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It should have been one of the best days of his life. After 14 years of Jesuit studies and preparation for the priesthood and the day after his ordination on December 9 1972 in<br /> St Ignatius Church, Norwood, Fr Greg O’Kelly was celebrating his first Mass at Holy Name Church, St Peter’s, when tragedy struck.
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Collecting berries and nuts, learning traditional methods to make a fire, cooking damper, raft building and fishing are all part of the weekly ‘classroom’ activities for a local teacher who has left the city behind and is working at a remote Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory.
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When six-year-old Nora Kelly wrote to children’s columnist ‘Wattle Blossom’ to apply for membership of The Southern Cross newspaper’s Sunshine Club in 1928, little did she know that 94 years later she would still be an avid reader of the Catholic publication.
St Ignatius’ College students have gone to great lengths to raise money for the Childhood Cancer Foundation and Variety through their ‘Hair with Heart’ campaign.
Three Catholic school students are among the 20 recipients of the 2021 Premier’s Anzac Spirit School Prize.
Senior Australian of the Year, Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann AM, spoke about ‘Dadirri’ to 200 St Ignatius’ College staff at their annual Ignatian formation day held at Sevenhill.
Former Jesuit and Catholic school teacher John Kelly has used his retirement to pursue a life-long interest in poetry and will this month launch his latest collection A Schoolbag Full.
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