Last Sunday we celebrated the Feast of the Holy Trinity. This feast recognises the nature of God as being three persons in one. In the Nicene Creed, Catholics state that God the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are ‘consubstantial’. This means that they are of the one substance and therefore are three persons of the one being. Whilst this concept may be difficult for many to understand, it is essential in recognising that God is there for us at all times. Whether it is in our original creation, leading us to salvation or being constantly with us on our journey, we have the gift that we are in the care of our creator. With many people returning to normality following the gradual lifting of COVID restrictions, it is important that we know we have this gift of God’s presence. Whilst all of this is a very superficial explanation of a fundamental Catholic belief, it is a comfort to simply know that God is there for us. Given that Simplicity is a Marist characteristic, sometimes just using the simple ideas allow us to accept the beauty in mystery.

A few weeks ago, I was pleased to accept a gift from Ms Caitie Oldfield who is our Aboriginal Education Officer. Caitie created a beautiful painting which highlights some of the basic characteristics of our community in a magnificent artwork. The vibrancy and colours of this reflect what I hope our community feels and contains the beautiful blues that link back to our Marian charisms through the Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Marist traditions. I thank Caitie for this artwork which will be proudly displayed in our College library.

From Monday, we have appointed a new staff member to replace Mrs Pontin’s teaching position. I have the pleasure of announcing that Ms Andrea Terkalas will become a member of our staff for the next 12 months. We welcome Ms Terkalas into our community.

Whilst public masses have been resumed over the last few days, they have restricted numbers. Bishop Brian Mascord has continued the YouTube channel where the faithful can watch him celebrate mass with us, and on our behalf. The link to this mass is here. Please log into this site each weekend and join Bishop Brian online for the celebration of the Eucharist.

Mr Steve Lo Cascio