Education in Faith 

News 

As we begin a new school year, we are excited to welcome our students and families back to our Sacred Heart community. A new year brings fresh beginnings, renewed hope, and many opportunities to grow in faith, learning, and connection with one another. We look forward to journeying together throughout the year, guided by our shared values and our commitment to caring for one another.

We will come together as a community for our Opening School Mass on Tuesday at 9:15am, where we will ask God’s blessing on our year ahead and give thanks for the gift of our school community.

You will find our Sacrament dates for 2026 listed above.

Shrove Tuesday

We are looking for volunteers to help cook and distribute pancakes on Tuesday, 17th February as part of our Caritas fundraiser. This is a wonderful opportunity to support a great cause while helping our school community celebrate Pancake Tuesday.

If you are available to assist on the day, please email me - any help would be greatly appreciated!  bmaloney@shsandringham.catholic.edu.au  

We are also accepting donations of pancake mix - regular, gluten free & vegan! Please send this in with your child, and they can bring it to me in the school office.

Sunday Gospel Connection

Gospel Reading

Matthew 5:13-16 Jesus teaches that his disciples are to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world.

Family Connection

The widespread use of electricity in our society may make us less aware of the value and importance of light. To re-engage with the power of the metaphor that Jesus offers, gather your family in a darkened room. Bring only one flashlight.

Sit together for a minute and consider what you are able to do and see in so little light. You might try opening the Bible to see whether you can read today’s Gospel. Turn on the flashlight and experiment to see how one might use it to achieve the greatest amount of light. Then read today’s Gospel by the light of the flashlight. Ask everyone to consider what it means to say that Christians are to be the light of the world. How might your family act in a way that is a light for others, a light that is worthy to put on a lamp stand? Choose one thing that your family will do this week to show that you are the light of the world. You might choose to participate in an activity that your parish sponsors, such as help with a food pantry. Pray together by singing “This Little Light of Mine.”

Le míle beannacht,

(with a thousand blessings)

Bronagh Maloney

Religious Education Leader