It was an absolute pleasure to attend the Sunday Mass at St Patrick’s East Gosford on Sunday June 6, to witness the receiving of the Sacraments of either Baptism, Confirmation or the Eucharist of ten of our Year 7 young men. This Mass was celebrated by Bishop Anthony Randazzo and Father Greg.

The year 2021 marks the bicentenary of Catholic Education in Australia. On Monday May 24, Father Paul from East Gosford Parish celebrated Mass in the Edmund Rice Centre with staff and students from St Patrick’s Primary School, St Joseph’s Catholic College and St Edward’s College to commemorate the long and proud tradition of Catholic Schools in delivering a high-quality, faith-based, holistic education to the young people in our care.

Year 12 students participated in their annual Retreat throughout Week 3. In some ways, this thought-provoking experience 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.

Father Vince from Star of the Sea Parish in Terrigal will join us on Friday April 30 to celebrate the Eucharist in commemoration of Blessed Edmund Rice Founders Day. At this celebration, we acknowledge that we are very fortunate to be members of a wonderfully supportive and caring community.

Easter and the sacred story of Jesus’ death and resurrection is the most important Christian festival and the one that is celebrated with great passion. As Christians, we believe that Christ undertook suffering and death willingly on our behalf, in obedience to God the Father

St Edward’s College holds at the very heart of its foundation a commitment to the promotion of respectful and inclusive relationships. We are in a unique position as an all-boys school to foster in our young men a deep understanding of the role that they play in working alongside the women in their life in becoming part of the solution to the inequities that exist in society today.