As Bunbury Catholic Faculty celebrates its 50th 12 months in 2023, the milestone celebrations will kick off this weekend with a Celebratory Mass and Neighborhood Picnic.
This Saturday, alumni, employees, and mates are invited to hitch the college’s half century Thanksgiving Mass happening within the college’s La Valla Sports activities Heart starting at 4:15pm.
The celebration can be adopted by a group picnic on Albert Oval from 5:15-8pm.
Bunbury Catholic Faculty Principal Michael Pepper stated he’s trying ahead to celebrating the previous and current of the college.
“This celebration is a chance for our present and former employees, college students and households to return collectively and to rejoice and rekindle many lifelong connections, but additionally a possibility for our group to mirror on the place we have come from, and the place we’re at this time ,” he stated.
“I am trying ahead to assembly the individuals who have been a part of this school group, and all their relations of people that could not have been in a position to be with us having their relations being welcomed again into the college.”
The Faculty Corridor may also be open for viewing, showcasing college memorabilia of necessary folks and occasions that assisted in shaping the college over its 50 years of operation.
Established in 1973, BCC turned a co-educational college after merging the previous Francis Xavier college for boys, based by the Marist brothers, and St Jospeh’s Excessive Faculty, run by the Mercy Sisters educating largely feminine college students.
Serving as principal for the previous 4 years, Mr Pepper stated he’s proud to be concerned in a faculty with such “household spirit.”
“I feel it is the caliber of the scholars and the household spirit that we’ve throughout the group that I like essentially the most,” he stated.
“We’ve a lot of college students whose mother and father and grandparents have been by means of the college and I feel that is one thing actually particular.
“However simply the standard of the children and the compassion for others, that is one thing that hasn’t modified because the college started.”
Households wishing to attend the celebrations are invited to hitch the enjoyable, inspired to convey their very own picnic rug and meals, with meals vehicles additionally obtainable on the evening.
This weekend would be the first of a large number of occasions placed on by the college to rejoice the milestone, with a dinner dance and ex-student reunion simply among the different festivities deliberate for later within the 12 months.
