Halloween at Willmot

We helped at the kids Halloween event at Willmot and dressed for the party!

The new MLZ Team is underway

We are meeting all this week with our new team members, Graeme Atkins (Senior Project Officer) and Daniel Morin (Project Officer). Lots of planning about programs, selection of students, daily routines, setting up the learning areas, outside spaces, technology and many other details. So many things to plan. The new team is working together really well and we are excited about this new beginning. The visitor register was installed and used for the first time today .. Ben Fuller, advising on website design was our first "official" visitor.

Moving the Glass Table

The donated glass table has found a new home at 19 Linden St. It took a lot of effort to move it!
Thanks to the parish for lending us the van to move furniture. We also took some of Sandra's furniture to Baabayn.

Marist Learning Zone - First meeting of new staff

Today we met the new teachers for MLZ. They are Daniel Morin (centre) and Graeme Atkins (right). We spent the day planning with John Robinson (MSA) and Pat Barrett (CEDP). First impressions of the two new staff are really positive.

Remar Red Weekend at Mittagong

On Saturday, Rodrigo, Argie and Lawrie gave a presentation about Lavalla200 and our work here to the Remar kids at Mittagong. They came from two schools, Beenleigh (Qld) and Auburn. Rodrigo had created a video about our work which you can see here: Video about us

We also had a good look around Mittagong, enjoying a nice lunch at a Polish cafe. Argie enjoyed the local wildlife.

Mount Druitt Communities Gather at Our Place

Each fortnight, the parish communities gather for Mass and a meal. last night we hosted the event. Present were the four of us, two Loretos, two jesuits, two Spanish Sisters, One Josephite and a Christian Brother. Argie prepared a delicious meal shared in the Varian St house (Whitehouse) after having Mass in the Linden St house (Casa Linda), where Fr Brendan was the celebrant.

Exchange Night with Young Marists and Sr Margie Abbott

Sunday night's exchange at Eastwood was a wonderful presentation on Laudato Si' by Sr Margie from Melbourne. Great to see some of the 'older' young Marists there.

Holy Family Fair

We enjoyed participating in the parish fair today. Not successful with Fr Pat's chocolate wheel, but we enjoyed this performance by the Cook Island Dancers and our own indigenous kids.

Cowan to Hawkesbury River

This was quite an arduous bushwalking for Argie, Noynoy and Lawrie. We walked down to Jerusalem bay from Cowan Station, and then north to Brooklyn, following a fire road for much of the way. Lots of wildlife, some beautiful scenery and of course, good exercise!

New Superiors in Rome

Here they are, including Australian Ken McDonald:

Recent Visitors

Brother Paul Kane visited us yesterday and Brother Kevin Wanden visited us today.

Argie's Birthday

We celebrated Argie's birthday on 8 October.

Croalingolong National Park

Last week Noynoy and Lawrie joined Dave Hyndes for four days of walking and camping in northern Victoria, Croajingolong National Park.