by | Oct 9, 2022 | Stories
School chaplains have a heart to care for the social and emotional wellbeing of our young people and families, and students and parents of LGBTIQ+ students know that they will be safe talking to their chaplain. Flo is a Year 11 student who identifies as a lesbian, and...
by | Oct 9, 2022 | Stories
When Khadra and her young family migrated to a small rural community from South Africa in 2013, she worked hard to integrate her children into a new and foreign culture. Chaplains like Wanda are trained and equipped to journey with families like Saara’s to help them...
by | Oct 9, 2022 | Stories
Bethany and her two children know the value of school chaplains. When Bethany’s battle with heart cancer began, chaplain Amelia was there to console Narelle through her fears for her mother, and support Dean in his daily struggles with an ongoing debilitating medical...
by | Oct 9, 2022 | Stories
For most of Paul’s life, he was isolated from his peers by his inability to communicate. Diagnosed with Down Syndrome, school was a lonely place. He and his mum, Leanne, had escaped domestic violence in another state and settled in another state in search of a better...
by | Oct 9, 2022 | Stories
Families are not built to break, but sadly they do. Kate’s parents separated when she was 7 years old, and she was left feeling alone in the world. But at her greatest moment of heartbreak and anguish, Kate found someone to lean on – her school chaplain, Theresa. “I...
by | Oct 9, 2022 | Stories
A young person’s years at school are meant to be among the best times of their life. Sadly, for many young people, this is not the case. Instead, it can be a time of pain and rejection, which can often cause problems well into adult life. This could have been the...
