Newsletter Weeks 4

Yr 6 Reflection Day

On Wednesday our Yr. 6 students gathered together to enjoy their year’s Reflection Day. The theme of the day is” Let your Light shine.” The focus of the day was that all of us have amazing gifts and talents that allow the light of Jesus to shine through.

Parish Sacramental Program

Session 1: 24th February

Session 2: 3rd March

Session 3: 10th March

Session 4: 17th March

Session 5: 24th March

Session 6: Twilight Retreat: 31st March 3.30pm-7.00pm (including shared supper)

Sacrament of First Eucharist Celebration: Sunday 3rd April 11.00pm

Lent: Project Compassion

Wednesday of Week 5 (2nd March) Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. Lent is Church’s season of Prayer, Fasting and Alms-giving. As part of this season Sacred Heart support the Caritas’s Project Compassion. Families will receive a letter and a Project Compassion Box next week. Your support is always greatly appreciated.

Ash Wednesday: Rice Day

Ash Wednesday at Lunch Time we will be holding our annual Rice Day lunch. This lunch serves a twofold purpose. Ash Wednesday is traditionally a day of penance where we do an act of self-denial and offer this up to God. We are asking our students to forgo their usual lunch and buy a bowl of rice. Individual classes will prepare their own rice. The money from this day is given to the Mercy Works Foundation who support the needs of children in some of the poorest parts of our world. The lunch also provides the students with a sense of walking in the shoes of a child from a developing country who only gets one bowl of rice to eat for a day. This exercise in empathy also allows our students to recognise how blessed we are to have what we do – plenty of food, an education, freedom and safety. In 2017 Sr Frances Fitzpatrick and Sr Angela Jordan came and spoke to the students about what Mercy Works does around the world. They spoke about how through “Ordinary Means, Extraordinary Results” can happen. That even our small donations can make a difference.

Please support our Rice Day – a bowl of rice for $2. The tuckshop will be closed at lunchtime and no lunch orders will be available. Drinks however, will be available to order. If your child is unable to eat rice, please notify his/her teacher in writing. If your child has particular nutritional needs, please follow their usual program. For our younger students – parents can use their discretion for their food intake.