Chaplain’s Corner

The Road to a Just World

It has been a busy, but such a fulfilling, school term!

It was wonderful to welcome Year 7s—this is the first group that I will be saying I started and finished within five-years’ time. What a wonderful bunch of boys and girls who are so eager to learn new things and be part of St George’s in every way! They are indeed inspirational to me.

This term I also started teaching all year streams (Years 7 to 12), which has helped me to be closer with the students and hopefully allowed the students to get to know me better as their School Chaplain and teacher.

Many events have happened this term, the Year 12 Ball—what a lovely night with our senior students! I also enjoyed the Interhouse Swimming gala. I am not surprised that we are up there competing with the best ASC Schools because we have lots of talent here at St George’s.

Chapel has also been very wonderful. I think our students love chapel, be it our regular chapel on a Monday, our special termly Eucharist services or our School Assemblies that are run and managed by our wonderful Student Guild. My role is to help make chapel a student-friendly space. It is always a joy to see our Cathedral filled with red blazers on Monday afternoons. I am thrilled to see the students remembering their blazers each week!

This week we had the Gandhi House Chapel, where I encouraged students to walk with others on the road to a just world. Your children can now tell you about the reality of injustice in the world, that equality, though a good call, has its own shortfalls, and that what we need is equity, which is giving every individual, according to their need, the opportunity for them to catchup with others. Ultimately, we need a Just world where no one is self-reliant. But for that to happen we must destroy the barriers that hold back people because of their skin colour, gender, sexuality, and the like.

Well done Gandhi House—I am super proud of you guys!

Happy holidays!

Father Gift

Lily Turner-Feild

Year 9

Congratulations to Lily who has been selected for the 2023 School Sports WA (SSWA) Volleyball Team . The team will travel to Canberra for the Australian Volleyball Championships in June.

This is a wonderful achievement Lily, and the St George’s community wish you the best of luck for the competition.