Year 12 Retreat
From Wednesday, 5 May until Friday 7 May, the Year 12 girls experienced their third and final Senior Retreat at The Tops Retreat and Conference Centre at Stanwell Park. The Year 12 girls were remarkable for having been able to spend all three days inside for the entire time due to rainy and windy weather. This is testament to the way they entered into the Retreat experience with open hearts and minds, thereby gaining many blessings through this shared time of reflection, prayer, discussion, and friendship.
The following is Year 12 student, Kulia T’s, reflections on her experience of the Retreat.
Year 12 got the privilege to go to Stanwell Tops for our last retreat. We enjoyed the different activities and time we spent together with our friends, teachers and as a year group. The activities included watching a documentary, making/decorating plates with our main personal qualities, writing positive affirmations for one another, creating a story about God for primary schools and having a liturgy as a year group. Each day focused on a different theme of love. This included love for ourselves, love of neighbour and love for God.
It was great to have time away from school and reality, to focus on myself. This deepened connection between other people in the year group as well as teachers that came. My personal favourite activity was writing positive affirmations for others. This created such a positive environment amongst the entire year group and it was great to see so many smiles. Overall, this retreat was a one of a kind experience. It has made me focus on the positives of myself, others and God. It has given me the opportunity to love others and strengthen my spiritual connection. - Kulia T - Year 12 Student
Angelo Gattone - Mission Coordinator