God of grieving, God of silence, there is a strange gift in having time, one whole day, to sit with questions of why and how long and to hear no response at all. To rush from Friday to Sunday, from death to resurrection, wouldn’t do either justice. Nor would it dignify the life of those whose daily pain and grief and constant pleas for justice go unanswered in the world’s daily rhythm. Let your silence fill this silence, until our empty noise dies out. Amen
At St. Joseph’s Primary School we pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land, the Kolorer gunditj people and pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.
The area around Mount Rouse is the country of the Kolorer gunditj clan of Aboriginal people. Their title is derived from their name for Mount Rouse which is Kolor. The permanent spring that is now located within the Penshurst Botanic Gardens was a traditional meeting place for Aboriginal people in the region.