Parramatta Marist: Christ centred through Marist eyes
Led by caring staff committed to sharing the Catholic faith with students in partnership with families, our welcoming community supports students and staff to thrive. We value each student as an individual and share the values of the Gospel to help them discover the hope that is within and to experience a meaningful and flourishing life.
All schools in the Diocese of Parramatta:
Sharing our Catholic tradition
Students come to know Jesus Christ through our Catholic tradition and teaching. Faith experiences are woven throughout the life of the school and school values, and are realised within the Religious Education program, liturgy, prayer, reflection, religious symbolism, Feast Days and social justice activities to reach out to those most in need.
Our school community prays the Angelus (traditional midday prayer) together each day, the Stations of the Cross during lunchtimes in Lent, and the Rosary each week.
Parramatta Marist has a strong association with several local Catholic parishes. Many of these parishes have connections to Parramatta Marist through their primary schools and local clergy are always invited to celebrate our masses with us.
Celebrating our faith
We place great importance on the contribution of our creative and performing arts to the liturgical life of our school. Live music, singing, drama, symbols, visual art works and liturgical movement are incorporated into celebrations, providing meaningful and relevant faith experiences for young people.
Celebrating our faith
Religious Education
Our specialist teachers share their faith and example with students, helping them to flourish as they develop specific knowledge, understanding, skills and strong values, with Christ as the centre.
All students at Parramatta Marist study Catholic Studies from Year 7-10 where they develop specific knowledge embedded in the Catholic world view. In their senior years, students further their understanding through Studies of Religion and other Catholic Studies subjects.
Religious Education
Social justice initiatives
Our students are offered a wide variety of local community activities to help develop a sense of pride, respect and responsibility for themselves and others. This positive participation and actions can be seen in how we interact and learn with one another, work collaboratively and take ownership of our behaviour as well as active involvement in faith-based experiences.
Parramatta Marist students participate in outreach or immersion experiences that benefit the whole community. Our Marist Social Justice Solidarity Team is a group of students who put faith through action through fundraising and awareness-raising initiatives.
In recent years, our students have raised money to support our Marist school in Bougainville and flood relief for Trinity Catholic College Lismore. They have engaged in the following activities in partnership with the St Vincent de Paul society:
- Prepared sandwiches for the Greater Western Sydney Vinnies Van
- Hosted a Buddies Day of fun activities for vulnerable children
- Raised over $20,000 for the Vinnies Winter Sleep-out
Social justice initiatives
Our reconciliation strategy
Schools in the Diocese of Parramatta are at the beginning of an important journey, endeavouring to make significant contributions to reconciliation within the community, locally and nationally.
Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese (CSPD) recently launched its first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). We will be guided by the CSDP RAP as we work to embed practices that further support members of our learning community who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, engage meaningfully and respectfully with members of the local Aboriginal community, and make contributions to the national journey towards reconciliation.
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