Parish and School News

Catholic Colleges attend Herald Sun Shield launch

Friday 24 May 2013

ASSOCIATED Catholic Colleges (ACC) was recently represented at the launch of the 2013 AFL Victoria Herald Sun Shield by students from five of its seven Division 1 schools.

Junior Badmington Champs

Friday 24 May 2013

WHITEFRIARS College celebrated their first ever Badminton Championship victory yesterday at the Associated Catholic Colleges (ACC) Junior Championship, held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.

It takes a village to raise a child

Wednesday 22 May 2013

ST Richard’s Primary School, Kilsyth recently celebrated Family Week where students invited a grandparent or a special person in their life to a morning liturgical service with the theme: 'It takes a village to raise a child.'

St Philip's Primary school feast day and procession

Friday 17 May 2013

ST Philip's Primary School, North Blackburn celebrated the feast of  their patron with a day of activities, including a 'May Crowning' in honour of Our Lady.

Catholic schools golf championship

Friday 10 May 2013

THE annual Associated Catholic Colleges(ACC) Open Golf Championship was held recently at Northern Golf Club in Glenroy, with superb conditions greeting the golfers for an early tee off.

Schools exhibition success

Thursday 9 May 2013

AFTER more than 18 months of planning, the Associated Catholic Colleges (ACC) Art and Technology Exhibition came together to celebrate the artistic achievements of more than 200 students from the various member colleges.

St Christopher’s looks to special needs

Thursday 2 May 2013

ST Christopher's Airport West has strengthened the sister school relationship with the Manuel Duato school for underprivileged and special needs students in Lima, Peru by printing a slogan of solidarity on their school sports shirts.

St Joseph's College Ferntree Gully's new statue

Wednesday 1 May 2013

ON the Feast of St Joseph the Worker this week, the church honoured St Joseph as an example for Catholic workers. Earlier this year St Joseph's College Ferntree Gully celebrated the blessing of a new statue of St Joseph.

Kilsyth twilight Stations of the Cross

Friday 26 April 2013

ON Wednesday 27 March, senior students from St Richard’s Primary School, Kilsyth re-enacted the Stations of the Cross in the school grounds.

Remembering our fallen in Pozières

Monday 22 April 2013

TWO years ago, Tina Colosi, deputy principal of St Raphael’s, West Preston, was looking for a way to present Anzac Day to the students. A parent suggested contacting Barry and Yvonne Gracey, who raise funds for the Australian-based Pozières Remembrance Association.