Year 11 Student, Loreto College Coorparoo
Fifteen students and three staff from Loreto College Coorparoo travelled to Timor-Leste in September this year to learn more about the country’s people and culture as part of the College’s immersion program.
The group spent time in the Loreto communities during this time, learning from and connecting with the Loreto sisters, school communities and their broader networks.
We visited the Loreto preschool in Gari-uai, where we were warmly welcomed by the students and teachers. The Coorparoo teachers allowed us to take reign of the class, where we had fun teaching the children songs, dances and games. It brought joy and felicity to everyone as we played Duck Duck Goose and watched the children running around while laughing. The children enthusiastically engaged in the songs and activities including learning the alphabet song to singing and dancing to Heads, Shoulder, Knees and Toes. Despite the language barrier, the children communicated with us through their huge smiles whenever we walked into the room and the sounds of laughter that filled the room during our lessons.
In Ostico, the group was again privileged to teach at the local primary school in the company of the Loreto Sisters. While at the school the group witnessed the kind and caring manner of the sisters’ interaction with the children. The Loreto Sisters demonstrated hospitality and generosity to us as they welcomed us into their home and showed us around their beautiful village. While making bracelets, we learned about the amazing work they are doing in their community. It was obvious they are living the charism of Mary Ward in all they do.
Travelling to Timor-Leste gave us the opportunity to see the life-changing work that Mary Ward International Australia is doing, reinforcing the admiration we have of organisation and the Sisters, and made us even prouder of being members of the Loreto community.
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