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On Thursday 23rd February 2017 we were privileged at a Thornhill College to receive a visit from Sister Helen and Elaine O'Leary to speak to us about their work as part of the group "Loving Sister Earth."

Both Sister Helen and Elaine shared with a group of our students, Miss Hamilton (Principal) and Mr McSorley (Head of Geography), the vision of their mission, to foster prayer for the care of our common home rooted in the ground and served by our people. Their work is a beautiful fusion of care of the earth, its environments and inhabitants and the deep sense of spirituality, healing and well-being which we can all gain from this connection with each other and the earth. It is an admirable goal, which struck a poignant chord with our students given our schools recent celebrations of Catholic Schools Week during which we continued with our journey "Learning with Pope Francis to care for our common home" and our on-going participation in the Eco-Schools project.

During our discussions, our students, representing our schools KS3 Eco-Prefects, Year 13 Fair Trade Group and Year 14 John Muir Award enrichment group outlined the wide array of projects they have been engaged in within our school and wider community, to contribute in a positive manner to our common home. Such work included:

- Participation in the Eco-Schools Award (within which we have been awarded the Bronze and Silver Award and are working towards the Green Flag Award).

 

- Our whole school recycling initiative - recycling paper, card, plastics, stationery, clothes, jewellery and composting, working towards our goal of zero waste.

- Our tree native tree planting and wild flower planting initiative to encourage further biodiversity within our school grounds.

 

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