JPC Key Message Week 9, Term 1 2020

The Blessing of the JPC Chapel Art

Bread Broken

Last year, a series of 18 prints of paintings called Bread Broken, by Sister Mary Stephens, was installed in our Chapel by our Mission and Ministry Leader, Mrs Nicola Edghill. These paintings depict Jesus’ journey from the last supper, to his crucifixion, death and burial, including 14 Stations of the Cross. 

There is a particular theme throughout this series of art – the use of hands belonging to Jesus and others, so beautifully depicting fear, despair, humility, pain, pity, vulnerability, and yet, there is also power, strength, gentleness, forgiveness and love. These artworks were carefully selected to provide an opportunity for our JPC students to explore a connection with Jesus.

The use of hands in this series is significant, portraying the breadth of Jesus humanity, and this resonates with us in our own existence, as our hands to experience His human emotion – when we hold on tight with fear or love, when we make a fist in anger or frustration, when we caress another with care or tenderness.

Father Mark blessed the installation today, in readiness for our devotion to the Stations of the Cross which would be held on Good Friday. We are fortunate to have our Youth Ministers, Nick Barry and Caitlyn D’Cruze, and our staff, College Leaders and Youth Ministry Team who worked together to create a beautiful video of the devotions. This will be made available to the JPC community on Holy Thursday before we break for the Easter holiday period.

Mrs Jennifer Tually

Leader of Mission and Ministry

This weekend is Palm Sunday, a Catholic feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. It is the final Sunday of Lent, the beginning of Holy Week, and commemorates the triumphant arrival of Christ in Jerusalem, days before he was crucified.

Palm Sunday is known as such because the faithful will often receive palm fronds which they use to participate in the re-enactment of Christ's arrival in Jerusalem. In the Gospels, Jesus entered Jerusalem riding a young donkey, and to the lavish praise of the townspeople who threw clothes, or possibly palms or small branches, in front of him as a sign of homage. This was a customary practice for people of great respect.

Palm branches are widely recognized symbol of peace and victory, hence their preferred use on this day. During the Palm Sunday Mass, palms are distributed to parishioners who carry them in a ritual procession into church. The palms are blessed and many people will fashion them into small crosses or other items of personal devotion. These may be returned to the church, or kept for the year.

Because the palms are blessed, they may not be discarded. Instead, they are gathered and incinerated to create the ashes that will be used in the following year's Ash Wednesday observance. 

Please take the time to begin Holy Week, and prepare yourself and your family for the Easter season by joining a Palm Sunday Mass online, and connect with our JPC community in our Stations of the Cross video next week.

Dear Parents and Guardians, 

We want to assure you that we are still here to support our students' wellbeing and yourselves as we all work through these changing times.  

This will be a big adjustment for everyone and the uncertainty may lead to some increased mental health challenges.

The JPC Wellbeing Team will be keeping our Student Wellbeing page on Moodle updated with valuable resources for coping with various mental health issues and general wellbeing tips. 

As we know, many are already staying at home, here are a few tips to get you started.

In and Around JPC

Congratulations

Congratulations to Olivia, Dariy and Paige in Year 11, for gaining a place in the ANU Extension Program. They will begin their courses on-line in Term 2.

This is a huge achievement and the JPC Community would like to CONGRATULATE you all. Well done!

2021 Enrolment - OPEN NOW

Enrolment for year 7 and all other years in 2021 are now open.

Enrolments forms are online - click the button below.

For current Year 10 Students, click on the Commitment Form below for further information about enrolment for Senior Years.

All Enrolments close on the 22 May 2020.

See the virtual tour or a short clip on Independent Learning Time (ILT)

Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge

The Chief Minister's Reading Challenge is on this year - and what a great opportunity to pass some time, escape to another world, or deepen your knowledge of anything you want!

The challenge - read 15 books between now and 31st August.

The books - whatever you like! From science fiction to neuroscience, or from historical fiction to the history of fashion - any book is up for grabs. 

The process – check Moodle > Literacy and Numeracy @ JPC > Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge

Please email Mrs MacGregor if you are interested in undertaking the challenge - katrina.macgregor@cg.catholic.edu.au – and get reading!

Careers

From the College office

School Fee Enquiries

The Finance Office will be working remotely from Monday, 6 April 2020 and it will not be possible to answer telephone calls. Please address all enquiries to the finance office email jpc.finance@cg.catholic.edu.au

We understand that this is a very difficult and worrying time for our families, and we will endeavour to answer your enquiries/concerns at the earliest possible time. 

Take care,

Finance Team

Dear Families,

Please check your child's details in Qkr! and that they are allocated to the correct year level and house.

This is important for finance to make sure money is allocated to the correct child and house.

To change your child's profile follow the steps below:

1. Select school (JPC)
2. Click on Profiles
3. Select child
4. Edit Profile then click on Update Profile

Many thanks

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Free Data!

If you are working/studying from home and you are a Telstra or Optus mobile customer, you can get free extra data for this month. See the links below.

https://www.optus.com.au/for-you/support/answer?id=20066

https://www.telstra.com.au/covid19/supporting-you-during-covid-19