Family Educator News
ST ANTHONY'S DAD'S NIGHT IS ON!
Dad's, Uncles, Grandads and friends in our St Anthony's Community, we are hosting a fun gathering for you on Thursday 7th September at the Clovelly Hotel. We will have food & drinks, guest speakers, lucky door prizes and lots of fun. We really hope you can join us!
We have a limited number of tickets available!
Please note: Our St Anthony's Father's Day School Celebration will happen on Friday September 11th.
Volunteer helpers (mums) needed for Father's Day Breakfast!
We need some mums to help bring our Father's Day breakfast to life! If you can be at school at 7.20am on Friday August 30th to help set up, cook our bacon & egg rolls, serve our dads and pack away, please email the front office
info@staclovelly.catholic.edu.au
DATES for Vinnies HQ Volunteer Opportunity!
We are looking for a group of parents from St Anthony's to join me at the Vinnies HQ in Lewisham to help stack and organise their food pantries & fridges for their van services. The details are below. Please email the office if you are able to attend.
Date: Wednesday 11th September 2024
Time: 11.00am-1.00pm
Where: St Vincent De Paul, 2C West St Lewisham NSW
Expressions of interest: Parent/carer excursion to St Mary Mackillop's Chapel & Museum, North Sydney
Calling all parents, grandparents, and carers! Get ready for an unforgettable day trip to North Sydney, where we’ll explore the life and legacy of Australia’s first saint, St. Mary MacKillop.
This will be a journey back in time as we tour the chapel and museum where St. Mary MacKillop lived. You’ll be captivated by a mini documentary movie about her extraordinary life and have the chance to see first-class relics up close. The highlight of our visit will be a moment of reflection at her tomb—a sacred space where we can bring our prayers for loved ones in need of healing or support and seek the powerful intercession of this remarkable saint.
In Week 10 of this term, we’ll travel together by public transport or meet directly at the museum for a guided tour. Afterward, we’ll gather at the tomb for prayer and enjoy a relaxing light lunch at the museum’s café before heading home. The tour costs just $10 per person, with lunch at your own expense. Mark your calendars for Tuesday, September 24th—this is an experience you won’t want to miss!
If you’re interested in joining me on this special excursion, please fill out the form with your name.
Do you know about the Litany of Humility?
Humility is a virtue we deeply admire, but it is also one of the most challenging virtues to practice genuinely. Sometimes our pride gets in the way; other times, stubbornness.
The Litany of Humility is a series of petitions in which we ask Jesus to deliver us from the various desires and fears that hold us back from being humble and replace them with renewed desires focused on Him and others rather than ourselves.
This litany puts into words many of the desires we sometimes struggle to name ourselves. Each time I read over or pray this litany, a different line seems to stick out to me. I believe that is because the Litany of Humility is a prayer we reach for when we desire grace from Jesus but maybe don’t know why or how to ask for it. I invite you to take a few minutes of quiet and try this for yourself. Its a powerful and beautiful meditation.
* Source Hallow.com
Laura Neeson
Family Educator
"Love one another, contribute to the needs of others, live peaceably with all."Romans 12: 9-18