UPCOMING EVENTS
 

Tuesdays

                                       

17 August           Sr Aileen Martin rsm
             Personality Types Within Families
Are all your children the same? .....Chances are they are not!
Personalities differ widely within families and learning to handle each
person according to their needs can be difficult.
Come and learn more about personalities and how they interact within
the family.
                            
                      

School Mums are a group of parents from Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School who meet monthly at Mercy Spirituality Centre for spiritual reflection, discussion, study and prayer.  New mums (or dads, or grandparents) are welcome to join the group.
The cost of $5 per session.
Aileen Martin is a Sister of Mercy and is an experienced teacher.  She has been engaged in spiritual direction, supervision, retreats and workshop facilitation for many years.  Aileen has a BA, Diploma of Theology, Diploma of Teaching (Auckland), Master of Pastoral Studies and Enneagram Training (Chicago), Diploma of Spiritual Direction (Rhode Island), Diploma of Supervision (California), MBTI (New York accredited), Bio Spiritual Focusing (Massachusetts), and is aCertificated Focusing Trainer (Focusing Institute, New York).

For bookings please contact Valerie at ...
Te Ngakau Waiora
MERCY SPIRITUALITY CENTRE
104 The Drive, Epsom,
Auckland 1023
For bookings: Ph 09 638 6238 or
Email: programmesmercycentre@xtra.co.nz

 

 

 

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Since returning to school the Ministry of Health has sent us the following reminders.
“The Ministry of Health encourages people to continue with their personal hygiene
regime: wash and dry hands frequently, cover coughs and sneezes, stay away from
other people if you or they are sick, regularly clean flat surfaces”.
If we have a high absence rate (30% or more) we are to inform the region’s public health
unit. For this reason it is important we know why your child is absent. The Ministry of
Health also remind us to keep an eye on students and children with underlying health
conditions, such as asthma. We have had some very sick children. We ask you to be
very vigilant before deciding to send them to school.

 

Today we had the pleasure of having Olympic Bronze Medalist & three time World Champion  Mahe Drysdale visit our school.  He talked to us about his special achievements throughout his career, his ups & downs & how he has managed to come out on top.

Mahe started his career at the age of 18, decided he wanted to finish his studies, so put his rowing career on hold.  In 2000 Mahe watched Rob Waddell win Gold in the 2000 Olympics & this inspired him to return to rowing.  He has since won the World Champs three times in 2005, 2006 & 2007 single sculls as well as his bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Mahe was chosen to carry the flag for New Zealand during the Parade of Nations in the opening ceremony at the Beijing Olympics, this was also a very proud moment in his life.  Unfortunately a week before his medal race he became ill & was off form, but he still managed to do all New Zealand proud & bring home a Bronze Medal.

In 2006 Mahe won the supreme Halberg award, the University of Auckland Young Alumnus of the Year Award in 2007 and he was awarded Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to rowing in the New Years Honours 2009.
   

 

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