St Edward’s is dedicated to nurturing and encouraging the spiritual growth of each person, providing opportunities for our young men to deepen their faith and spirituality, through reflection, prayer, sacred stories, rituals and the sacraments.

Reconciliation week marks a very important time each year in the life of our nation and our school. Throughout this week we reconfirmed our commitment as a College, to continue to learn more about our true history, our shared histories, cultures and achievements and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.

Year 12 students participated in their annual Retreat throughout Week 3. This thought-provoking experience in some ways is the culmination of the formation opportunities offered to the young men of St Edward’s. Students spend three days at the Edmund Rice Retreat Centre at Mulgoa and are provided with time to reflect on their values in relation to themselves, their relationships with others and on their sense of spirituality and relationship with God.

Students are encouraged to continue to challenge themselves to be the best they can be in living up to the values that we hold so deeply at St Edward’s – service, compassion, inclusivity, peace, justice and solidarity with those at the margins. For it is being strong and steadfast in the pursuit of these values that we remain true to the rich traditions of our founder Blessed Edmund Rice and the many Christian Brothers, staff and students that have gone before us.

It was wonderful to be able to invite our new Year 7 families to an information evening on Wednesday March 30. The purpose of the evening was to welcome families to our community and provide them with information regarding the educational program offered at St Edward’s.

St Edward’s provides many opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate leadership skills both within the school and externally within the community. The Student Leadership program which has been established in recent years is a wonderful way in which students who wish can challenge themselves to step out of their comfort zone and be representatives of the student body