From The Heart

Episode 10 - Business as (un)usual: Peter Hill Director of Schools

The lifting of COVID-19 restrictions sees the return of students to school, but it’s not business as usual. This week we reconnect with Peter Hill, Director of Schools, and chat about the challenges and surprises he's experienced over the last 10 weeks. 

Episode 9 - Life, Death and Resurrection: A Conversation with Bishop Brian Mascord and Daniel Hopper - Part 2

This week we continue our conversation with Bishop Brian Mascord and Daniel Hopper from the Catholic Diocese of Wollongong, to discuss what impact COVID-19 has had on their ministry, and talk about finding moments of grace during the pandemic. 

Episode 8 - Life, Death and Resurrection: A Conversation with Bishop Brian Mascord and Daniel Hopper - Part 1

This week as we chat with Catholic Diocese of Wollongong's Bishop Brian Mascord and Daniel Hopper to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on their ministry and the experience of celebrating Mass with parishioners online.

Episode 7 - Making a Difference Where it Counts

Families already struggling and at risk of poverty are feeling the biggest impact of COVID-19. Listen in as we chat with Renee Cooper and Peter Houweling from Vinnies to find out how they are helping the most vulnerable in our community. 

Episode 6 - Rising from the Ashes

For St Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Milton, their 2020 school year has been affected by devastating bushfires and now COVID-19. This week we chat with school principal Lindy Nelson to hear what impact these events have had on the school community and what they are doing to move forward.

Episode 5 - We're all in this together

Ever wondered what impact COVID-19 has had on our hard-working teachers? Tune in to hear the different perspectives of what teaching remotely has been like for high school teacher Luke McBriarty and primary school teacher Donna Malady. 

Episode 4 - Maintaining your health, fitness, and wellbeing during COVID-19: Angela Saville, Savvy Fitness

This week Angela Saville, owner of Savvy Fitness joins us to share some tips on maintaining your fitness and wellbeing during COVID-19, and chat about the impact Catholic education has had on her life as a successful businesswoman and mother.

Episode 3 - Our Virtual Reality: I.T. in the age of COVID-19

This week we chat with Alan Ibbett (the CIO) and David Emery (the CTO) from the CEDoW I.T. Department about our Virtual Reality and the work being done behind the scenes to support students, families and staff during the COVID-19 restrictions.

Any CEDoW family that requires internet access to support remote learning at home is invited to call the Parent Internet Device Enquiry Line on 1800 512 370.

Episode 2 - A Parents Perspective on Remote Learning

Tune in as we chat with a group of parents to hear how they're coping with the "new normal" of working remotely and supervising their children's learning from home.

Episode 1 - A Heart to Heart with Peter Hill our New Director of Schools

My name is Josie Cooks. As we adjust to social distancing and working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we're going to be sharing stories with you about our experiences, as a way of staying connected and being in community with each other.

This week we talk to Peter Hill, the newly appointed Director of Schools in the Diocese of Wollongong about the fires, floods and Coronavirus we have experienced during Peter's first few months in the role.