On this Easter morning, let us look again at the lives we have been so generously given and let us let fall away the useless baggage that we carry – old pains, old habits, old ways of seeing and feeling –- and let us have […]
Students from Year 10 and 11 have spent the past two days with students from other Kildare Ministries schools learning about and discussing social justice issues. This has been an amazing opportunity to develop skills that will serve them well as future leaders of Clonard.
Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools and the Rerum Novarum Foundation have announced the winners of the inaugural Rerum Novarum Awards. Students in Years 10 to 12 were asked to address a social justice issue in their community, applying the principles of Catholic social teaching to their project. […]
Wonder – Seeing beyond I have never grown up when it comes to bubbles. For me, bubbles get you in. They make me laugh. They fascinate me. They make me feel alive. They are something of mystery – so fragile and yet so beautiful, such […]
On Wednesday, for the first time we held Mass on the grounds of Tullow to celebrate the opening of the school year and to commission our student leaders for 2021. Blessed with a picture perfect morning to set the foundations of the year ahead. With […]
The Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project (BASP) is one of a number of projects in Australia that seek to support asylum seekers. The Brigidine sisters who operate the Project aim to provide hospitality and practical support for asylum seekers. This Christmas they will be supporting a […]
Last week, we were thrilled to be able to gather our Year 12s together safely for the first time since March this year. It was an emotional time coming together in ceremony, to graduate, reflect and say farewell. Although they leave us now, no longer […]
As I drove to school this morning I was drawn to thinking about thresholds, the space between what is and what is to come. The notion of ‘thresholds’ has significance for us with our Brigidne tradition, as legend says that St Brigid was born on […]
Never before has the work of BASP been so important. With very little money and resources they are doing a lot to support asylum seekers and refugees in our community. Covid19 has made that work even more essential as these vulnerable people have no access […]
