Greetings from St Bede’s

Week 9 of the term finishes. Many Seniors have been busy with internal assessments. Winter sports' programmes are well advanced as well, and on the whole the community is looking forward to a rest from the 'busyness' of the school year.

Fr. Mark Walls and Mr Matt Newman from the Marist Youth Ministry have walked about thirty Year 12 boys through a programme entitled "Living Social Justice". The boys were challenged to consider the way they think about various aspects of social justice, and to see issues from more than one side - of seeing things from a 'socially-just' point of view, i.e. doing what is right for people.

In the Catholic tradition, there is another set of guides to seeking out the objective truth about issues, such as wealth inequality, racism and sexism.

Next Friday we have Service Day, and the Heads of House have helped to facilitate all the boys to undertake at least two hours of service on this day, as per the communication emailed home to parents a few weeks ago.

Until next week,

J. G. Boyle