During Child Protection Week students from across the Archdiocese were invited to a dialogue with Archbishop Christopher Prowse to engage with the 2020 Plenary question ‘What do you think God is asking of us in Australia at this time?’ and have their voices heard.

With a focus on faith, articulate reflections and meaningfulness, younger students attended a series of creative workshops while senior students participated in an hour long Q&A with the Archbishop.

St Francis of Assisi Calwell Year 6 leaders wrote the following rap as a response:

What do we need to get our world right?

Let’s not stand still we need to now fight!

Protect our environment for the future,

So we can survive!

Let’s think and act properly

With the following top five

Global warming - world too hot

War on waste - too much rot

Poverty- share what we got

Deforestation - trees all gone

Endangered species - lost the lot!

God's creation needs consideration,

Work together, to make our world forever!

The day of student voice aimed to ensure that children within the Archdiocese felt empowered to have their say about life-impacting decisions and understand that they will be taken seriously within a child safe institution.