Dear Family and Friends of OLSH College,

This week in the archdiocese of Melbourne is known as Catholic Education Week. An opportunity to celebrate and affirm the outstanding achievements in catholic education. In this our 85^th anniversary year we too join into the celebrations of the story of catholic education in our context at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Bentleigh. 

You will read and see all that is happening in this edition of the newsletter. We are proud of our history as an outstanding catholic girls college in the OLSH Tradition and we know that we form part of a larger Australia wide community committed to the catholic education of our young people. 

The National Catholic Education Commission shares excellent data about the presence of catholic education in Australia: 1755 catholic schools educating 785,000 students and employing 102,000 staff. Catholic education is the 2^nd largest school sector in Australia and has educated millions of students across more than 200 years. A story certainly worth knowing and celebrating. 

For us here at OLSH College it is central that we live our tradition: Heart people who are faith filled, reverence relationships, pursue excellence and touch the hearts of others. It is in this way that we continue to carry the flame of the charism of the OLSH sisters – and live our OLSH story. Indeed, we are greatly blessed!

Today we celebrated the Feast of St Patrick may this excerpt from his famous prayer be in our hearts…

Christ be with me, Christ within me,
Christ behind me, Christ before me,
Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort and restore me,
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ in quiet, Christ in danger,
Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me all that love me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me….

Regnet Christus
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Pray for Us.

Anne O'Loughlin
Principal