AUSTRALIA: SCHOOL BLESSING CEREMONY FOR NEW FACILITIES

DIOCESE OF CANBERRA REPORT: Schools in the Archdiocese have maximised use of the Federal Government’s Building the Education Revolution funding, students at Sacred Heart Primary School, Pearce, were told. The school this week was the latest to hold a blessing and opening ceremony for its new facilities.

Head of religious education and curriculum services in the Catholic Education Office Mrs Mary Dorrian said the funding had been "an amazing gift to our schools". She said the new buildings reflected what education in the 21st century was like.

Bishop Pat Power blessed a new multi-purpose hall and relocated and refurbished library, costing nearly $3 million. Member for Canberra Ms Gai Brodtmann officially opened the facilities.

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