Wonderful Week 5!
Open Night on Monday, Book week Parade on Wednesday, and Catholic Day Friday! Thank you, St Joseph's College for the abundance of community spirit.
See you in Week 6.
St Joseph. Pray for us.
Amen.
Ms Rachael Keenan
Book Week 2025 – Book an Adventure!
This year’s Book Week theme, Book an Adventure, inspired both students and staff to dive into the spirit of the event!
The highlight was, of course, the Book Week Parade held in the College Gym. Year groups took turns parading to music, many proudly dressed as their favourite book characters. The creativity on display was incredible, with plenty of imaginative and homemade costumes. As always, this was a whole-College event, with everyone getting involved. The judges had a tough time choosing winners, with so many impressive costumes to choose from! Judging was based on book character choice, effort, originality, and how well students acted the part.
Congratulations to all the winners – and a big thank you to everyone who took part.
In the lead-up to Book Week, our annual Door Decorating Competition focused on NAIDOC, inspired by Indigenous Australian books. Students and staff worked together to create eye-catching designs that celebrated culture, creativity, and a love of reading.
Congratulations to the winning rooms – and thank you to everyone who helped make Book Week such a success!
Noongar Language Course
For 9 weeks over March and May, 6 Teachers from St Joseph's took part in a Noongar Language Course. The group learnt from Elder Lynette Knapp, her daughter Shandell Cummings, and granddaughter Jessikah Woods, pictured with coordinator Susie Cramp, about Merningar Boodjar, the culture that has been caring for it since time immemorial, and the language that weaves it all together. All of the sessions were out on Country, learning about history and significant sites.
Well done to Mr Landells, Ms Goodlad, Ms Naylor, Ms Walker, Ms Hill (and Ms Colmer).
Father's Day Stall
P&F Father's Day Stall and Raffle Friday 5th September. All stall and prize donations gratefully accepted at the front office.
Saint of the Week!
Saint Rose of Lima
Feast Day: August 23
Patron Saint of: Peru, The Philippines & Florists
Life:
Born in Peru in 1586, Rose had a great love for Christ that she wanted to carry out every day. Despite the objections and ridicule of her parents, Rose lived a simple life of prayer and solitude. In the last few years of her life, Rose set up a room in the house to care for homeless children, the elderly and the sick. After a period of sickness, Rose died at 31 with the whole city attending her funeral. She was canonised by Pope Clement X in 1671.
Prayer:
O Saint Rose, you were filled with the love of God. Please help me to follow in your footsteps on earth so to enjoy the torrent of God’s delights in heaven with you. Amen
St Rose of Lima, pray for us.
Celebration of Talents (A Variety Show) 2025 Success!
On Saturday night, 16th August 2025, the Celebration of Talents (A Variety Show) was held at ALOTCo's Port Theatre. There were all kinds of the College's talented people performing, singing groups, dancing, playing piano, miming and more. The students and teachers had been working very hard for this show, rehearsing from 5:30 to 7:30pm on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday night.
The doors opened at 5:30 pm with Mr Dougherty’s CERT 2 and CERT 3 Music Industry students playing until the start of the show at 6 pm, and again in the interval.
The show was a huge success; everyone loved it and went home talking about it or having songs stuck in their head!
I enjoyed performing the show; since I’m in Year 12, this was my last show, and I am happy to have participated in it with my friends.
Thank you to all the people who performed for making it a great show, and the audience who made it a privilege to perform for. Thank you to the stagehand like Mrs Goodlad, sound and lighting crew and most of all, thank you to Mr Habal, Mr Collins, Ms Rowe and Mrs Findlay for organising and managing this event behind the scenes. We couldn’t have had this event without you!
Father's Day Breakfast
Please click the link below for further information and to RSVP for our Father's Day Breakfast.
Confirmation change of dates for all events
Please be advised that the date set for Confirmation and all activities have been changed from Term Three to Term Four.
Confirmation Commitment Masses: Term Four, week two, Saturday 25th October, 6.00pm Holy Family Church AND Sunday 26th October, 9.30am Holy Family Church
Parent/child workshop: Term Four, week three, Thursday 31st October 6.00pm - 7.30pm
Retreat afternoon for students and to meet the Bishop: Term Four, week five, 12th November 1.30pm - 3.00pm
Sacrament of Confirmation: Term Four, week five, Sunday 16th November 9.30am Holy Family Church.
Thank you to the families who have sent in their sacramental initiation forms. For other families, if you wish your child to make the Sacrament of Confirmation and have forgotten to complete a form, please let me know and I will forward one to you.
Chris Palfrey - Liturgy and Sacramental Co-ordinator
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Upcoming dates:
Reconciliation Commitment Masses: Week 3, Saturday 9th August, 6.00pm Mass at Holy Family Church OR Sunday, Sunday 10th August, 9.30am, Holy Family Church. Please bring with you the enrolment booklets handed out at the General Sacramental Meeting.
Parent/Child workshop: Week 5, Thursday 21st August 6.00pm - 7.30pm in the Junior School Undercover Area.
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Week 8, Wednesday 10th September 5.30pm Holy Family Church.
If you are unable to attend either of these dates, please contact me to make alternate arrangements.
Chris Palfrey - Liturgy and Sacramental Co-ordinator
Under 13 Girls Cricket Team
Murdoch University Open Nights - Don't Miss Out!
Murdoch University Open Nights are on next week and everyone’s invited!
We have four amazing evenings designed to help students and their families discover courses and explore their future opportunities.
Our Open Nights allow students to engage with their future lecturers and mentors, meet current students who are studying the same course they’re interested in,
tour our facilities and get hands-on with interactive displays.
Come along to one or attend more! Register for your night/s below.
Murdoch University Nursing Open Night
Wednesday 27th August, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Murdoch University Health & Education Open Night
Tuesday 2nd September, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Murdoch University Sciences, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Open Night
Wednesday 3rd September, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Murdoch University Business, Law, HASS & Creative Media Open Night
Thursday 4th September, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Visit the links above to find out more.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Southern Art + Craft Trail coming soon!
The Vancouver Arts Centre will be full to overflowing with 4 exhibitions for the 2025 Southern Art + Craft Trail!
Local artists exhibiting printmaking, felt making, painting and photography.
The centre will be buzzing over the school holidays, 27 Sept – 12 October, including Saturdays and Sundays 10am -2pm!
A great opportunity for a family day out.
The Albany Town Hall will present an exhibition of selected artworks from the City of Albany collection.
Post attached and more information here:
https://albany-events.bookable.net.au/#!/event-detail/ev_e5fecf34c0af4312ae664cc72cc994e8
Next week - Albany WAAPA Diploma Course Q A
Calling all Rockstars of the Great Southern!
Please book so we know you are coming. https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1431105
Albany Port Theatre – Tuesday August 26th 5pm
Get ready to amplify your music journey because WAAPA is turning up the volume and bringing its Diploma of Music course right to your backyard in Albany!
Come along to our Q&A evening where you can learn about the course and have all your questions answered by the WAAPA staff in person.
Royals Basketball Club 2025-2026 Season
Please click here for Player Expression of Interest Form
Visit our Facebook Page here https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562968123849
Or can email us at admin@royalsbasketballclub.org
Youth Information Session
It is an informative/interactive workshop of sorts to get young people ready to vote in the upcoming local government election, or even just to find out more about what the council does and how important the elections can be.
There will be an election specialist present, who can answer all questions related to council, and it gives young people a chance to share their thoughts on the whole process. It would be extremely valuable for young people’s voices to be heard about what would encourage them to vote but also talk about their experiences with local government.
This session is to be held on September 3 from 4pm, at the Albany Public Library and is open to anyone aged 10-25 years old.
Body Bright Kids Webinar
With a focus on preventing body dissatisfaction and serious eating issues, this session provides information and practical tips to help parents better understand and promote positive body image and healthy relationships with eating and physical activity in the home. It provides practical strategies to be a positive role model, reduce the impact of risk factors in a child's environment. The session also explores when to be concerned and what you can do, including referral and support information.
Date: 1st September 2025
Time: 7pm – 8.15pm (AEST)
Via Zoom (time-limited recording available)
Cost: $15pp
Register HERE copy this full registration link into your URL: https://events.butterfly.org.au/portal/event/?id=EP_Raising_Body_Kind_Teens4046978637&Name=01/09/25%20RBBC