This week’s prayer celebrates International Women’s Day (Friday 8 March 2024) and challenges all in society to recognise and affirm the critical place of women across our communities and throughout the world. Sacred Heart College is a Catholic school in the Mercy tradition and as such has the witness and lives of inspirational women such as Venerable Catherine McAuley rsm and Mother Ursula Frayne rsm as foundational narratives for the school.

Notwithstanding these inspirational women and those beloved in our families, there are many countries across the world where women and girls are unable to live full lives, have freedom of expression and dress and have full and unfettered access to education. Friday provides an opportunity to continue to call for equal access to education, work and freedom of movement for all human persons across the world regardless of gender.

Taradale Bus Passengers

In recent weeks, Sacred Heart College has run a private bus for a number of students who would normally access the Taradale PTV run. The run is currently oversubscribed. To continue the run, the College will introduce a co-responsibility charge for students accessing this bus. Full details will be distributed to affected families early next week.

School Activities

As most families will realise, the past couple of weeks have been very busy one for the College:

Currently our Year 8 students are enjoying fabulous weather and the beauty of the Surf Coast at Anglesea YMCA camp.

Last week, our Year 7 students and staff completed their rotations through the Kinglake Camp. Although temporarily interrupted by poor weather conditions, the camps themselves were very popular and successful.

This week, the large Year 7 cohort was formally welcomed into the Sacred Heart College community at the Year 7 Commissioning Mass. The evening included some wise words from College Chaplain, Fr Declan O’Brien and saw each student receive their Year 7 badge and College candle.

Yours in Mercy, 

Dr Darren Egberts

Principal