4-page souvenir

125 years of the Sisters of St Joseph at Lochinvar lift-out

Sisters have a
proud history
oday there are 107

T
Sisters of St Joseph,
80 of whom are very
active in all aspects of the
congregation.
As the sisters celebrate
125 years at Lochinvar,
congregational leader
Sister Patricia Egan said:
The main thing we know
about the future of the regarding the decline in The growth of the
congregation is that there the number of sisters church can be strongly
will always be people who entering convents around linked to the needs of the
want to commit their lives Australia. time, Sister Maureen
to the church. They listed sociological said.
Sister Patricia and and theological factors as The church is still very
Sister Maureen Salmon, the reasons for the much a part of millions of
who is part of the leader- decline in the religious lives in several Third
ship team, said they were commitment across the World countries, Sister
aware of the changes western world. Maureen said.

St Patricks Lily enjoys

shares proud her first
year at big
history with school
St Josephs t Patricks Primary

S
t Patricks primary school at
Lochinvar was built in February
1984 and opened with more
S School, Lochinvars
youngest student,
Lily Henderson from
Windella, is excited
than 200 pupils. about her first year at big
The school was officially opened school.
by Bishop Leo Clarke on March 17 The Kindergarten
(St Patricks Day) 1984. youngster is five years
The school kept its name to distin- old and was born on
guish it from the secondary school March 24, 2003.
of St Josephs (All Saints College, St She said the best
Josephs Campus, which caters for thing she liked about
students from Years7 to 10) school was meeting new
The log cabins construction and friends, especially her
extensive grounds greatly enhanced friend Pheobe, whom
the teaching learning environment. she spends time with at
With great support from the par- lunch.
ent body resources have been great- Lilys favourite subject
ly enhanced over the years. is art, particularly colour-
In 1990 a covered assembly area ing and painting with her
was built adjoining the administra- friends and teacher Mrs
tion block that enabled the school to Quirk.
meet together in all weather. At lunchtime she
The school site has seen one enjoys playing on the jun-
church and five schools built on it gle gym equipment and
since 1865 and the teacher in at home she enjoys the
charge of the first school was Mr company of her dog,
Ashton. Holly.
From 1883 to 1995 St Patricks
primary school was led by the YOUNGEST
Sisters. STUDENT: Lily
In 1996, Mr Christopher Quinn Henderson at St
became the first lay principal since Patricks Primary
the Sisters arrival. School, Lochinvar.

Leaders proud to be part of St Josephs tradition

By All Saints College, St Josephs year tenners, to getting lost in the corri- gone above and beyond to make St
Campus student leaders Oliver, Erin, dors, asking in our squeaky, high- Josephs a happy and safe place where
Aaron and Maddie pitched voices Excuse me, but our fellow pupils can strive to achieve
alking out of primary school in

SCHOOL LEADERS: Lindsay Smith, Aaron Mahony, Erin
Connell and Oliver Levido.
W
2004 and through the high
school gates only six weeks
later a group of nervous, young pupils
began their daunting high school jour-
ney at St Josephs, Lochinvar.
Starting a day before the rest of the
school, the new arrivals were already
overwhelmed with room numbers;
information, classes and learning the
teachers names, making high school
seem only just endurable.
From being confronted by the big
wheres the library? their best results.
Looking back on our Year 7 experi- Since starting our high school jour-
ence we have laughed and joked about ney back in 2005 Saint Josephs has
all the memories weve shared that will played a big part in our lives. From
stay with us forever. beginning high school in Year 7 to
We have grown so much that now we almost completing Year 10 we are
are completing our studies for the proud to be the schools leaders in the
school certificate in what is a hectic historic 125 year anniversary.
year for the students in Year 10. We now believe our job here at St
As school captains and vice-cap- Josephs, Lochinvar is completed. We
tains of 2008 we believe we have will now move on to St Marys in
raised the bar and have fulfilled the Maitland in what will be another roller
school expectations. We have also coaster journey in our lives.

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