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25 May 2003
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Cardinal Clancy accepts a cheque at Casimir College, watched by Patricia Burke of Caritas and Br John Mitchell
While some of us leave Project Compassion boxes languishing in drawers for many weeks after Easter, students at Casimir Catholic College, Marrickville, and De La Salle College, Ashfield, lost no time totalling up their Lenten almsgiving and handing donations in.
Casimir College presented a $7400 cheque to Cardinal Edward Clancy, former Archbishop of Sydney, and Patricia Burke, Sydney archdiocesesan director of Caritas Australia, at a recent college assembly.
The De La Salle College students and families have given their $4000 donation to Caritas Australia, the St Vincent de Paul Society and the LaSallian Missions.
Casimir’s total amounts to an average of more than $300 each school day.
That is a generous effort considering that the money was collected from staff and students in homeroom time each morning during Lent, says Br John Mitchell, who co-ordinates the college’s Project Compassion effort each year.
One Year 12 homeroom gave a total of $841 alone.
Br John says the appeal has become a college tradition that the students support with enthusiasm.
They have given a total of $51,223 to Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion appeal in the past seven years.
“Our Project Compassion assembly at the start of term two is a celebration of the whole school’s generosity and each person’s little part in it during Lent,” he said.
Patricia Burke thanked the students and staff for their contribution that will go towards Caritas Australia’s assistance to Iraq.
The college’s donation last year went towards development projects in East Timor, she said.
Also in attendance on the day was John Couani, of the inner western region of the Catholic Education Office, and Fr Jim Elmore, of St Brigid’s Parish, Marrickville.
De La Salle’s ‘Lenten Compassion collection’ money was also collected daily during the morning roll call.
When deciding which organisations to support the college looks to its local area, as well as organisations working internationally and nationally, says Russell Newman, the English co-ordinator.
“We try to select charities the kids know about, and we like to give them a sense of assisting internationally because we have a lot of students from different backgrounds,” he said.