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Retreats and Staff Formation
from Mazenodian 2022
This year, we were very excited to have our Retreat Programme back up and running again at full speed! Our Year 7 to 12 students experienced a variety of reflection days and retreats throughout the year, including our Senior and Junior voluntary Retreats, our Oblate Youth Group events and the very popular Ignite Conference in Brisbane. With guest presenters like Josh and Steve Angrisano, David and Katie Kobler, the Gen Bryant Team, the Youth Mission Team Melbourne and more, our students were given the opportunity to explore, deepen and nurture their faith in the Oblate spirit. Our staff were able to enjoy for the first time post-lockdown, a wonderful day of friendship, faith and formation at our Staff Retreat led by Fr Rob Galea and FRG Ministry. Our parents from the Junior School also appreciated an informative evening online on the topic, “Raising Teens in a Hyper-sexualised Society” with the magnificent team from YourChoicez.
A wonderful highlight of 2022 for our students was the Year 12 Retreat.
“When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. What we see now is like a dim image in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. What I know now is only partial; then it will be complete – as complete as God’s knowledge of me” ~ 1 Corinthians 13: 11-13
Guided by their retreat leaders and Homeroom teachers, our students were able to set aside some time to stop and take a break from the busyness of Year 12, to reflect on their lives, who they are becoming and their personal relationships with self, family, friends and God. The retreat provided students with a meaningful experience of faith meeting everyday life, and spoke to the issues facing young people today, challenging our young men to become good godly people of value, character and integrity.
A big thank you to everyone who helped make all these days possible. What a great feeling to be able to hold these events again and what a privilege to be able to journey with our young men in their personal and spiritual development. Cristiano Grosso