The Catholic Weekly 9 August 2020

catholicweekly.com.au 10 NEWS 9, August, 2020 NEWS Contact us for more information on how you can watch EWTN EWTN is a non-profit organization supported entirely by donations Email: asiapaci f i [email protected] Mobile: 0451 679 561 Fax: (02) 9475 5080 Write: PO Box 2276 Tuggeranong ACT 2901 EWTN Highlights Preview www.ewtn.com TELEVISION • RADIO • NEWS • ONLINE • PUBLISHING Global Catholic Network Download the FREE EWTN App on Google Play or App Store and start watching from your mobile devices or to any of these digital media players on your HD TV . www.facebook.com/EWTNasia/ WATCH ONLINE EWTN ASIA-PACIFIC FEED www.ewtn.com/asia-paci fi c sdsdh JULY 7, 9:30 AM | THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON: MADE IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD JULY 13, 9:30 AM | SO ME CHIEF ELEMENTS OF THE CULTURE OF DEATH IDENTIFIED IN MODERN CULTURE JULY 20, 9:30 AM | THE NATURE OF SIN AUGUST 15 to 30 at 1:30 PM www.ewtn.com/tv/ latest-video www.ewtn.com/ catholicism/devotions 10 PM DAILY Find the career you deserve Call Katie (02) 9390 5402 catholicjobsonline.com. au SEE OUR LATEST JOBS Kindergarten’s oldies celebrate centenary WHILE 100 days might not seem like much of a mile- stone for most – for kinder- garten students it can feel like a lifetime. The littlies at SydneyCatho- lic Schools have experienced huge changes in their school life so far learning everything from reading, writing and arithmetic all under the cloud of COVID. The ‘centenarians’ at Miranda’s Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School celebrated the very special milestone with grey hair, walking sticks and glasses the uniform of the day. Around half of their school year has been spent learning remotely and teacher Nicole Sheridan said her young charges not only took it all in their stride but have come out better for it. She said having to school from home had made them a lot more resilient and inde- pendent. “I am just so proud how they have coped with the coronavirus and all the asso- ciated changes with it,” she said. “Kindy can be challeng- ing at the best of times and then add a pandemic to that and we just didn’t know what would happen but they have just adapted so well that we thought we would go to some extra effort to celebrate their 100 days of schooling. “Everything we did was based around the number 100, we counted to 100, we ¾ ¾ Debbie Cramsie A riot of costumes helped mark the milestone for students at Our Lady Star of the Sea in Miranda. PHOTOS:ALPHONSUS FOK It was creativity-plus as students celebrated 100 days of schooling. wrote about what it would like to be 100 and we hopped, skipped and jumped to 100 in the playground. “We even asked the kids what they would buy with $100 and they answered everything from a house with a huge backyard to a rocket ship for one of our students who wants to be an astronaut. “It really was a lot of fun celebrating a real milestone while acknowledging how far they have come.” In less than 200 days, the new cohort of kindy students will be starting their school life, to download an enrol- ment form go to https://syd- catholicschools.nsw.edu.au/ enrolment