Students march into St Patrick’s Cathedral at last year’s annual Mass in full school uniform with school flags and crests held high.
THE St Patrick’s Day Mass for Schools will typify the colour and excitement of Catholic Education Week.
About 1800 primary and secondary Catholic students will attend St Patrick’s Cathedral on 15 March.
A feature will be the colourful school procession into the cathedral led by the newest Catholic school, St Francis of Assisi in Tarneit, and schools commemorating major milestones.
Students in full school uniform will march into the cathedral with school flags and crests held high.
Fifteen minutes later, Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart and dozens of parish priests will file into St Patrick’s Cathedral to begin the mass.
A large choir of students from Doncaster’s St Gregory the Great Primary, Avila College in Mount Waverley, and Toorak’s St Kevin’s College will be in full voice.
Students will walk to the Treasury Gardens for the St Patrick’s Day concert after the Mass.
The concert provides a highlight for students and teachers alike as they relax on the lawns and enjoy lunch listening to the music.
Catholic school communities will celebrate Catholic Education Week from 13 to 18 March. The 2012 theme is Throw Open the Doors — Let in the Light.
Another popular event during Catholic Education Week is the Visual Arts Exhibition. Highly popular with Catholic school communities, the exhibition reveals another dimension to Catholic student achievement.
Catholic primary and secondary students will vie for prizes including the Archbishop’s Award for Religious Art and the Eileen Canty and Julia Flynn Awards.
The exhibition will be held at the Victorian Artists’ Society, 430 Albert Street, East Melbourne, from 13 to 18 March.
