This year is an exciting time in the life of the Catholic Church. A Jubilee year only comes around once every quarter of a century, and it brings with it a special invitation for each one of us. That invitation is close to the heart of Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion. The theme of Jubilee 2025 is Pilgrims of Hope. It is hope which calls us to come together and Unite Against Poverty. Caritas is the international aid and development agency of the Catholic Church in Australia.

We believe God wants a world where everyone is looked after and treated fairly.

Caritas Australia is all about hope, justice and dignity for all of God’s creation.

Caritas is compassion in action and asks us to join them in bringing God's compassion and love to those in need.

Caritas Australia supports communities to be architects of their own development.

Activities include improving access to:

•clean and safe water

•healthcare

•education

•food

•income

Lent is a special time of year. It is a time of prayer, fasting and almsgiving, a time to be the good news for the poor. Caritas Australia invites you to put your compassion into action this Lent. As individuals we can help others, but when we come together though Project Compassion, our good becomes great. Our combined kindness grows.

And when we unite with each other – and with people living in poverty – we can create BIG, lasting change.

Toefuata'iga is 13 years old. She goes to a primary school in Samoa. Eventhough Samoa is a beautiful country surrounded by water, Toefuata’iga’s school didn’t have enough clean water for drinking or washing hands. This made it hard for her and her friends to stay healthy and learn well. At times, when the school ran out of clean water, teachers had to fetch water themselves in buckets from neighbouring homes who had access to piped water. This took time away from teaching their students.

On days with little or no water, students were sent home early, missing out on learning and playing with friends.

Then, something wonderful happened! Caritas Samoa, with help from Caritas Australia, provided the school with a big 10,000 litre water tank. Now, the school has clean water all the time!

Toefuata’iga and her classmates can stay at school all day to learn and play without worrying about getting sick.

In our endeavour to bring hope and help to make a difference in the world, we will be holding the St Louis' Water Walk on Friday 4th April.

Thank you to the families who have already sent along their sponsorshop forms and donations. Your generosity makes a difference to the lives of those less fortunate and your kindness brings the love of God to those in need.

All funds raised will be donated to Caritas' Project Compassion.

Holy Week

We will be celebrating our Holy Week Liturgy on Monday 31st March at 2.30pm in the hall. All are welcome!

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