RE NEWS Term 3 Week 1

FEAST DAY MARKETS

Thank you to the Mini Vinnies and Year 5/6 students for organising a wonderful and very successful market day to celebrate the Ss. Peter and Paul’s Feast Day, held in Week 9 of Term 2. $1022 was raised, with this money being donated to the St. Vincent de Paul Society Winter Appeal.

Thank you to all the students, families and teachers for supporting this event – a fun-filled day was had by all!

NAIDOC MASS

NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. NAIDOC Week (held from 7-14 July) is a time to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and an opportunity to recognise the contributions that Indigenous Australians make to our country and our society. The 2019 theme was - Voice. Treaty. Truth. Let’s work together for a shared future. Our School Leaders and Indigenous students will be attending the Annual NAIDOC Mass this Friday 26th July at St Christopher’s Cathedral in Manuka, Canberra.

THE FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION

On Thursday 15th August we celebrate a special feast of Mary the Mother of Jesus, the Assumption.  Students in Years 3-6 will travel to Ss Peter and Paul’s Cathedral to celebrate Mass with students from St Joseph’s Primary school and the Parish community.

This feast is a celebration of God’s great and special love of Mary who was so faithful to the will of God that upon her death, she received the fullness of God’s life in heaven. She was an ordinary woman who placed her trust so completely in God. Through her life we see the great blessings that can come to us when we believe and trust in God’s way. Like Mary may we open our hearts, our minds, and our lives to the greatness of God. May we grow to trust God in our lives and shine with the radiance of God’s love as Mary did.