The Chaplain’s Corner

Reflection 19 November: Friday, Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time.

The First Book of Maccabees recounts the rededication of the Temple after Judas Maccabeus recaptured it from the king who had desecrated it. The celebration of the rededication went on for eight days during which the oil lamps continued to burn miraculously. This is the historic origin of the feast of Hanukah, the Feast of Lights. It is a celebration of reconsecration.

In today’s Gospel, Jesus is cleansing the Temple. It had become highly commercialised with people exchanging various foreign currencies for the temple shekel, all for a fee. It is like Bingo of years ago dominating parish life.

Jesus also says that the temple was turned into a den of thieves. The people of His time had used the temple, the sacred symbol of all Judaism was called to be, as a den or hideout from God’s wrath.

God sees not only how we pray but how we live. It is possible for a person to say many prayers but live a life of disobedience. The worst case occurs when someone doesn’t even realise it. There develops a huge gulf between one’s devotional life and daily life. Even though people may disconnect the two, God doesn’t.

Every year, Advent can be a time for our reconsecration, for our cleansing the Temple of our spiritual life and daily life. We all need a periodic cleansing. The greatest church, left untended, will have cobwebs, dusty pews, roof leaks, broken windows, dirty walls, cracked tiles, worn rugs and warped doors. If these things can happen to a building, consider what can happen to our soul, our spiritual life, if left untended.

A church needs constant maintenance to prevent deterioration. Our prayer life needs constant maintenance as well. Advent is a good time to develop a plan for cleansing, reconsecration and rededication.

Mary, our Good Mother, pray for us.

St. Marcellin Champagnat, pray for us.

St. Mary of the Cross, pray for us.

And may we always remember to pray for one another.

MATES Awards and Game Changers Certificates

Awards presented at Assembly on Wednesday 10 November.

Bronze MATES Award 20+ hours

Silver 40+ hours

Gold 60+ hours

Gold Plus 80+ hours

Gold Marist 100+ hours

NAME	YEAR	MATES Award	Game Changer
Llewie Carrigan	7	Bronze
Joshua Gannon	7		Game Changers
Francis Heenan	7		Game Changers
Ruben Smythe	7		Game Changers
Daniel Wuol	7		Game Changers
Ted Canning	8		Game Changers
Nick de Araujo	8		Game Changers
Remi de Nino	8	Bronze	Game Changers
Hudson Engstrom	8	Bronze	Game Changers
Michael Foxon	8		Game Changers
Owen Hair	8	Bronze	Game Changers
Jacob Henselien	8		Game Changers
George Kettle	8		Game Changers
Hamish Locke	8	Silver
Harrison Lunn	8	Bronze	Game Changers
Benjamin Mead	8	Bronze	Game Changers
Conor Morahan	8		Game Changers
Ciaran O'Sullivan	8	Bronze	Game Changers
William Spencer	8		Game Changers
Maximillian Bathersby	9	Bronze
Ashley Kani	9	Bronze
Jack Lowe	9	Gold Plus
Archie Bathe	10	Silver	Game Changers

Darcy Carroll	10	Bronze
Ryan Cooper	10		Game Changers
Zeke Esler	10	Bronze
Michael Garske	10	Bronze	Game Changers
Olly Gordon	10	Gold
Matthew O'Keeffe	10	Gold
Archie Ryan	10	Bronze
Sam Waters	10		Game Changers
Sam Allpass	11	Gold	Game Changers
Fletcher Artho	11	Gold
Angus Bathe	11	Gold Marist
Wil Canning	11	Gold	Game Changers
Jack Christensen	11		Game Changers
Douglas Cowlishaw	11	Bronze
Andrew Crook	11	Bronze
Jack Cuddihy	11	Bronze
Thomas Dempsey	11	Silver	Game Changers
Lachlan Ford	11	Bronze
Spencer Hollett	11	Bronze
Liam Maccormick	11	Bronze
Patrick Mahony	11	Bronze	Game Changers
Harry Masel	11	Silver	Game Changers
Jett McDonald	11	Bronze	Game Changers
Finn McDougall	11	Silver	Game Changers
Samuel Mead	11	Gold Plus	Game Changers
Baxter Melrose	11		Game Changers
Sam Miller	11	Bronze
Jack Morrison	11	Bronze
Luke Nisbett	11	Silver
Aidan O'Connell	11	Bronze
Sam Patterson	11	Bronze
Joshua Pegg	11	Silver
Louis Rainbird	11	Silver
Thomas Reed	11	Bronze	Game Changers
Tomas Ruiz	11	Gold Plus
Sam Schmidhauser	11	Bronze
Spencer Sharman	11	Gold Plus	Game Changers
Patrick Tierney	11	Silver
Ethen Tsiamalili	11	Silver	Game Changers
Ben Warren	11	Bronze
Luka Wilde	11	Gold	Game Changers

Prayers

We pray for all in our community who are sick or suffering.

Julie Ward (staff member)
Megan Wandell’s mother (staff member)

We pray for those called home to heaven, especially

Corey Lucas (staff member) Grandmother

We pray with joy on the safe arrival of Alison Braidwood’s daughter

May our loving God, with Mary and Champagnat, walk with all members of the Marist family. Amen

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Mr Brett Gillett - Head of Gilroy House

Gilroy House final assembly

2022 Gilroy leaders at Gilroy House BBQ

Gilroy Giant Chocolate

Year 7 2022 Orientation Day

2021 Ash Dash