From left to right: St Bernadette’s Secretary Frances Murphy, YCW Rafael Tordilla, Liam Culican and YCW Fono Taefu.
In March 2016 St Bernadette’s Primary, Castle Hill donated 45 IBM/Lenovo laptops and computers, along with monitors, keyboards and mice to the Parramatta Young Christian Workers (YCW) organisation.
Catholic Education’s ICT Trainee Liam Culican said he was inspired to participate after reading an article in a previous edition of Catholic Outlook calling on parishes, schools and organisations to donate older or unwanted computers and laptops for re-use.
'After reading the article we promptly got in touch,' Liam said. 'Hopefully an article like this will encourage more schools to join in, as I know there would be many schools in our situation.'
Every Saturday, young volunteers gather at 25 Union Street, Granville, the Parramatta YCW House to refurbish refurbishing old computers.
Refurbished computers are donated to young people in the local community and to East Timor, where 60% of the population is under 25 years of age.
Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese
www.parra.catholic.edu.au
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22 Jan 2026
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Today, CSPD joins people across Australia in prayer and solidarity with the Jewish community on this National Day of Mourning for the victims of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack. The theme the Chabad Community in Bondi chose is: 'Light will win, a gathering of unity and remembrance. Members of the public are invited to observe one minute of silence on the National Day of Mourning to honour those impacted by the Bondi Beach terrorist attack at 19:01 AEDT on 22 January 2026. As a nation in mourning, we hold the victims and their loved ones in prayer and ask God to bring comfort, healing and peace to our community. Sign the online condolence book here: https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/premiers-department/about-us/bondi-beach-condolence-book?fbclid=IwY2xjawPeMRpleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFDRDRLekU1Y3RjbEw5SklNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHiun9lBux5FwzuRSTxpwd8C9Jx_kRxdxTIqLo4q187cmNQjRkxvj8Z0GeJ6w_aem_FrM0aWnTu50uUR41jW-o5w Or visit the Australian Government website for more information and resources, including the live stream link for the National Memorial Service: https://www.pmc.gov.au/news/national-day-mourning-victims-bondi-beach-terrorist-attack
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Kindergarten 2026 will start school on Wednesday 4th February. Parents can drop students directly to the classroom from 8:10am. Feeling excited 🙂🙃
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Our Year 6 leaders for 2026 look forward to welcoming students in Years 1-6 on Monday 2nd February. Parents are invited to join us for our morning assembly at 8:30am. As advised, gates will open at 8am, there is no supervision prior to this and students cannot be left in the car park unsupervised. If you require supervision before 8am, please contact Ambrose.
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Christmas cheer from the choir 🎄🎅 Some members of our choir performed at the Epping Club on Wednedsday. The club also gave our school a donation to buy some more resources for our school's music department- very generous! Thank you to the parents and grandparents for always bringing the children early to rehearsals each week.
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