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JANUARY 2012 The Cathedral College 189 William Street Rockhampton PO Box 8207 Allenstown Qld 4700 College Office Telephone 07 4999 1300 Fax 07 4927 8694 Email enquiries@tccr.com.au Website www.tccr.com.au Boys Residential 210 Upper Dawson Rd Rockhampton PO Box 8211 Allenstown Qld 4700 Telephone 07 4927 0688 Fax 07 4927 0477 Girls Residential 265 Agnes Street Rockhampton PO Box 8211 Allenstown Qld 4700 Telephone 07 4927 7612 Fax 07 4927 8339 TCC Chronicle produced weekly on website www.tccr.com.au
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mary, Mother of God NEW YEAR S DAY HOLIDAY 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 The Epiphany of the Lord The Baptism of the Lord College office re-opens 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Staff Inservice Days Beginning of School Year Mass 9am 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Residential Travel Day for Years 8 & 12 and new students in Years 9-11 Residential Parent s Meeting/ Lunch 12-2pm TERM I COMMENCES Years 8 & 12 and new students in Years 9-11 Residential Travel Day for Years 9, 10 & 11 Continuing Students 29 30 31 All students at school Welcome Liturgy of the Word 10.50am AUSTRALIA DAY HOLIDAY Residential Mass 6pm Our Lady of Good Counsel Chapel Residential Closed Weekend Residential Closed Weekend
FEBRUARY 2012 GLOVER HOUSE PRAYER Loving God, we thank you for the opportunity we have to receive a good education at The Cathedral College. We ask that you help us to be loyal, conscientious and committed in all our endeavours. Help us to achieve the goals we set with humility and dignity. We pray that with your guidance, we will be just and compassionate in our service of others. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. Named in honour of Miss Margaret Glover, a long serving teacher and Principal of the former Our Lady s Primary School near. Glover House launches Caritas s Project Compassion with a Pancake cook-off on Shrove Tuesday and the fundraising effort continues throughout Lent. House Dean: Ms Patricia Cumming P: 4999 1300 E: patricia.cumming@tccr.com.au
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 Combined Residential BBQ The Presentation of the Lord Opening College Mass & Commissioning 9am St Jospeh s Cathedral College Photos Year 8 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Residential Girls Yr 12/Yr 8 Day Out Year 8/9 Information Evening/ BBQ 5.30pm Our Lady s Hall P & F Meeting 7pm College Staff Room College Board Meeting 5.30pm College Photos TCC/Parish Mass 6pm Year 8 Camp Cooee Bay 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Interhouse Swimming Carnival 4pm-6.30pm Rockhampton Southside Pool Residential St. Valentine s Dinner 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Boarders Long Weekend QSA Monitoring Day Study Day Yrs 11/12 Meet the Teacher Gathering Yrs 10-12 4pm MPC Shrove Tuesday Launch of Project Compassion Pancake Fundraiser 11.10am MPC 26 27 28 29 Ash Wednesday Liturgy of the Word 10.25am Scholars Assembly 12.10pm MPC Bishop s Inservice Day Student Free Day TCC Music Camp Cooee Bay Boarders Long Weekend First Sunday of Lent R&D Swimming Combined Residential BBQ
MARCH 2012 QUINN HOUSE PRAYER Loving God, we thank you for the gift St Joseph s College, the Christian Brothers and lay teachers have been to the community of Rockhampton. We thank you that they are a part of the history of TCC. We ask that you help us, Quinn House, to meet life s adventures with clear minds and bold hearts. Help us to be wise in the decisions that we make. Help us also to have courage and compassion as we strive to live lives of love and service. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. Named in honour of Brother Luke Quinn, the last Christian Brother Principal of St Joseph s Christian Brothers College. Quinn House s Special Day is 19th March, the Feast of St Joseph. House Dean: Mrs Andrea Collins P: 4999 1300 E: andrea.collins@tccr.com.au
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 House Assembly 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Residential Boys Yr 12/Yr 8 Day Out Second Sunday of Lent Year 11 Indigenous Leadership camp College Assembly (Glover House) TCC Music Evening 6.30pm Our Lady s Hall 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 TCC/Parish Mass 6pm Third Sunday of Lent Information Evening 5.30pm Year 8 2013/2014 Our Lady s Hall P & F Meeting 7pm College Staff Room College Board Meeting 5.30pm Residential St. Patrick s Day Dinner House Assembly 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Feast of St Patrick St Patrick s Day races Fourth Sunday of Lent Feast of St Joseph Years 11 and 12 Assignment Moratorium RSCS Beginners Camp College Assembly (Quinn House) 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Closing date for Enrolments Year 8 2013 Interhouse Cross Country R ton P&F Cluster Meeting Rockhampton Botanical Mass of Chrism 7pm Gardens The Annunciation of the Lord R ton P & F Cluster Meeting Residentials Close at 6pm Fifth Sunday of Lent Years 11 and 12 Block Exams TERM I ENDS
APRIL 2012 RYAN HOUSE PRAYER Loving God, we thank you for the gift the Range College, the Sisters of Mercy and the lay teachers have been to the community of Rockhampton. We thank you that they are a part of the history of TCC. We ask that you help us to work together as a team and to be generous in our support of each other and of the wider community. Grant us courage and compassion so that we will live lives of love and service. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. Named in honour of Sister M Andrina Ryan, the last Sister of Mercy Principal of the Range College. Ryan House s Special Day is 26th April, the Feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel. House Dean: Mr Bernie Parle P: 4999 1300 E: bernie.parle@tccr.com.au
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Palm Sunday Holy Thursday Movers and Shakers: Toowoomba GOOD FRIDAY EASTER SATURDAY 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 EASTER SUNDAY EASTER MONDAY Staff Inservice Days Show Team - Baralaba 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 TERM II COMMENCES Welcome Liturgy of the Word 10.50am Parent/Teacher Interviews 3.30pm MPC House Assembly Residential Travel Day Second Sunday of Easter Production Rehearsals P & F Meeting 7pm College Staff Room Combined Residential BBQ College Board Meeting 5.30pm l College Production 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Show Team - Marlborough Third Sunday of Easter Anzac Day Liturgy of the Word 10.25am ANZAC DAY Our Lady of Good Counsel TCC/Parish Mass 6pm 29 30 Show Team - The Caves Fourth Sunday of Easter Y12 Indigenous Leadership Camp
MAY 2012 RICE HOUSE PRAYER O God, we thank you for the life of Blessed Edmund Rice. He opened his heart to Christ present in those oppressed by poverty and injustice. May we follow his example of faith and generosity. Grant us the courage and compassion of Blessed Edmund as we seek to live lives of love and service. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. Named in honour of Blessed Edmund Rice who founded the Religious Congregation of the Christian Brothers in Ireland in the early 1800s. Rice House s special day is 5th May, the Feast of Blessed Edmund Rice. House Dean: Mr Grant Williams P: 4999 1300 E: grant.williams@tccr.com.au
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 Rockhampton Eisteddfod Commences Senior Oratory 7pm Brainstorm Productions - The Hurting Game Years 8 & 9 Combined Residential BBQ Yr12 Indigenous Leadership Camp Year 12 PD Day Middle Hall, The Range House Assembly 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Blessed Edmund Rice Qld State P & F Conference Fifth Sunday of Easter 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Mothers Day Sixth Sunday of Easter LABOUR DAY HOLIDAY R&D Cross Country P & F Meeting 7pm College Staff Room College Board Meeting 5.30pm Combined Residential BBQ NAPLAN Testing BEEF 012 Mothers Day Year 11 ACTS Camp: Cooee Bay College Assembly (Rice House) Interhouse Track and Field CQU Show Team - Biloela Southside Parish Fair 5pm TCC 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Ascension Sunday Grin and Tonic - I am Romeo and Juliet Years 9,11 and 12 Rockhampton P & F Cluster STATE OF ORIGIN (1) 27 28 29 30 31 Our Lady, Help of Christians College Assembly Sorry Day TCC/Parish Mass 6pm Pentecost Sunday Reconciliation Week Commences Combined Residential BBQ Visitation of Mary
JUNE 2012 The Cathedral College 189 William Street Rockhampton PO Box 8207 Allenstown Qld 4700 College Office Telephone 07 4999 1300 Fax 07 4927 8694 Email enquiries@tccr.com.au Website www.tccr.com.au Boys Residential 210 Upper Dawson Rd Rockhampton PO Box 8211 Allenstown Qld 4700 Telephone 07 4927 0688 Fax 07 4927 0477 Girls Residential 265 Agnes Street Rockhampton PO Box 8211 Allenstown Qld 4700 Telephone 07 4927 7612 Fax 07 4927 8339 TCC Chronicle produced weekly on website www.tccr.com.au
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 House Assembly TCC Music Evening 6.30pm Our Lady s Hall 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rowing - Rockhampton Head of the River Show Team - Ridgelands Trinity Sunday Years 11 and 12 Assignment Moratorium SHOW HOLIDAY 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Body and Blood of Christ Show Team - Rockhampton Show QUEEN S DIAMOND JUBILEE HOLIDAY Centenary Celebrations - St Joseph s Wandal P & F Meeting 7pm College Staff Room STATE OF ORIGIN (2) Years 11 & 12 Block Exams The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Immaculate Heart of Mary 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Staff Inservice Day Residentials Close at 6pm 118th Anniversary of the Arrival of the Christian Brothers in Staff Inservice Day Years 11 and 12 Block Exams R ton TERM II ENDS Show Team - Mt Larcom Year 10 Work Experience Show Team - Rockhampton Show Diocesan Music Camp TCC Centenary Celebrations - Wandal Rowing - CQ Schools R ton The Birth of St John the Baptist Rowing - CQ Schools R ton Confraternity Shield - St Patrick s Shorncliffe QISSN - Caloundra Indoor Stadium P Feast of Sts Peter and Paul
JULY 2012 The Cathedral College 189 William Street Rockhampton PO Box 8207 Allenstown Qld 4700 College Office Telephone 07 4999 1300 Fax 07 4927 8694 Email enquiries@tccr.com.au Website www.tccr.com.au Boys Residential 210 Upper Dawson Rd Rockhampton PO Box 8211 Allenstown Qld 4700 Telephone 07 4927 0688 Fax 07 4927 0477 Girls Residential 265 Agnes Street Rockhampton PO Box 8211 Allenstown Qld 4700 Telephone 07 4927 7612 Fax 07 4927 8339 TCC Chronicle produced weekly on website www.tccr.com.au
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Residential Travel Day TERM III COMMENCES Welcome Liturgy of the Word 10.50am Parent/Teacher Interviews 3.30pm MPC P & F Meeting 7pm College Staff Room NAIDOC Mass 9am Holy Family Church STATE OF ORIGIN (3) College Board Meeting 5.30pm College Academic Assembly 10.25am MPC 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 R&D Rugby League Commences Combined Residential BBQ Year 10 Camp/Careers House Assembly 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Rowing - South Qld Schools Rowing - South Qld Schools R&D Catholic Netball Education Commences Week TCC Day 2012 Olympic Games Commences TCC/Parish Mass 6pm 29 30 31 Sisters of Mercy Dinner Residential event 6.30pm Girls Residential
AUGUST 2012 MCAULEY HOUSE PRAYER O God, we thank you for the life of Venerable Catherine McAuley. She opened her heart to Christ present in those oppressed by poverty and injustice. May we follow her example of faith and generosity. Grant us the courage and compassion of Catherine McAuley as we seek to live lives of love and service. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. Named in honour of Venerable Catherine McAuley who founded the Religious Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy in Ireland on 12 December 1831. McAuley House s Special Day is 4th August, Foundation Day of the Rockhampton Sisters of Mercy. House Dean: Mrs Megan Grovè P: 4999 1300 E: megan.grove@tccr.com.au
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 Year 11 2013 Subject Information evening 5.30pm Our Lady s Hall R&D Track & Field Trials R&D Track & Field Trials College Assembly (McAuley House) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 St Mary of the Cross McKillop Junior Oratory 7pm College Board Meeting 5.30pm QCS marking evening SRI The Transfiguration of the Lord 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Residentials Families Day Rowing - NQ Schools T ville Year 9 2013 Subject Information Evening 5.30pm Our Lady s Hall Year 10 2013 Subject Information Evening 6pm Our Lady s Hall QCS Practice days - Our Lady s Hall P & F Meeting 7pm College Staff Room School Review & Improvement Process Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Holy Day of Obligation Combined Residential BBQ Ekka Show Holiday House Assembly TCC Music Evening 6.30pm Our Lady s Hall College Assembly (Residential) Opening Night Art Exhibition 6.30pm Our Lady s Hall Queensland Catholic Colleges Music Festival - Brisbane 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 139th Anniversary of Arrival of Sisters of Mercy in Rockhampton TCC & St Pauls Bullarama 6pm Residential Working Bee Show Team - Mt Morgan P&F Combined cluster meeting Rowing - NQ Schools T ville Show team - Wowan Art Exhibition 9am-4pm Our Lady s Hall Book Week commences Art Exhibition 9am-4pm Our Lady s Hall QCMF - Brisbane 26 27 28 29 30 31 House Assembly TCC/Parish Mass 6pm Year 11 Biology Trip - Cania Gorge Combined Residential BBQ Fathers Day Year 10 ACTS Camp Grandparents Morning Tea 10am Our Lady s Hall College Assembly (Ryan House)
SEPTEMBER 2012 TCC PRAYER Loving God, You call us to fullness of life. Thank you for the gift of quality education that is provided here at The Cathedral College. We pray that you help us to make the most of the opportunities that are offered to us to share our gifts and so experience life in all its fullness. May the years we spend here be not only enjoyable but help us to grow as individuals in your image. Bless the students, staff and families - past, present and future - as they are the heart and soul of this We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. (Meg Bongers, Rachael Conaghan, Vanessa Petrie) YEAR TWELVE 2011 The Cathedral College 189 William Street Rockhampton PO Box 8207 Allenstown Qld 4700 College Office Telephone 07 4999 1300 Fax 07 4927 8694 Email enquiries@tccr.com.au Website www.tccr.com.au Boys Residential 210 Upper Dawson Rd Rockhampton PO Box 8211 Allenstown Qld 4700 Telephone 07 4927 0688 Fax 07 4927 0477 Girls Residential 265 Agnes Street Rockhampton PO Box 8211 Allenstown Qld 4700 Telephone 07 4927 7612 Fax 07 4927 8339 TCC Chronicle produced weekly on website www.tccr.com.au
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Fathers Day Years 11 and 12 Assignment Moratorium QCS Exams Our Lady s Hall House Assembly 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary TCC/Parish Mass 6pm P & F Meeting 7pm College Staff Room College Board Meeting 5.30pm Combined Residential BBQ R&D Netball Grand Finals 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Year 9 Camp Years 11 and 12 Block Exams Years 11 and 12 Block Exams Residentials close at 6pm TERM III ENDS 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 R&D Rugby League Grand Finals Rowing-Qld Schools State titles Sony Camp Ski trip 30 Rowing - Qld Schools State titles - Bundaberg Sony Camp Ski trip St Vincent De Paul AFL Grand final NRL Grand final Ignite Conference - Brisbane Ignite Conference
OCTOBER 2012 WALLACE HOUSE PRAYER God of Wonder, we praise and thank you for bringing us here together in your presence. We ask that you help us to be sincere, courageous and loyal. Help us to speak only what is true and to do only what is good so that we can be truly free. Help us to look to you for guidance this day and the days to come as we seek to live lives of love and service. We make this prayer in the name of your Son Jesus. Amen. Named in honour of Bishop Bernard Wallace who was the Bishop when TCC was founded in 1991. Wallace House launches the Giving Tree to support the St Vincent De Paul Christmas Appeal at the start of Term 4. House Dean: Mr Kevin Chopping P: 4999 1300 E: kevin.chopping@tccr.com.au
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 Queen s Birthday Holiday Feast of St Francis of Assisi 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Residential Travel Day TERM IV COMMENCES Welcome Liturgy of the Word 10.50am P & F AGM 7pm College Staff Room College Board Meeting 5.30pm All Schools Touch Football College Assembly (Wallace House) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 TCC/Parish Mass 6pm All Schools Touch Football House Assembly Combined Residential BBQ Year 11 Leadership Camp: Cooee Bay 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Yrs 11/12 Study Day QSA Verification Day Cultural Awards Evening 6.30pm Our Lady s Hall 28 29 30 31 Orientation Evening Year 8 2013 5pm-6.30pm Our Lady s Hall Year 12 Assignment Moratorium Residential Transition Experience Sports Awards Evening 6.30pm Our Lady s Hall Yr 12 Indigenous Education Celebration Mass Combined Residential BBQ Year 12 SATS Evening 5.30pm Our Lady s Hall College Assembly (Seniors) House Choir competition
NOVEMBER 2012 The Cathedral College 189 William Street Rockhampton PO Box 8207 Allenstown Qld 4700 College Office Telephone 07 4999 1300 Fax 07 4927 8694 Email enquiries@tccr.com.au Website www.tccr.com.au Boys Residential 210 Upper Dawson Rd Rockhampton PO Box 8211 Allenstown Qld 4700 Telephone 07 4927 0688 Fax 07 4927 0477 Girls Residential 265 Agnes Street Rockhampton PO Box 8211 Allenstown Qld 4700 Telephone 07 4927 7612 Fax 07 4927 8339 TCC Chronicle produced weekly on website www.tccr.com.au
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 Feast of All Saints Feast of All Souls Seniors Final House Assembly Academic Awards Night 7pm Pilbeam Theatre 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 RSCS Combined Workshop RSCS Combined Concert (incl Yr 12 awards) 6.30pm Our Lady s Hall Melbourne Cup College Board Meeting 5.00pm 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Year 12 Block Exams P & F Meeting 7pm College Staff Room Residential Farewell Liturgy of the Word 5.30pm Our Lady s Hall Residential Farewell Dinner MPC Year 12 Graduation Mass 9am (followed by Morning tea) Year 12 walk-through and Dinner 5.30pm Year 12 Block Exams 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Year 11 Assignment Moratorium Arts Night 6pm Our Lady s Hall 25 26 27 28 29 30 Final Rehearsals for all TCC music ensembles with invitations to Yr 8 students 2013 Year 11 Block Exams Year 10 Block Exams Year 11 Block Exams Years10/11 and Boarders finish Residentials close at 6pm
DECEMBER 2012 JANUARY 2013 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 30 31 1 1 2 3 4 5 The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 First Sunday of Advent Feast of St Francis Xavier Years 8/9 Excursion St Joseph s Cathedral TERM IV ENDS 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mary Mother of God 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Second Sunday of Advent 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Office Re-opens 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Third Sunday of Advent 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30 31 AUSTRALIA DAY Fourth Sunday of Advent CHRISTMAS DAY Feast of St Stephen BOXING DAY AUSTRALIA DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY TERM I COMMENCES