Mission News

Prayers

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

• Julie Ward (staff member)
• Past Boarding parents Ivan and Maria Oliver (parents of Old Boys Tom and James) involved in a vehicle accident at Miles, in which Ivan died and Maria is in hospital.

We pray for those called home to heaven especially

• Br Redmond Casey – member of Ashgrove community this year, to be buried at Santa Teresa where he had been for 25 years
• Madeleine Farrelly (mother of Br Mark Farrelly RIP, Old Boy and author of Canvas of Dreams, after whom our library is named)
• Dr Brian Cole (affiliated to the Marist Brothers in 1979)
• George Ah-Ken (OB 2010)

We pray for our country and our world still living in this pandemic and we remember the many who have suffered and are suffering through COVID-19.

We pray with gratitude for the safe arrival of Adam Burns (staff member) son. 

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

Chaplain’s Corner 

October 18

Feast of Saint Luke. St. Luke is the author of the third Gospel, a companion of St Paul as we see in today’s first reading and some say a doctor, the ‘dear physician’ to whom St. Paul refers at the conclusion of his Letter to the Colossians. It does appear that Luke gives more physical details about the illnesses cured by Jesus than do the other Gospel writers.

In his Gospel, Luke recorded for all time elements of Jesus’ teaching that are important for every generation to remember.

In Luke’s Gospel, we see how Jesus embrace all people, rich and poor, Jew and Gentile, male and female.

In Luke’s Gospel, we see Jesus calling people to repentance and the rehabilitating gift of forgiveness exemplified in the parable of the Prodigal Son.

In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus calls us to show compassion to all who cross our path as does the Good Samaritan in Jesus’ parable recorded only in Luke.

These are Gospel truths that can get lost today as we tend to make Jesus exclusive rather than inclusive, as though the Lord likes only ‘our kind’ of people. We can make Jesus’ forgiveness as restricted as our own tends to be. We can make Jesus’ compassion as limited as ours tend to be, given only to the chic minority of the hour rather than to every need we meet.

St. Luke gave his life for Christ and that is his greatest act of witness to the Lord. But the Gospel he wrote is also a great act of witness that has nourished and challenged Christians for centuries.

In St. Luke’s Gospel, Jesus calls us to leave behind narrowness, self-absorption, a compassion constricted only to those who think as we do, and invites us to enter a larger world of His own heart and love. His is a world where compassion is free to all in need, where our vision of the future embraces all people, and where we respect people who think and believe differently than we do.

This is not an easy world to construct but it is a world where the spirit of Christ is set free. Luke shows us Jesus Christ as the person we are all called to be.

Mary, our Good Mother, pray for us.

St. Marcellin Champagnat, pray for us.

St. Mary of the Cross, pray for us.

St. Luke, pray for us.

And may we always remember to pray for one another.

Marist Youth Ministry Year 10 Solidarity Forum 

On Tuesday 12 October, The Marist Youth Ministry Team held a Year 10 Forum. The event would see three Marist schools from across Brisbane attend and meet throughout the day (Mount Maria College, Mitchelton, Trinity College, Beenleigh and Marist College Ashgrove). 

Held at the Marist Centre on our College grounds, the event was a great success featuring games, activities and opportunities for connection and sharing between students in a sociable manner. 

Facilitated by the Marist Youth Ministry team (MYM), the day focused solely on helping students understand the place of justice and solidarity in all aspects of Marist life. The 5 students that attended on behalf of the College were Ben Kelly, Thomas Rees, Jack Fogarty, Archie Bathe and Alessandro Jorquera.

(written by Thomas Rees) 

Christmas Shopping with Downs and West Community Support

Take the stress out of Christmas shopping by getting a head start on it at the Downs & West Community Support charity stall. 

Commencing on Wednesday 27 October to Friday 29 October – a variety of beautiful handcrafted gifts and gift packs for children and babies, together with an assortment of handmade Christmas crafts and decorations will be available for sale. We shall also be conducting a Raffle consisting of a selection of Christmas items.

All proceeds go to supporting individuals and farming families in Southern Queensland struggling through the impact of drought, fires and COVID19.

The stall will be at the Brookside Shopping Centre, Mitchelton and will be located outside Terry White Chemist and TK Maxx from:

· Wednesday 27 October 8:30am – 2:30pm

· Thursday 28 October 8:30am – 5:00pm

· Friday 29 October 8:30am – 1:00pm

For any further information please contact John Hollamby on 0418 244 523.