Social Justice Leadership day is designed for team members to come and spend a day together, celebrating their importance within the College community. During this time, the team have the opportunity to embrace their role, while listening to and learning from greatly inspiring individuals.

Representatives from Edmond Rice, St Vincent De Paul’s, Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Human (ACRATH) and Refugee and Asylum Seekers organisation, took the time to share their wisdom and experiences with the team. The information provided was insightful and uplifting, teaching us that there is always a way for us to step in and make a difference in the lives of the people around us, in turn, stressing the importance of the 2021 Caritas motto, ‘Aspire not to have more, but to be more’ – Oscar Romero.   

The team spent the remainder of the afternoon planning for the term ahead, sketching up ideas on ways they can make a difference within our community.  Thank you to all involved in the organising and planning of this remarkable day.   

Ms Matilda Mattar
Social Justice and Service-Learning Leader 

We would like to thank all involved for organising an amazing social justice leadership day on Tuesday 23 February. We were blessed to have Mrs Mattar, Mr Sammut, Mr Madigan & a range of guest speakers present to us all things social justice. We learnt about forced marriage, slavery, shopping ethically and how we can make a positive difference in our communities. We spent the afternoon planning a range of projects, activities and events for our school community which we cannot wait to begin actioning!

Ivanka & Jessica 
Social Justice Members

CARITAS – PROJECT COMPASSION

WEEK 1 STORY

Jamila is a Rohingya refugee living in a camp in Bangladesh with her elderly mother and baby daughter. With the support of Caritas Australia, and through Caritas Bangladesh, Jamila has been able to access to emergency food, shelter, counselling, and vocational training that will help to support her family.

Jamila's story can be found here:  https://lent.caritas.org.au/week-1