Catholic Mission Month Launch 18th September 2019
On Wednesday the 18th of September, Chloe, Georgia, Deegan and Mrs.Webb caught a bus to travel to Nowra to attend a Catholic Mission Week launch at St. John the Evangelist Catholic High School in Nowra where we had the opportunity to see the reality of people’s lives in Ghana. First we started off with the acknowledgement to the country with a special dance then we were invited to be part of the setting up of a prayer space that would display items that represented what the country needed the most. It was really interesting seeing what they are experiencing, poverty and starvation when in a country like Australia we are very lucky to have resources that help to keep ourselves healthy and happy.
We watched a couple of videos that included a woman called Sister Stan who helped children in Ghana that were in need of education and a helping hand because their parents had left them to be abandoned, helpless also to be forced to become street children. Sister Stan helped them to become self reliant, and help them to grow with knowledge that will help them for a future including a job. A girl named Sarah got taken into Nazareth Home along with Sister Stan, Sister Stan now has over 90 children from a range ages from toddlers to teenagers. They replaced the prayer space with things that could be donated through Catholic Mission that would help to make for a brighter future. Later we had a guest speaker come from Ghana to speak with us about some stories about the country. Later one person was able to walk down from each school to grab a Catholic Mission Week Bag that included some booklets and some instruments from Ghana called a Caxixi, Georgia went up and grabbed the bag and a couple of photos were taken. Later they had a light lunch and after we had eaten we were allowed to put on a VR (Virtual Reality) headset and watch some small clips of the people in Ghana.
Georgia, Chloe, Deegan and Mrs.Webb had a good experience learning about Ghana.
‘Do not fear, I am with you.’