College Chronicle April 17th, 2008

Dear Parents,

The second quarter of this year has begun in a well-ordered and peaceful manner and it is in this atmosphere that both intellectual and moral formation can take place. Primary School parents have had an opportunity to meet with the teachers of their children and parents of Secondary students will have that opportunity this coming week – it is the occasion to verify achievement and behaviour and parents are encouraged to take advantage of these occasions.

* Anzac Day: we must not forget the sacrifices that our forebears have made to forge this nation, those who laid down their life in battle and all those who have worn the uniform of our armed forces. The School will be represented at the Tynong service on Anzac Day and a Requiem Mass will be offered for the Faithful Departed. You are encouraged to attend either or both of these according to your means.

* Corpus Christi: this year Father Niklaus Pfluger (there are 5 Fr Pflugers!), the First Assistant to the Superior General will be on an official visit to Tynong. Consequently he will offer a Solemn Mass and carry the Blessed Sacrament in the Procession on the Feast of Corpus Christi itself. It is important that these very significant liturgical Feast days are very much a part of the childrens’ life.

Father Black will accompany Father Pfluger here and a presentation will be made to them concerning the development of the School and Priory for the years to come. You are asked to keep this intention in your prayers.

Parents are asked to note that when the Secondary boys are playing football they need to be in their sports uniform in order to protect their expensive school uniforms, though they must still have their sports uniform available for PE classes.

I would like to say a little word about the importance of patience. Perfection is not to be found in this world. At the Last Supper the Apostles debated amongst themselves “which of them should seem to be the greater.” Archbishop Goodier comments on this: “Jesus listened, silent and apart, to all their busy wrangling. Poor little creatures! How often had He listened to this kind of thing before! Would they never learn? ... But He would continue to be patient with them.”

Elsewhere Our Lord says very simply – in your patience you will possess your soul.
As parents and educators we have to be patient. WE have to be patient! It is unrealistic to ask of our children what we are not prepared to do ourselves. The drama of growing up and maturing is that, along the way, children are impulsive and lack judgement: they do not see the consequences of their actions. Parents and teachers have a responsibility to oversee and protect children; this is a sacred responsibility for the formation of future citizens of Heaven. But as God has been, and still is, so patient with us, we must also be patient with those in our care. This is not the abnegation of our custodial role, but a quality that that custodial role must have. When we are firm, but patient, in the supervision of our children, God’s grace is there and both child and custodian will advance in that grace. May this become our aim as we continue in this academic year.

Fr Michael Delsorte

What's On

SECONDARY PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS THIS
TUESDAY 22ND APRIL.

APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN SENT HOME TODAY WITH THE ELDEST STUDENT IN THE FAMILY.

Year 12 Mother’s Day RAFFLE
TICKETS …. $2 each or 3 for $5.00
·1ST PRIZE …. $80 DINNER VOUCHER TO RESTAURANT OF WINNERS CHOICE.
·2ND PRIZE …. BOTTLE OF WINE

DRAWN …. Mothers Day (11th May) after 10am Mass.

Lunch Orders
A reminder to everyone that students are able to order a Lunch Order on the following days.
Monday: Mannix & McKillop house members
Thursday: Bosco and Kolbe house members.

RECIPE: Anzac Biscuits
Ingredients
1 cup plain flour
1 cup White Sugar
1 ¾ cups coconut (coarsely shredded coconut is great for texture)
1 ½ cups rolled oats
¼ cup chopped walnuts
100g butter
2 tablespoons Golden Syrup
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons boiling water

Method
1. Preheat oven to 160°C conventional or 140°C fan forced.
2. Mix the flour, White Sugar, coconut, rolled oats and walnuts in a bowl. Melt the butter and CSR Golden Syrup together. Stir the baking soda into the boiling water, then mix the butter and baking soda mixtures together in a large bowl.
3. Add the flour mixture and combine. Roll teaspoonfuls of the mixture into small balls and place on a well-greased or baking-paper-lined oven tray. Press flat with the back of a spoon, allowing room for them to spread.
Bake for 25 - 30 minutes.
4. Cool on a wire rack and store in an airtight container.

General news

ANZAC DAY - 25th April
Next Friday is a Public Holiday therefore there is no school. We do encourage however, everyone to attend the service at the Tynong War Memorial, Railway Avenue, Tynong. It will begin at 10:30am.
There will be a Vietnam Guest Speaker. The College Choir will sing the National Anthem. Light refreshments afterwards, please bring a plate.

SCHOOL PHOTO DAY
TUESDAY 30th April is School Photo Day.
Normally you are asked to send the forms on the day however, we are happy to accept them at the office prior to the day. This will hopefully counteract anyone forgetting to bring them on the actual day. Every student is photographed even if you are not purchasing. The photographs are given to the college so that we have up to date photos of all students. (This saves the parents having to send a new photo of their child every year for our records.)

THANK YOU
Thanks for the generous response to my plea for copies of the novel, The Winged Watchman. To date I have received none! - Mr Fox -

CASH FOR CARTRIDGES
Please don’t throw them in the bin, bring them into school.
Inkjet, laser, fax and photocopier cartridges are all worth money. Please leave at the College office.

WANTED
Any historical information about our College for our new column “STAC SNIPPETS”. Please forward facts to Mr. Paar or the College office.

PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS
Secondary: 22nd April 2008

THANK YOU
I would like to THANK the people that visited me during the week that I was in the Warragul Hospital in February. Also, thanks to those that provided meals for when I returned home. Your kindness was and is appreciated. Carmel M..

From the Bursar….
School Fees:
School Fees were posted out last week. Please note that the due date for these fees is the 9th of May. It is important that if you cannot meet the payment plans already in place that you contact me in order that we can make other arrangements.

Education Maintenance Allowance:
Education Maintenance Allowance for Semester One has been received.
The school portion has been applied against fee accounts as reflected in last week’s statements.
The parent portion cheques are available for collection; or for those who have arranged to have them offset against fee accounts, please see me in order that they can be signed over.
Conveyance Allowance:
Just a reminder - if you change your home address, new conveyance forms must be filled in and your distance from school recalculated.

Thank you. Kelly.

Your Child’s Dental Health – Accessing the School Dental Service

The School Dental Service is currently offering dental examinations and treatment to children attending St Thomas Aquinas School.

My child has visited the School Dental Service before:
Parents of children already enrolled in the School Dental Program will receive a letter and a consent form, from Dental Health Services Victoria, offering them an opportunity to make an appointment for their child.
If interested, parents must complete this consent form and return it to the School Dental Service.

My child has never visited the School Dental Service:
The School will provide parents of Prep and Grade One children, and children new to the school, with an information brochure about attending the School Dental Service.

Consent forms are available from the School Office for completion if you are interested in visiting the School Dental Service, they are also available via our information line 1300 360 054. Once received, the School Dental Service will contact you for an appointment. (These forms were sent home on Tuesday with the students in Prep and Grade 1.)

After the examination (check up), care provided may include;
Fissure (dental) sealants (preventative)
Application of fluoride (preventative)
Fillings
Radiographs (X-rays)
Extractions

Warragul Primary School Dental Clinic
Medley Lane, Warragul.

For all other enquiries, please call 1300 360 054
www.dhsv.org.au

St Thomas Aquinas College
8th Annual Dinner Auction

Saturday 30th August
Tickets NOW on Sale!
$60 per head
See Jo-Anne Morris to purchase yours today!

It’s that time again! We need your donations!
Lets make this year ANOTHER success!

Any Silent Auction Items can be given to Suzie Phillips.
Cash donations are also very welcome.

Any Major Items are to be given to Kees Van Strijp.

Our MAJOR PRIZE DRAW this year is ......
4 TICKETS to
Andre Rieu

A Romantic Viennese Night
Friday, 14th November
Melbourne Telstra Dome
More details…...soon.

A Tribute to ANZAC Day

With their hair a little whiter, their step not quite so sure
Still they march on proudly as they did the year before.
Theirs were the hands that saved us, their courage showed the way
Their lives they laid down for us, that we may live today.
From Gallipoli's rugged hillsides, to the sands of Alamein
On rolling seas and in the skies, those memories will remain.
Of airmen and the sailors, of Lone Pine and Suvla Bay
The boys of the Dardenelles are remembered on this day.
They fought their way through jungles, their blood soaked desert sands
They still remember comrades who rest in foreign lands.
They remember the siege of old Tobruk, the mud of the Kokoda Trail
Some paying the supreme sacrifice with courage that did not fail.
To the icy land of Korea, the steamy jungles of Vietnam
And the heroic battle of Kapyong and that epic victory at Long Tan.
Fathers, sons and brothers, together they fought and died
That we may live in peace together, while at home their mothers cried.
When that final bugle calls them to cross that great divide
Those comrades will be waiting when they reach the other side.

Ken Bunker

.. Andre Rieu ..

Imagine yourself in Vienna for an evening... the most romantic city in the world…The World Stadium Tour 'A Romantic Night in Vienna' will take place against the background of the biggest transportable set ever: André Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra and Choir, many well-known soloists, the Platinum Tenors, the Vienna State Opera Ballet, 80 Vienna Debutantes, the golden coach with the Empress Sisi and Emperor Franz-Joseph, the Vienna Figure Skating Association, famous skating champions, traditional Viennese horse-drawn carriages with horses and footmen, a complete golden ballroom with real golden chandeliers, fabulous costumes, gorgeous music, magical waltzes and so much more…

Feel as though you have travelled to Europe without leaving the city! Be dazzled by the mastery of the orchestra, Rieu's own violin playing, as well as musical melodies from the accompanying choir.

André Rieu's unique and exuberant style makes his show one of the most talked about in the world. Fans spend more time dancing in the aisle than sitting in their seats.

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
·I did not object to the object.
·The insurance was invalid for the invalid
·There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row
·They were too close to the door to close it.
·The wind was too strong to wind the sail
·Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

Saint of the Day

APRIL 17th: St Anicetus, Pope, Martyr.

ST. ANICETUS succeeded St. Pius, and sat about eight years, from 165 to 173. If he did not shed his blood for the Faith, he at least purchased the title of martyr by great sufferings and dangers. He received a visit from St. Polycarp, and tolerated the custom of the Asiatics in celebrating Easter on the 14th day of the first moon after the vernal equinox, with the Jews. His vigilance protected his flock from the wiles of the heretics Valentine and Marcion, who sought to corrupt the faith in the capital of the world.

The first thirty-six bishops at Rome, down to Liberius, and, this one excepted, all the popes to Symmachus, the fifty-second, in 498, are honored among the Saints; and out of two hundred and forty-eight popes, from St. Peter to Clement XIII. seventy-eight are named in the Roman Martyrology. In the primitive ages, the spirit of fervor and perfect sanctity, which is nowadays so rarely to be found, was conspicuous in most of the faithful, and especially in their pastors. The whole tenor of their lives breathed it in such a manner as to render them the miracles of the world, angels on earth, living copies of their divine Redeemer, the odor of whose virtues and holy law and religion they spread on every side.

Reflection.—If, after making the most solemn protestations of inviolable friendship and affection for a fellow-creature, we should the next moment revile and contemn him, without having received any provocation or affront, and this habitually, would not the whole world justly call our protestations hypocrisy, and our pretended friendship a mockery? Let us by this rule judge if our love of God be sovereign, so long as our inconstancy betrays the insincerity of our hearts.

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