On Wednesday the whole school gathered in the learning hub to celebrate the feast day of our school's patron saint, St Catherine Laboure. The service began with students bringing forward the school banner to represent our school community and our school values. A set of rosary beads to represent the faith and devotion St Catherine had for Mary our mother. Our school prayer that we pray each morning asking St Catherine to guide us in our daily lives. Lastly a candle to represent St Catherine’s devotion to the sick and the elderly. 

A beautiful quote from St Catherine was “One must see God in everyone” As we travel through the Advent season this quote is a reminder of those around us. We reflect especially on two lines in our school prayer: “ May we always pray for the compassion to help lonely and hurt people and the courage to do what is right” and like St Catherine showed us in her daily life, “May we always care for everyone in our school so that St Catherine’s is a place of peace.