Yr 1 Reflection Day

On Wednesday of Week 7 Yr. 1 gathered together to enjoy their Reflection Day. The theme of the day was ”Caring for God’s Creation.” The focus of the day was to look at all the wonderous things that are part of creation and how we can care for them.

Parish Sacramental Program

Sacraments of Reconciliation

Last night, 17 students received the Sacrament of their First Reconciliation. This Sunday at these students will receive the Sacrament of their first Eucharist. Please keep these students in your prayers.

Alexander Byrne

Anna Clark

George Clark

Oliver Daley

Evelyn Drum

Ryan England

Charlotte Gay

Ned Hazlett

Brayden Kimber

Sophie Knewstub

Ruby Mitchell

Charlie Patterson

Thomas Shields

Eli Slattery-Jones

Reuben Smith

Ava Smith

William Stevens

Lent: Project Compassion

As we entre into the last couple of weeks of Lent please continue to consider the communities around the world that need our support. Please return the Project Compassion Boxes to school in Week 1 of Term 2.

Biru, 30, lives in a rural village in Jharkand State in India’s east. He lost mobility in one of his legs, after contracting polio as a child, which makes it difficult for him to walk. He managed to complete his education until grade six but was always dependent on his parents to get him to school because he was unable to walk so far on his own. A member of India’s Ho ethnic minority population, Biru started to work as a shepherd from a young age, looking after other people’s cattle. He continued this work, after he married his wife, Budhni and had four daughters, even though keeping up with the cattle was a challenge. “The problem was that I couldn't walk in mud, I used to fall and the grazing cattle would sometimes make me run, I could not handle them. I also used to face psychological challenges,” Biru says. “Looking at others who did not have a disability, I wondered what it was like to be them. I was wondering how to look after my family”. Over 26 million people who have a disability in India also live in poverty. A further, 69 percent of the population living with a disability reside in rural areas which makes access to support services, education and employment an even greater challenge.1 Discrimination can further limit job opportunities and lead to social exclusion. Although he had taught himself to repair bicycles, by watching other people, Biru never dreamed of using his skills to start his own business. Then in 2016, Caritas India’s staff saw Biru struggling to walk along with the cattle and invited him to join its Community Led Development and Governance (Gram Nirman) program which is supported by Caritas Australia. The program works with tribal communities and vulnerable groups, such as people living with a disability, women and the elderly. It supports them to develop small businesses, including improving farming and financial management skills, which helps them to increase their incomes.

Holy Week

Over the next week students will be participating in a wide variety of activities that explore and help us make connection to the events of Holy Week. Today, Stage 3 reacted the last supper. They used their 5 senses to experience the tastes, sights, feelings, smells and sounds of the special meal that Jesus shared with his apostles.