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12 Aug 2025
From CSPD Facebook
🙏💫 FEAST DAY FUN! 🙏💫 St John Vianney's Primary Doonside joyfully celebrated their patron saint’s feast day with lots of meaningful and fun-filled activities. 🎉 ✝️ The day began with a beautiful liturgy, followed by a cupcake morning tea shared with families - a sweet way to mark the occasion! 🧁 Students then enjoyed engaging activities with their buddy classes, strengthening connections across year levels. 👧👦 The day ended on a high note with a vibrant concert by Catholic Youth Parramatta, where students sang their hearts out in praise and danced with joy! 🎶❤️🔥 What a wonderful way to honour their patron saint and celebrate the spirit of community that defines St John Vianney’s Primary. 💛🤝 Find out more about the caring faith community at St John Vianney's, and how they celebrate their faith here 👉 https://www.stjohnvianneysdoonside.catholic.edu.au/school-life/our-faith-journey
12 Aug 2025
CSPD Launches Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2025 2027
On Wednesday 23 July, Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese (CSPD) proudly launched its second Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), the Innovate RAP 2025–2027 at The Colebee Centre, Doonside.
12 Aug 2025
Annual Ann D Clark Lecture Inspires Action to Connect Research with Classroom Teaching
The 2025 Ann D Clark Lecture, held in honour of the late Ann D Clark, was a powerful and thought-provoking event that brought together educators and stakeholders from across Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese (CSPD).
12 Aug 2025
From CSPD Instagram
🎞 ZOOMING in on Talent! 📸 - ALCHEMY 2025 🌟 🖼️ The inaugural ALCHEMY Photography Competition by CAPTIVATE drew over 300 amazing entries from students from @emmauscspd, @catherinemcauleywestmead, @parramatta.marist, @stagnesrootyhill, @stjohnxxiiicatholiccollege, @naglecollege, @stlukesmp, @stcolumbascollege_, @xaviercollege, @mariancatholiccollege, @carolinechisholmglenmorepark, @stpaulscollegegreystanes and @penolaemuplains. The competition celebrated student creativity and offered a platform to showcase unique artistic visions through the lens of photography. 💭✨ 🤩 The Opening Night Exhibition, hosted at Caroline Chisholm College, welcomed over 350 guests and featured the top 65 finalist works! A big thank you to Wolter Peeters (Sydney Morning Herald) for judging the competition and to Roza Sage who opened the exhibition on behalf of Melissa McIntosh, Federal MP for Lindsay. Congratulations to the Winners! ⭐ People and Winner of 2025 ALCHEMY major prize: Noah Kirby - Emmaus College ⭐ Looking Up: Isabel Mrsic - Xavier College ⭐ Community: Ashlyn Lal - St Agnes ⭐ Place: Alexander Worsley - Emmaus College ⭐ Wildlife: Laura McMahon - Gilroy College ⭐ Jack de Groot Prize: Angelique Armao - Catherine McAuley ⭐ Jack’s Honourable Mention: Nate Digges-Lagula - St Agnes 👏 Well done to all who entered, your talent and creativity made ALCHEMY 2025 truly unforgettable! 💫 #cspd2025 #catholicschoolsparramattadiocese #parracatholic #westernsydney #ALCHEMY
11 Aug 2025
From CSPD Facebook
👉 Dr Justin Coulson, parenting expert and co-host on Channel Nine's 'Parental Guidance' 📺 and the country's number one parenting podcast 'Happy Families' 👨👩👧👧 is hosting a free PRC Parra Presentation for all parents and carers that is not to be missed! In 'Resilience: Developing Strength, Calm & Kindness', Dr Justin will be discussing his ground breaking approach to building resilience in children and sharing the practical strategies to help your child overcome adversity. 🤝 💭 Dedicated to helping families thrive through his research-backed and hard-won wisdom, Dr Justin draws on powerful stories and illustrations that every parent can relate to! 📍Catherine McAuley, Westmead 📆 Monday, 25th August 🕖 7pm 🔗👆 Click the link to learn more and register now! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1A0e3PktSNGN2Cdtbhd07xonpxV6m7-IhuOQJwbzc1kE/viewform?ts=688c1a95&edit_requested=truee
11 Aug 2025
From CSPD Instagram
⭐ ARTICULATE STUDENT SPOTLIGHT ⭐ Meet Yashica Patel, former St Luke’s Catholic College Marsden Park student and the creative mind behind the cover artwork for this year’s ARTICULATE HSC Visual Arts Showcase, presented by CAPTIVATE! 👏🎨 💻✏ Her digital series, Lost in Revelry, captures the joy of being completely immersed in the creative process. While her original plan was to explore oil painting, Yashica followed her passion for animation, producing a digital collection that truly reflects her unique artistic voice. ✨ Now studying Commerce at UNSW 🎓, Yashica continues to nurture her creative journey, with dreams of pursuing animation professionally in the future. 👉 Click the link in our bio to read the full article and browse the latest ARTiculate catalogue! @stlukesmp #cspd2025 #catholicschoolsparramattadiocese #parracatholic #westernsydney
10 Aug 2025
From CSPD Facebook
🏆⭐ DOMINATING THE FIELD! 🏆⭐ 🏈 Congratulations to the 10 Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown students who were selected to represent NSWCCC at the week-long Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League Under 18s Championships in Coffs Harbour! While NSWCCC narrowly missed out on defending their national title in a hard-fought final, each of the students represented their school with pride, passion and determination. 💪 👏 A special congratulations to Cameron, Roman and Christopher on their selection in the Australian Schoolboys Rugby League team - a prestigious honour and a testament to their hard work and talent. Patrician Brothers' College proudly leads the way with the most students selected for this prestigious honour this year. This marks the third consecutive year the College has had three or more students chosen to represent Australia. 🇦🇺 💚💛 Let’s cheer them on as they wear the green and gold this October! 💚💛 Patrician Brothers' College offers a wide range of competitive and recreational sports to suit all interests and abilities. Click here to learn more! 👉 https://www.patsblacktown.catholic.edu.au/college-life/sport
10 Aug 2025
From CSPD Instagram
🏆⭐ NATIONAL STANDOUTS! 🏆⭐ 🏈 A big congratulations to the 10 Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown students who were selected to represent NSWCCC at the week-long Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League Under 18s Championships in Coffs Harbour! Although NSWCCC missed out on reclaiming the national title in a tightly contested final, every student played with incredible heart, pride and determination. 💪 👏 Shoutout to Cameron, Roman and Christopher on their selection in the Australian Schoolboys Rugby League team - an incredible honour and a true reflection of their talent and dedication! Patrician Brothers' College continues to lead the way with the highest number of students selected for this prestigious honour in 2025. This is now the third year in a row that three or more students have been named in the national team! 🇦🇺 💚💛 Let’s get behind them as they wear the green and gold this October! 💚💛 ⚽️🏏 At Patrician Brothers' College, students thrive in a wide range of competitive and recreational sports tailored to all interests and abilities. Visit their website learn more! @patsblacktown #cspd2025 #catholicschoolsparramattadiocese #parracatholic #westernsydney
09 Aug 2025
From CSPD Facebook
What an unforgettable morning ☀️ for the @Trinity Catholic Primary Kemps Creek school community as they showed off their fun and caring school to a national audience on the TODAY show on Channel 9. 🤩🎥 From their beautiful wellbeing dog Yale 🦮 to all the adorable Kindy kids dressing up as 100 year olds 👵👴 for 100 Days of Kindy, footy and handball comps and so much more... it was a great morning for staff, teachers, parents and of course the almost 300 Trinity students (plus a few siblings from nearby Emmaus Catholic College!)🥰 👀 You can watch ALL the Today show segments with Trinity here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbtz0zYGD-Q #100daysofkindergarten #100daysbrighter #kindergarten Trinity C.P.S Kemps Creek