Retreat Program
From Years 5 – 12, students and staff engage together on the retreat program, journeying through an exploration of our faith and what it means to be a Gentleman of Terrace. Guided by the Jesus and Edmund stories, College Values of knowledge, humility and wisdom and the Touchstones, we take time to reflect, grow and stand together.
Touchstone/ Focus
Liberating Education
We open hearts and minds. Through quality teaching and learning experiences, through critical reflection and engagement, each person is hope-filled and free to build a better world for all.
Actions
At Terrace, students are free to be the best that they can be.
I do this by:
· Taking responsibility for my learning
· Respecting the learning environment Valuing the expertise of our College staff
Scripture Focus
Matthew 7:12
Do for others what you want them to do for you: this is the meaning of the Law of Moses and of the teachings of the prophets.
Touchstone/ Focus
Justice and Solidarity
We are committed to justice and peace for all, grounded in a spirituality of action and reflection that calls us to stand in solidarity with those who are marginalised and the earth itself.
Actions
At Terrace, one person can make a difference.
I do this by:
· Supporting others to have a voice
· Being a person of moral courage and action Walking together for the common good
Scripture Focus
Psalm 110:105
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Touchstone/ Focus
Inclusive Community
Our community is accepting and welcoming, fostering right relationships and committed to the common good.
Actions
At Terrace, I am because we are ensures that all responsible to celebrate our diversity.
I do this by:
· Treating others as I want to be treated
· Embracing all cultures, abilities, races, religions, genders and sexualities
· Contributing to an accessible and safe school community
Scripture Focus
John 13:34
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
Touchstone/ Focus
Gospel Spirituality
We invite all people into the story of Jesus and strive to make his message of compassion, justice and peace a living reality within our community.
Actions
At Terrace, we talk the talk and walk the walk as a servant leader like Jesus.
I do this by:
· Showing compassion
· Being humble Expressing gratitude
Scripture Focus
Matthew 2:13
When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
Genesis 45:4-5
4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! 5 And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.
Immersions
Include all Touchstones.
May include:
Timor-Leste
India – friends of Mithra
Red Earth Immersions to
· Cape York
· Arnhem Land
· Cape York
· South-east Queensland
· Northern NSW
Matthew 25: engaging with Edmund Rice camps, Milperra, Special Schools Photography
Actions
At Terrace, students
· Taking responsibility for my learning
· Respecting the learning environment
· Supporting others to have a voice
· Being a person of moral courage and action
· Walking together for the common good
· Treating others as I want to be treated
· Embracing all cultures, abilities, races, religions, genders and sexualities
· Contributing to an accessible and safe school community
· Showing compassion
· Being humble
Scripture Focus
Matthew 25: 40
The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
Barrambin Retreat
Led by a First Nation’s elder, the retreat focuses on
· Justice and Solidarity
· Inclusive Community
Actions
At Terrace, one person can make a difference.
I do this by:
· Supporting others to have a voice
· Being a person of moral courage and action
· Walking together for the common good
At Terrace, I am because we are ensures that we are all responsible to celebrate our diversity.
I do this by:
· Treating others as I want to be treated
· Embracing all cultures, abilities, races, religions, genders and sexualities
· Contributing to an accessible and safe school community
Scripture Focus
Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do right; seek justice.
Defend the oppressed.
Take up the cause of the fatherless;
plead the case of the widow.
Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Leadership Communities
The retreat focuses on
· Liberating Education
· Gospel Spirituality
Actions
At Terrace, students are free to be the best that they can be.
I do this by:
· Taking responsibility for my learning
· Respecting the learning environment
· Valuing the expertise of our College staff
At Terrace, we talk the talk and walk the walk as a servant leader like Jesus.
I do this by:
· Showing compassion
· Being humble
· Expressing gratitude
Scripture Focus
Mark 9:35
And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, ‘If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.’
Kairos
Culminating Retreat
· Liberating Education
· Justice and Solidarity
· Gospel Spirituality
· Inclusive Community
Actions
· Be free to be the best you can be
· One person can make a difference
· Talk the talk and walk the walk
· I am because we are
Scripture Focus
John 3:16-17
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.