From Assistant Principals
14 February By Sharon Lehtonen, Assistant Principal - Catholic School Culture
Preparing for the Season of Lent
This week we prepare for the Season of Lent. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent and is always 46 days before Easter Sunday. The day gets its name from the ancient tradition of using ashes to draw a cross on the forehead of people attending Church as a sign of mortality and sorrow for transgressions. This day marks the first step in preparing our hearts to commemorate Christ’s death and celebrate his resurrection.
On Ash Wednesday the College will gather for a liturgy and the distribution of ashes. The Year 7 students on Camp or Reflection Day will also gather in their respective spaces for an Ash Wednesday liturgy.
Project Compassion Diocesan Launch
On Sunday, 11 February 2024 our College Captains, Paris Govan and Lucas Wells, attended the 2024 Project Compassion Launch with Mrs Cathryn Prunty. Bishop Paul Bird commissioned the student leaders as Project Compassion Ambassadors.
This is the first of many activities to support the work of Caritas in their global mission of caring for people less fortunate us.
Year 7 Reflection Days
This week marks the start of the Year 7 Alternative Program at Damascus College, where students go on camp to Creswick and the Year 7 Reflection Days are held across the week at Dunnstown.
Pictured here are the Year 7 St Martin students at Dunnstown. These students are the first Damascus students to use the St Brendan’s site for learning since St Brendan’s Primary School closed at the end of 2023.
The morning commenced with presentations on the long and proud history of Damascus College, dating back to 1881 with the commencement of Sacred Heart College, St Paul's Technical College and St Martin's in the Pines. Many wonderful questions were asked by the Year 7 students, as it was a chance for our newest members of the community to understand the College history and develop a sense of pride in a tradition of which they are now a part of.
It is wonderful to see the commencement of a much larger journey for the Damascus community in Dunnstown.