Education in Faith

All Saints Mass

Today we celebrated All Saints Mass. This Holy Day of obligation is on November the 1st, as this was Melbourne Cup Day the whole school went to Mass today.

Each class decorated a butterfly with the names of people they loved who have passed.

We pray for these people and all those who are no longer with us today. May they rest in your eternal love.

Christmas hampers

Once again this year our school will be collecting items for Christmas Hampers  which the Parish St Vincent de Paul group will distribute to local families. Soon each class will be allocated a family to collect for. A list of  suggested items will be sent home. December. If you wish to provide gifts specifically for children a Gift Wish Tree will be in the Church Foyer.

World Teacher's Day Prayer

On Friday 29th October, in Australia, we celebrated World Teachers’ Day. We graciously thank all the teachers at Holy Spirit for their dedication, passion and perseverance, especially over the last few months, in keeping our students on track with their learning.

God of Love, Thank you for every teacher who notices a child’s special gift. Thank you for teachers who are listeners and gentle guides. Thank you for teachers who have high expectations and love enough to demand more. Thank you for the special teacher each one of us remembers.

God of Mercy, Sustain teachers who give everything they have. Strengthen teachers who assume the blame for so many problems beyond their control. Help exhausted teachers rest. 

God of Strength, Encourage teachers to care and inspire them to nourish. Motivate teachers to keep on learning for the fun of it and to make learning enjoyable for each student here at Holy Spirit.

We wonder at teachers for all that you do. We admire teachers who spend hours planning our lessons, so we can all be engaged and grow to become lifelong learners. Bless the people who are expected to accomplish these miracles and who know how to comfort students when miracles don’t happen.

God of Justice, help and support teachers in their special calling, wherever they teach and whatever obstacles they must face. 

We pray these things in the name of our great teacher, Jesus Christ.

Amen. 

THE SPIRIT MAGAZINE

The Spirit (December 2022) is now under preparation. We would love your inputs: whether that is photos from a community activity, a story about 2022, achievements of our students and Alumni, articles you think worth sharing or a favourite digital resource. Please send your inputs to thespirit@holyspiritparish.org.au by 15 November. 

Thank you very much, Yvette.