St Joseph’s College Geelong
News & Events Thursday 5 March 2015 - Issue No 3 135 Aphrasia Street, Newtown VICTORIA 3220 / Ph: 03 5226 8100 Fax: 03 5221 6983 / Email: sjcoffice@sjc.vic.edu.au / www.sjc.vic.edu.au
2015
Principal’s Report Dear Parents, Students and Friends of the College, On Monday 2 March our full school assembly was devoted to the annual launch of Edmund Rice Day. The day will be held on March 19 which is the feast of St Joseph, and Father Vince Jewell, Parish Priest of St Bernard’s Parish Belmont, has agreed to be the celebrant of our whole school Mass. Edmund Rice was a wealthy Irish businessman who on the death of his wife, reconsidered his direction in life and became committed to the education of poor boys. He went on to establish his first school in Waterford Ireland in 1802 and was responsible for the formation of the religious congregation, who became the Christian Brothers. The Brothers arrived at Newtown in 1878 and worked here continuously until 2007, when Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) assumed responsibility for all their remaining Colleges. Students have been asked to raise a minimum of $25 each or $40 for two or more children. The proceeds of the day will be donated to Edmund Rice Camps ( Camping Experience for underprivileged children), Edmund Rice Foundation ( which supports education & health programs in PNG, The Philippines, East Timor, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana and South Sudan) Caritas Australia, (Project Compassion) and charitable works directly related to our ongoing relationship with the Parish of Manya in Uganda. Boys have been asked to seek sponsorship and to put their contribution in the envelopes provided and give it to their home room teachers. Edmund Rice Day, in so many ways, helps define who we are as Catholics, with a commitment to the values of Compassion, Innovation and Integrity. Please support your son’s fundraising in any way you can. Paul Tobias - Principal
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Calendar of Events March 2015 6 SJC Athletics Day 9 Labour Day - Public Holiday 10 P&F Meeting 14 Trivia Night 19 Edmund Rice Day 20 VCAL Bowls & Beats Night 23 SJC Open Day 25 Josephines Dinner 26 Easter Liturgy 26 Parent/ Student/ Teacher
Interviews 4-7pm 27 Parent/ Student/ Teacher Interviews 9am-12:30pm 27 End Term 1 - Student Free Day
April 2015 3 Good Friday 5 Easter Sunday 13 Start Term 2 - Students return 14 P&F Meeting 19 SJOCA & SJC Golf Day 22 ANZAC ceremony - Westcourt 25 ANZAC Day 27 ANZAC Assembly - Newtown Celebrating 80 Years of Catholic Boys’ Education