show. This was a wonderful event last year where a number of students and staff showed great courage to perform a variety of items that were highly entertaining. We are looking forward to viewing many great acts this year.
Mr Geoffrey Melville - Assistant Principal - Mission and Wellbeing