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Frayne News | Page 1 ConƟnuing the Vinnies Food CollecƟon Thank you to everyone who has already donated to this great cause. Next week, we will conƟnue with the Vinnies COVID19 driveby food collecƟon to help out those in need. Ursula Frayne is supporƟng this by collecƟng food at both the Balmoral and Duncan Street Campuses. Vinnies are looking for dry goods like cereal, pasta, rice and noodles as well as Ɵnned goods and longlife milk and cream. If possible, we are asking students to bring a donaƟon in and leave it in the collecƟon box at recepƟon when they arrive. God bless and thank you for your support. Frayne Ministry Team From the Principal Dear Parents, Students and Friends of Ursula Frayne Catholic College, SLOWING DOWN A LESSON FROM COVID19 While the Novel Coronavirus has caused fear across much of the world, paradoxically it has also helped us nd a measure of peace in our lives. During a recent coee catchup with a friend (while observing appropriate physical distancing), he shared the observaƟon that “it has taken a virus to slow us down”. He reected that, just over two months ago, a typical weekend for his family would have included basketball games, mulƟple dancing classes and gymnasƟcs training. When Sunday nights arrived, they were nishing school projects on a deadline, making the week’s schedule and preparing meals for the coming days. The COVID19 pandemic has brought that franƟc pace to a screeching halt. His son’s basketball training sessions and xtures were cancelled, and his daughters’ dancing lessons and gymnasƟc commitments have also been set aside. Instead, they have watched movies like “The Sound of Music” as a family while sharing chips or popcorn on the living room couch. With their children learning remotely, he and his wife were lucky enough to have jobs that allowed them to predominantly work from home and support them with the daily rounds of online lessons. [email protected] hƩps://www.ufcc.wa.edu.au Justice | Hospitality | Excellence | Compassion | Respect FRAYNE NEWS VOLUME 31 ISSUE 12 / WEEK 3 TERM 2 / 15 MAY 2020 From the Archives : 2010 Jazz Band performing at the Duncan Campus Open Day

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Con nuing the Vinnies Food Collec on  

Thank you to everyone who has  already donated to this great cause.  Next week, we will con nue with the Vinnies COVID‐19 drive‐by food collec‐on to help out those in need.  Ursula 

Frayne is suppor ng this by collec ng food at both the Balmoral and Duncan Street Campuses.  Vinnies are looking for dry goods like cereal, pasta, rice and noodles as well as  nned goods and long‐life milk and cream.  If possible, we are asking students to bring a dona on in and leave it in the collec on box at recep on when they arrive.   God bless and thank you for your  support.  Frayne Ministry Team

   

From the Principal  

Dear Parents, Students and Friends of Ursula Frayne Catholic College,  

SLOWING DOWN ‐ A LESSON FROM COVID‐19  

While the Novel Coronavirus has caused fear across much of the world, paradoxically it has also helped us find a measure of peace in our lives.    

During a recent coffee catch‐up with a friend (while observing appropriate physical distancing), he shared the observa on that “it has taken a virus to slow us down”.  He reflected that, just over two months ago, a typical weekend for his family would have included basketball games, mul ple dancing classes and gymnas cs training.  When Sunday nights arrived, they were  finishing school projects on a deadline, making the week’s schedule and preparing meals for the coming days.  

The COVID‐19 pandemic has brought that fran c pace to a screeching halt.  His son’s basketball training sessions and fixtures were cancelled, and his daughters’ dancing lessons and gymnas c commitments have also been set aside.  Instead, they have watched movies like “The Sound of Music” as a family while sharing chips or popcorn on the living room couch.  With their children learning remotely, he and his wife were lucky enough to have jobs that allowed them to predominantly work from home and support them with the daily rounds of online lessons.  

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J u s t i c e | H o s p i t a l i t y | E x c e l l e n c e | C o m p a s s i o n | R e s p e c t

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From the Archives : 2010 Jazz Band performing at the Duncan Campus

Open Day

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Rather than driving their children to and from extra‐curricular ac vi es in the evenings, they reviewed essays, math problems and other  ac vi es assigned by their teachers earlier in the day.  They have been able to eat dinner together on a daily basis, instead of devouring to‐go meals and snacks in the car.  They have had  me to take evening family walks to relieve restlessness and have enjoyed watching their chil‐dren, ages 13, 11, 9 and 9, run outside and play with one another.  While admi ng that there have been arguments, his children have been forced to appreciate the companionship their siblings provide when access to friends has been limited to ‘online, supervised’ interac ons.  Many of us have probably shared similar conversa ons and reflected on the pace of our lives, aware of its frenzied nature.  While the Novel Coronavirus has caused fear and uncertainty across the world, including within our own community, it has also enabled many to find a  measure of peace.  Personally, I am conscious that it took a pandemic to slow life down for me through the gi  of extra  me resul ng from less travel and func ons or mee ngs to a end, par cularly at night.  Please be assured that I am s ll acutely aware of the dangers the pandemic poses.  I empathise with those experiencing economic hardship due to the indefinite closures of many businesses and the uncertainty connected to the rising level of unemployment.  Neither is it my intent to minimise the sobering death rates inflicted by COVID‐19 in Australia and across the world.  Yes, there is extreme hardship and a financial impact that few will escape but, for all that, these have also been definitely gentler days for many.  Not just in terms of kindnesses and a reduc on in the everyday frenzy of life, but beyond that, there may have been a slow dawning of apprecia on of the things that we have taken for granted or failed to value highly enough.  The proximity of those we love; the luxury of idling; the value to our lives of friends not in our immediate reach; the enriched quality of a kind of existence that is possible when we are not running our lives against a  cking clock.  There is also the pleasure of suppor ng local enterprises that have proved so essen al.  Pope Francis reminds us that the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic is not God’s judgment on humanity, but God’s call on people to judge what was most important to them and resolve to act accordingly from now on.  He wisely reflects that now “is not the me of your judgment, but of our judgment: a me to choose what ma ers and what passes away, a me to separate what is necessary from what is not. It is a me to get our lives back on track with regard to God and others”.  The global COVID‐19 pandemic has disrupted the social networks we rely on and represents a major rupture in the status quo which calls  for new forms of response.  As a mark of respect to those who have died and a way of reminding ourselves that their deaths should not be  in vain, we are encouraged to be people of hope.  Hope – and the whisper of a response – can be found in the wonderful spirit of our com‐munity, the Frayne family, as we con nue progress towards a ‘new normal’.    Now that we are star ng to make our way back into school and business, would it not be possible to make sure the same old rat race does not re‐emerge?  To try to maintain the central compassionate glow of what some are referring to as this ‘COVID‐19 spring’?  Now may well be the moment to take note of the beneficial impact that simpler lifestyles have had on us and our planet and insist that, now the  me comes for re‐entry, we won’t just step back on the treadmill.  Watch and embrace this space!  With regards and best wishes.  Mr Geoff Mills Principal  

From the Principal cont... 

As part of the Year 11 Human Biology course, students study the many systems of the human body.  Over the last couple of weeks, the system of interest has been  the respiratory system.  To consolidate their understanding of this system, the students took part in a ‘pluck’ dissec on.  A pluck  consists of the heart and lungs of an animal, in this case, it was a sheep.  Conducted by the class teacher, the students were able to see the main structures of the respiratory system and how they work to‐gether to allow breathing and gas exchange to take place.  Mrs Paula Weston Learning Area Co‐ordinator, Science  

From the Science Department... 

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OUR LADY OF FATIMA  

The feast day of Our Lady of Fa ma is on 13 May.  This  tle of the Virgin Mary is based on the Marian appari ons in 1917 to three shepherd children at Cova da Iria in Fa ma, Portugal.  The three children, Francisco, Jacinta and Lucia reported in May 1917 the appari ons of an Angel and a woman, whom the children described as "the Lady more brilliant than the Sun".  A small chapel was built by local people and pilgrims started coming to pray.  In 1930 the Catholic Church officially recognised the appari on as "worthy of belief" and granted a papal permission for pilgrims to visit Fa ma.  The Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary was built and in 1935 the bodies of Francisco and Jacinta, who died one year a er the appari on, were reinterred.  Pope Pius XII granted a Canonical Corona on of the statue of Our Lady of Fa ma on 13 May 1946.  On 13 May 2017 Francisco and Jacinta Marto were made Saints by Pope Francis on the centen‐nial celebra on of the first appari on.   Lucia Santos became a religious Carmelite nun in 1949 and spent her life in heroic virtue un l her death in 2005.  Now she is in the process of bea fica on and has the  tle of Servant of God.  Here are few inspired lines from Sister Lucia:  “Since we all need to pray, God asks of us, as a kind of daily installment, a prayer which is within our reach: the Rosary, which can be recited either in common or in private, either in church in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament or at home, either with the rest of the family or alo-ne, either when traveling or while walking quietly in the fields. A mother of a family can say the Rosary while she rocks her baby’s cradle or does the housework. Our day has 24 hours in it. It is not asking a great deal to set aside a quarter of an hour for the spiritual life, for our in -mate and familiar converse with God.”  “Pu ng up with any sacrifices that are asked of us in our day-to-day lives becomes a slow martyrdom which purifies us and raises us up to the level of the supernatural, through the encounter of our soul with God, in the atmosphere of the presence of the Most Holy Trinity within us. We have here an incomparable spiritual richness!”  Fr Jesus Bello College Chaplain, Duncan Street Campus  

Chaplain’s Reflection 

Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta - the children of the Fa ma appari ons

Our Friends of Frayne mee ng was held on Tuesday evening using physical distancing and it was great to be able to  connect again.  Using a combina on of Zoom and in person at the Duncan Street Campus gave our Frayne community a chance to catch up and think about how we will con nue in the weeks and months ahead.  This format worked well (just think, you can Zoom from the comfort of your own home!) so please keep an eye out for details of our June mee ng.  You may want to just listen in or contribute ideas, either way, it would be great to see you.  

A SPECIAL THANK YOU  

Thank you to the amazing staff of the College who have gone above and beyond in their efforts to support our children and families through‐out these unusual  mes.  We are truly blessed to be part of such a wonderful community.  

SCHOLASTICS BOOK CLUB  

Don’t forget that online orders are due by Monday 18 May.  To view the current catalogue please click on the following link;  h ps://scholas c.com.au/book‐club/virtual‐catalogue‐1/.  Further details on mode of delivery of online orders will be advised closer to delivery date.  

WANT TO KNOW MORE OR GET IN TOUCH?  

EMAIL: [email protected] Or find us on Facebook: friendsoffrayne Or on the College website: www.ufcc.wa.edu.au/friends‐of‐frayne   Next mee ng: Wednesday 17 June, 7pm, Balmoral Street Campus.  The mode of the mee ng will be a combina on of Zoom and in person, adhering to social distancing.  If you wish to a end via Zoom, please contact Friends of Frayne for the Zoom code.  Friends of Frayne  

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