Mission News

Prayers

We continue to pray for Derek Lennon and his family as they mourn the loss of Caitlin.

 During this month of the Rosary, we ask Our Lady’s prayerful presence to be with all those who are grieving and burdened by loss and hardship at this time.

We pray for our Year 12 students as they study for external exams. May they be guided by the wisdom from St Teresa of Avila, whose feast day is marked on 15 October: “Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything.”

Community Mass

We celebrate Mass on Monday and Friday first break. On Wednesday 15th October at 8:00am we welcome the Year 6 students for next week’s Wednesday Mass. Families are also warmly welcome!

Gospel and Reflection

Gospel from the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Luke 17:11-19 (JB)

On the way to Jerusalem Jesus travelled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered one of the villages, ten lepers came to meet him. They stood some way off and called to him, 'Jesus! Master! Take pity on us.' When he saw them he said, 'Go and show yourselves to the priests.' Now as they were going away they were cleansed. Finding himself cured, one of them turned back praising God at the top of his voice and threw himself at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan. This made Jesus say, 'Were not all ten made clean? The other nine, where are they? It seems that no one has come back to give praise to God, except this foreigner.' And he said to the man, 'Stand up and go on your way. Your faith has saved you.'

On the 4th October at the Memorial of St Francs of Assisi, Pope Leo delivered his first Apostolic Exhortation called Dilexi Te – “I Have Loved You”.

In Dilexi Te, Pope Leo XIV draws from Revelation 3:9 and the Magnificat to remind us that Christ’s love is most powerfully revealed in solidarity with the poor and marginalized. He urges the Church to recognize the suffering of Christ in the wounded faces of the poor and to respond not with pity, but with transformative love.

The exhortation builds upon Pope Francis’ legacy, emphasizing that faith cannot be separated from love for the poor. Pope Leo calls for active engagement: caring for the sick, opposing slavery, defending women facing violence, educating the underserved, welcoming migrants, and working for equality.

This is not merely a social agenda—it is a spiritual imperative. To love as Christ loves means to lift up the lowly, fill the hungry with good things, and challenge systems that perpetuate injustice. Dilexi Te is a summons to live the Gospel with courage and tenderness.

Prayer Inspired by Dilexi Te

+ Lord Jesus, 

You have loved us with a love that lifts the lowly and fills the hungry. Teach us to see Your face in the poor, the sick, and the forgotten. Stir our hearts to act with compassion, to speak with courage, And to build a world where Your justice and mercy reign. May our faith be alive in love, And may our love be bold in service. 

Mary our good mother – pray for us

St Marcellin Champagnat – pray for us

St Mary of the Cross MacKillop – pray for us

And may we always remember – to pray for one another

Amen.+

Ewaste Drive, Stationery Aid Donations and Native Plant Sale

Environment Group is hosting another community event next Saturday, 9:00 – 11:00am at the Grandstand carpark. Please spread the word!  

We are collecting: 1. Ewaste to be properly recycled with the Brisbane City Council. 2. Still working stationery to be recycled with Stationery Aid. 

We will also be selling the natives we have been raising in the Science Greenhouse for $3 – 5: Powderpuff Lilly Pilly, Midgen Berry, Swamplilly and Ribbon plant. We would love to see you there!

Rosies: Friends of the Street Outreach

Last Thursday, three students and two staff members participated in a Rosies Outreach evening. It was a important experience where our students served tea and coffee while engaging in conversations with those in attendance. Rosies’ mission is to combat the loneliness and isolation often experienced by people facing homelessness. Opportunities like this not only allow our students to contribute to this mission but also offer them a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by those living rough.

Thank you to Will, Ewan, and Isaac for volunteering their time to attend the evening. Through their patience, empathy and willingness to listen, they truly embodied what it means to be Men of Marist. 

A massive thank you to Kathryn Badini for attending as a staff member.

If you are in Year 11 and 12 and are interested in attending a 2026 Rosies Outreach, please come visit the mission office.

Stationery Aid 

If you have spent the holidays spring cleaning and have excess stationery, you’d like to get rid of, please drop it into the yellow bins outside the Mission Office! To find out more and to check the list for what can be donated, please visit: https://stationeryaid.org/.

Term 4 is peak time for Stationery Aid as they prepare the book packs for the start of next year! We will need all hands-on deck from Friday mornings starting Friday Week 2 (Friday 17 October) from 7:30am in Room 801! We look forward to seeing you then. 

Treadlightly

Do you have old sports or school shoes lying around the house? Donations of unwanted shoes can be dropped into the blue bin outside the Mission Office. These shoes will be delivered to our local Rebel store where they’ll be collected by Treadlightly, an organisation that recycles them to be turned into new products. To find out more about Treadlightly, visit their website: Tread Lightly – Together we can step into a better future​