NATIONAL RECONCILIATION WEEK: National Reconciliation Week (NRW) will be celebrated from 27 May to 3 June. The 2025 theme is ‘Bridging now to next’. This theme encourages Australians to reflect on the past, look ahead to the future and continue the journey towards reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. St Patrick’s will host a number of activities to promote National Reconciliation Week.

NATIONAL SORRY DAY: St Patrick’s will hold a special liturgy on Monday 26 May at 12.30pm to acknowledge National Sorry Day. National Sorry Day acknowledges the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed from their families and communities which we now know as ‘The Stolen Generations’.

CULTURAL DAY: Mrs Hughes our Aboriginal Contact Teacher, has also organised a special Cultural Day for Thursday 5 June (Week 6) with Lachie Everston and Libby Goodsell (CECG Teaching and Learning Support Officers-Aboriginal Education) along with our local Wiradjuri elder, Aunty Sue Bulger. The students will participate in a variety of engaging Indigenous rotational activities that help promote respect and inclusion of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.