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Students perform at last year’s Catholic Education Week.
CATHOLIC schools will be able to celebrate with their communities and showcase the creativity, talent and commitment of teachers and students during Catholic Education Week from April 2 to 9.
Keeping with the spirit of the Commonwealth Games which finishes the previous week, the theme, For the Common Good, will call on Catholic schools and their local communities to seek peace by promoting justice.
The best art work from primary and secondary students will be on display at the Victorian Artists’ Society in East Melbourne.
Student art work will include paintings, tapestries, sculptures, audio visuals and metal and fabric designs.
Major awards will be on offer again this year, including the Eileen Canty and Julia Flynn awards for the most potential and most creative works of art; the Archbishop’s Religious Award for work with a religious theme; the Australian Catholic University Social Justice Awards; and the People’s Choice Awards, selected by visitors to the exhibition.
Doctor Lee Emery, the associate professor in Art Education at the University of Melbourne, will officially open the exhibition on Sunday, 2 April.
A family day is scheduled for Saturday, 1 April for parents, siblings and other relatives of students who are exhibiting works.
School groups will be encouraged to visit the art show from April 3 to 7.
Catholic Education director Susan Pascoe said the week was an important event on the Catholic education calendar.
As well as the exhibition, other major events organised by the Catholic Education Office Melbourne are the annual address on April 5, the St Patrick’s Day Mass for Schools and the St Patrick’s Day Concert in the Fitzroy Gardens on April 6.
County Court judge and Genazzano College past pupil Felicity Hampel will deliver the address at the Christ Lecture Theatre, Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy.
The Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral will draw students from more than 300 Catholic schools in the Archdiocese.
A large choir will feature and Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart will be the main celebrant.
The lunchtime concert in the gardens will commence soon after the service, with song and dance routines performed by Catholic school students.
More details about the week are available from the CEOM website, www.ceo.melb.catholic.edu.au.
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