Junior School Faith Education

Mr Gordon Dean Assistant Head of Junior School

Our aim is to create an environment where the boys can grow in an understanding of their personal relationship with God.

Opportunities are provided through class Masses, prayers, meditation, religion lessons and participation in Christian Service programs.

Boys were enthralled with the stories told by Sr Trish Franklin, CEO of the Loreto Vietnam-Australia Program who visited Trinity College in March. It was great for the boys to see how their contributions helped the children in remote areas of Vietnam. Trinity Junior School has been involved with the program for many years.

Year 5s visited Wheelchairs for Kids and presented Br Ollie with a huge bin of ring-tops as well as some money to purchase a couple of wheelchairs.

The Year 6s also visited Archbishop Goody Hostel in East Perth.

The Year 4s and Year 6s were prepared by their class teachers to receive the Sacraments of the Eucharist and Confirmation respectively.

Class Masses provided the opportunity for the Junior School to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus.

Special thanks to Mrs Ann Clarke for leading the boys in beautiful singing throughout the year.

Teachers have also set a fine example for the students by being involved with the Red Cross soup patrol.

As usual, Fra Oscar has been a great support, visiting classes and helping teachers prepare for their class Masses. Boys enjoyed Fra’s visits to the classrooms during the year.

This year we had Mrs Louise Fry and Mrs Kathryn Agate share some of their experiences being a mother at our Mary’s Mass to celebrate Mothers’ Day:

“Our children are our most precious gift. The word itself, mum, means so much. Being a mum is a truly wonderful experience yet it can also be exasperating with every emotion in between.

I have felt the excitement and anticipation of expecting a baby and the overwhelming joy at holding your newborn and feeling so blessed to know that they are healthy. The angst of coming home with this precious bundle when thinking, ‘okay what happens now?’

The guilt of leaving them for the first time! Being so embarrassed, when my four year old son showed he was capable of performing such a spectacular tantrum so very loudly!

As mums, we love unconditionally, we protect from harm, we nurture, encourage, support, comfort, advocate, guide, counsel and we drive!

We need to acknowledge the love and support that surrounds us from our husbands, partners, family and friends.

It takes a village to raise a child and we are fortunate to be part of the Trinity community to help us guide our young men in the TC Spirit.” Mrs Louise Fry

“I have two sons at Trinity, Lex (9.6) and Coen (6G). I just need to say sorry to Coen in case I embarrass him because Mums are not very cool at his age as we all know, but rest assured luckily our coolness factor isn’t a direct relation to our being loved factor.

I want to share with you my take on being a mum.

A good few years ago (28) I met a man, my Phil, and then we married, just up the road at the cathedral. We made a vow to be with each other always and raise any children we had in the Catholic faith.

We were the first of our crowd to take the leap into parenthood and once we did get pregnant we had a few uneasy moments, like, not knowing what to expect, how we would cope with no sleep, would we be ok when I stopped work? Who would still visit us? That was the biggest one! I suffered the worst morning sickness ever, but all of those things you worry about just fall into place. After nine months we welcomed a beautiful baby girl, Paige Adele.

We fell into being parents and we had such a great baby, fantastic family and friends and Paige had so many people to ‘goo and gah’ over her.

I loved being a mum so much and it deepened my love for Phil exponentially. I was in love with my baby too, life felt wonderful. Mind you, our life became little less planned and a little more of let’s see what happens! Unknown stuff was new to us highly-organised folks but we managed.

Things were going along swimmingly and 18 months later we wanted to add to ‘the House of Agate’. Things took a little longer this time and Phil was fine with that. While I was pregnant, and even sicker this time, I had a few sleepless nights wondering if I had enough love to go around. Surely I couldn’t love another child as much as I loved the one I had and the minute I saw our second baby the answer was obvious.

Lex was another great baby: he slept, ate, slept, ate, slept and was cute as a button too.

It was all too good to stop at two so we went again and ended up with our second son, Coen.

Going to kindy in rainy cold August with a newborn in a capsule, toddler running around and a big girl wanting the whole story of The Little Mermaid read to her on the mat – busy, busy, busy!

I cannot remember ever not being a mum. It’s like I was never not a mum – it’s like they have always been with me. I love my kids ‘to the moon and back’ a million times over. I’m looking forward to many more wonderful times with my babies and their babies. Not that I’m wishing away their lives but to have them feel what it’s like to hold a baby that is born through the love of two people. It’s a precious gift and we should all feel blessed to experience it. I love being a mum and I love the fact that Phil and I have created three great human beings.” Mrs Kathryn Agate