Bridgeteers Build Prizewinning Bridge for the Aurecon Competition
Mount St. Joseph Girls’ College, Altona (MSJ) was lucky to be chosen to host the Victorian state finals of the Aurecon Bridge Building Competition this year. Aurecon Bridge Building Competition offers secondary school students a ‘real-world’ experience of what they can look forward to as future engineering students and professionals. Students are given a set […]
International Day for Tolerance
Celebrating Diversity: International Tolerance Day 2019. The International Day for Tolerance (16 November) is an annual observance day declared by UNESCO in 1995 to generate public awareness of the dangers of intolerance. Observed on 16 November, the international community celebrates the day with activities that target both educational institutions and the general public. The United […]
Year of Indigenous Languages: Chinese and Nepalese
The United Nations has declared 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages. To celebrate, for each month this year, you’re invited to view greetings for different languages. For November we feature the languages Chinese and Nepalese: Chinese 2015年教宗方济各在关于守护受造界的《愿祢受赞颂》通谕中写道，“文化的消失与动植物物种的消失相比同样严重，甚至于更严重”。“由此看来，必须特别照顾和保护原住民团体及其文化传统”（参阅：145-146节）。 土著语言也向人类敞开了一扇神奇的大门，让我们得以一窥祖先在农业、生物、天文、医学和气象学等领域的知识和经验。 祝愿今年土著语言国际年作为一个转折点让我们把本土语言保护传承下去。 Pope Francis addressed in the Encyclical Laudato Si that the disappearance of a culture […]
In the Footsteps of Mary MacKillop Pilgrimage
On Tuesday 22 October, 21 people arrived in Melbourne to participate in the National Pilgrimage – In the Footsteps of Mary MacKillop. During the time of pilgrimage, pilgrims had the opportunity to hear of the struggles, joys, hopes and dreams of Mary, her family and Father Julian Tenison Woods and the needs of the early […]
Fr Julian: Man of Words – Letter Ten
This month we look at the plan for Catholic Education in South Australia that Father Julian Tenison Woods had the task of implementing when he became the first Director General of Catholic Education in Australia. In 1867 Bishop Laurence Sheil appointed Father Julian Tenison Woods as his Secretary and asked him to leave Penola and […]
Are We Advocates for Earth’s Future?
Yes, You Can Buy Ladybugs! On Saturday, the 19 October 2019 this response evoked laughter in a Limerick (Ireland) cosmology gathering! Fascinating though Ladybugs or Lady beetles are, why and how would anyone buy or sell them? Perhaps we are not all aware that Ladybugs are the sworn enemy of greenfly and aphids and therefore […]
All Souls Day
All Souls Day is a day for commemoration of all the faithful departed and is observed on 2 November. The feasts of All Saints and All Souls, which are celebrated one day apart in November, 1 & 2, are the two sides of the same coin. This precious coin is the incredible and all-encompassing love […]
All Saints’ Day
All Saints’ Day is a celebration of all Christian saints held on 1 November annually. A young woman whom I know has just celebrated her 44th birthday. She is the mother of two children. Early this year she was diagnosed with a rare type of bone cancer. After having undergone months of chemo-therapy and a […]
France Inspired by St Mary MacKillop
For the Extraordinary Missionary Month of October, the Catholic Diocese of Versailles, France prepared an online St Mary MacKillop reflection and biography about the life of Mary MacKillop. Provided below is the Mary MacKillop biography that was prepared… First canonised Australian saint, co-founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred […]
Children’s Day Australia
The spirit of Mary and Julian lives on in Catholic Schools where children are focus. Universal Children’s Day is a celebration of children’s rights, talents and citizenship. It is celebrated on 23 October in Australia and on 20 November around the rest of the World each year. Mary MacKillop and Fr. Julian Tenison Woods encouraged […]
Student’s Effort Inspired by Girl Rising Story
Malaika Boyall is an amazing Year 7 student from Mount St Joseph’s, Altona (Victoria) who organised a very worthwhile sold out charity screening recently. Here is the story in Malaika’s own words… A few years ago I came across the book Malala by Malala Yousafzai. I was really moved by her story and her struggles […]
World Food Day 2019
Belonging Gethsemane Community Inc has reached out to people with disabilities who are lonely and socially isolated at Christmas since 1994. Stimulated by awareness of the poverty of residents of boarding houses, we packed gift bags of toiletries, socks, underwear and lollies for hundreds of people each year. As reforms took effect, their situation improved, […]