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2023

Blessings
Success
Reminisce
Calmness
Accomplishment
Dedication
Limitless Possibilities
Victory
Endurance
Remain Fearless
Being Humble
Persistence
Belief
Celebration
Holiness
Faith Renewed
Generosity
Celebration
Goodness and Hope

2022

Thankfulness
Farewell
Fortitude
Prioritise
Unity Is Strength
Together We Win
Endurance
Listen, Listen, Listen
Persistence Pays
Being Humble
Celebrating a Legacy
Prayer and Thanksgiving
Community Spirit
Determination and Success
Faith and Courage
The Journey
Goodness and Acknowledgement
Perseverance
Participation, Prayer, Praise
: Renewed Hope

2021

Gratitude
Presence
Resilience - Rising to the Occasion
Introduction From our New Headmaster, Keith Simento
THE END…“Not with a bang but a whimper.” (T.S. Eliot)
LIFE
RC: RESILIENCE and COURAGE
S.A.D.: Stressed, Anxious, Depressed?
CHOICE: Do Our Children Have Too Much Choice?
Remembering Our Values
Doing My Best versus Doing Just Enough
Old-fashioned Is in Fashion
Bring What You Have
Honouring Our Commitments
GRATITUDE: An Acknowledgment of Goodness
: EASTER...The Reason for Our Christian Tradition
: FOOD...A SENSE OF OCCASION
: The 3 R's
: "BACK TO NORMAL"
: A ROUGH ENDING should be followed by a FRESH START.....!.

2020

: "LAST WORDS...."
: "THE PAST.....THE FUTURE"
: "WINNERS....LOSERS?"
: "TOUCH, BIND, ENGAGE..."
"The BUSINESS of BOYS...Our Future!"
: "Hope...!"
: "BACK into the SADDLE"
: "...WHO CAN WE BLAME"
: “..ORDER, DISORDER, REORDER..”
: "“It’s SUBTRACTION not ADDITION..”
: “ENROLMENTS for 2021...close Friday 28th August ”
: "# Alone, Together..."
: "I can't breathe"... a few words that had such great effect on so many
: "Hope" - “We need to learn how to garden in the dark”
: Expectations - “A man’s reach should exceed his grasp” (Browning)
: "Ready, Set, Go", It is true. We are out of the blocks!
: "Coming Out"...of lockdown...
: "Who to Believe?"
: "In Praise of Parents... Essential People!"
: Newsletter Lockdown Edition
: "BAD NEWS wrapped inside a PROTEIN"
, Confortare Quarterly T1 2020
: "Help" - the Perfect Prayer
: "Be not afraid" (Matt:17:2)
: "THE MEAL" - a place for ALL
: "LESSONS From a VIRUS"
: "The END is the BEGINNING...the BEGINNING is the END" (TS Eliot)

2019

: Confortare Quarterly T4 2019
: "...It is finished." (Jn 19:20-30) Last Words for 2019
: How well - or not - is the College going?...
: "From boys to men..."
: "Dream it", "Design it", "Make it", "Communicate it"
, Confortare Quarterly T3, 2019
: "The Child at the ¶¶Òõpro of the Matter"
: SPORT: Participation or Competitive ..or both
: WHO PUTS the CHAIRS AWAY?' The law of leadership!
: 'Connection' The new buzz word
: The BIG LIE..."Free, Compulsory and Secular"...
: Confortare Quarterly T2, 2019
: "Playing the Long Game" (...have fought,...have finished and ...have kept the faith. [2:Tim])
: "...THERE is NO MORE MONEY" (How did 'NO' come to mean 'YES'?)
: Lawn Mowing Parenting: Is it necessary to remove all obstacles in life?
: FLAKEY or FAITHFUL...What is commitment?
, Confortare Quarterly T1, 2019
: CANNABIS....does not mix with learning
: "Think like a MOUNTAIN..."
: "Be the Change..." (Gandhi)
: HOPE: The Future has a Name..."it is called HOPE." (Pope Francis)
: FAILURE (or deferred success)

2018

: Confortare Quarterly T4, 2018
: THE END: Gratitude & Community
: College Prizegiving
: FAREWELLS - an important RITUAL of any COMMUNITY
: Leadership
: Confortare Quarterly T3, 2018
: THE UNIVERSITY GRADUATES - where are the men?
: FAILURE - obstacle or opportunity?
: Enrolling the family
: ¶¶Òõprol's College - a place of courage, a place of faith
: Language: boys MUST control what come out!
: ¶¶Òõprol's Men who READ - ACHIEVE
: The Shortest Day
: Community in the Making
: ANOTHER SCHOOL SHOOTING - men out of the loop?
: Be Not Afraid...

: Important Dates - Term 2
: "Easter is HERE - every day"
: "If a river denies its source, it will soon go out of existence" (Br Marcel)
: Community Events
: Child Poverty
: "The trickle down theory"

2017

: The Last Words
: Upcoming Matters
: Dates & Times for Term 4
: "Having Skin in the Game"
: Resilience & Courage
: MUSIC - a measure of LIFE within a school
: YOUNG MEN and PLAYING of SPORT
: DELIVERING the MAIL(E)
: A ¶¶Òõprol's man
: Stability & the ADOLESCENT BOY
: "Unless the Lord builds the House..." Psalm 127
: Pornography & the ADOLESCENT BOY
: Food and the ADOLESCENT BOY
: The ¶¶Òõprol's Graduate
: Building Boys into Men - personal organisation is important
: Polyfest - School or Community event?
: "Boys must be taught how to be men"
: Community & Education
: "February 7th 2017"
: Welcome back for 2017

2016

: The final of 2016
: Polyfest 2017 - Yes or NO, IOE pe LEAI, IO pe IKA'I
: 2017 - Compulsory BYOD for all year levels
: The end of Term 3 - green shoots and signs of hope
: In PRAISE of FATHERS...'Bread, not stones"
: "Disconnected"
: "The Litmus Test"
: "DON'T TALK about YOUR VALUES - SHOW ME your CHEQUE BUTTS"
: "Boys must be TAUGHT how to be men"
: HISTORY: Why should we be bothered with it? "We stand on the shoulders of those before us"
: "SPORT in SCHOOLS: lessons I have learnt..."
: "RECONCILIATION...a much needed value today..."
: "So what has a College Dinner to do with education?"