World Mission Month Launch 

Lucas B & Christian P

On Tuesday 13th September, we got the privilege to be driven by Mrs Crescini, along with Isabella and Zoe from the Mini Vinnies team, to St Thomas More Catholic Church in Ruse. We were accompanied by all schools from the Wollongong Diocese along with their principals, staff and students. The Bishop and Catholic Education Office staff as well as Catholic Mission Staff were talking about the Catholic Mission Month Launch for this year. This year's country of focus is Ethiopia. Catholic Mission are working towards helping young Ethiopian children grow up in a nice lifestyle. They also include another theme this year, that being ‘SOCKTOBER’. Socktober encourages different schools to create their own adventure by kicking goals for kids in need. Even donating $50 can do so much for the community of Ethiopia. If you would like to be even more involved and donate $100 this can go towards purchasing more goats for the country’s milk supply. 

See, Act, Judge - Social Justice Day

Hari S

In the Social Justice Workshop, we went to Corpus Christi Catholic High School at Oak flats in Wollongong. That place was very cool with its classrooms for exams, courts and much more stuff. It was a good school but I think that our school is better. Go SFCC! Many other schools were involved in this event and they were super nice to us and everyone tried their best in all parts. I did not see anyone grudging or talking about other stuff which is something that surprised me and I am happy with what everyone did at this event. We had a guest speaker named Stacey who is the founder of Escabags in which she told her story about her suffering from abuse and domestic violence. She is not alone in this, 1 in 6 women has experienced physical or sexual violence by a current or former partner. This is not ok and it is up to us to promote equality for men and women who experience violence in the house. We did some activities in which there was one where there was a statement and we all had to stand near the sign of whether you agree or disagree and we were to explain our opinion to the rest of the group. Everyone was open minded and contributed in some way, even people who were shy were confident enough to give it a go which is something I loved to see and encourage you to do too. There were three themes in this event. They were "See, Judge, Act" and these three are the steps in solving an issue about domestic violence or any situation actually. The key takeaways from this event is the fact that we all can do something about domestic violence and it is up to us to stop this horrible idea once and for all in which we can live in a world with and open mind and a world that has women being equal to men in all areas in which we will support each other. You do not have to be a leader of a group to do this, be a leader of yourself and start spreading the word about stopping gender inequality and domestic violence. It all starts with a sentence. It will change the world.