Each Sunday night the College community gathers together for our weekly mass. Year groups take it in turns of reading and assisting in other ways and this evening was our opportunity. Participating as much as possible in mass is very important for the boys and we hope that by getting involved here at school, they will be encouraged to volunteer to get involved in their own parishes back at home.

At the end of mass, Fr Andrew and Mrs Smith were particularly complimentary of the boys and how well they read.

This evening, our readers were Dom Munro (Bolwarra Heights), Matt Sullivan (Castle Hill), Joe McCarthy (Fiji), Jordan Tan (Papua New Guinea), Vincent Whitton (Camden) and Tom Costigan (Paddington). Mitch Davis (Cobar) and Oliver Hearne (Killara) brought forward the gifts at the Offertory while Lachlan Day (Wagga Wagga) and Rory Keady (Coonamble) organised the distribution of mass booklets.

As something a little special as well this week the music was enahnced with a small liturgical group which included the drums, keyboard, lead guitar and bass guitar. A huge thank you to Jared Da Silva (Putney) who normally is not here on Sunday nights and did all of Year 7 proud on the bass guitar.

When asked to read and perform at mass, boys often get nervous and could easily say ‘no’. To the credit of these boys, they accepted the invitation and did exceptionally well.

Photo 1: Jordan Tan with Joe McCarthy behind him.

Photo 2: Jared Da Silva preparing for mass.