Catholic Identity

Social Justice Student Leadership Team 

The Social Justice Leadership Team meet with Maria Fracalossi from Catholic Missions to prepare for our Mission Day in Term Four. 

During this session, the Social Justice team members reflected on their call to this role, why Justice is important to them, and explored the origins of Catholic Missions and the role of our patron saint, Saint Therese as patron saint of missionaries.

Mission Day will involve the whole school engaging in learning and activities focused on Social Justice, and the work of Catholic Missions, as well as a game of Soccer with a sock ball.

Seeking donations of Old Socks and T-shirts

As a part of our Mission Day activities, we will participate in the Soctober appeal. As a part of these activities, we will make soccer balls made of socks and old clothes. If Anyone has old clean socks, or T-shirts that we could use for this activity we would appreciate them being donated to the school.

We are praying for the Sacramental Candidates

We pray for our students participating in the Parish Sacramental Program to prepare to receive the Sacraments of Confirmation and First Communion. 

Lara, Frederick, Miles, Ned, Parker, Will, Scarlett, Vada, Eve, Alan, Sebastian, Beau, Teddy, Theodore, Abigail, Huw, Hugo, James, Miach, Kiara, Henric, Owen, Addilyn, Thomas, Emilia, Elizabeth, Edward, Parker, Lotti, Penny, Milania, Lenny, Bradley, Elise, Izayiah, Nethuka, Ignacia, Brody, Tadhg, Skyller, Adrian, Olivia, and Porsche.

We pray that this journey is one filled with faith and growth.

Mass to celebrate Fathers

You are all invited to celebrate our Fathers and special people at our Mass to celebrate Fathers with the Foundation, Junior One, and Junior Two students on Friday the 30th of August, at 12:30 pm.

Term Three School and Unit Masses

You are all invited to celebrate with our students and school community at the various unit masses throughout the term. Please see the dates below:

Sunday's Gospel - John 6:51-58

Jesus said to the crowds: 

"I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world." 

The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, 

"How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" Jesus said to them, 

"Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever."

Reflection

This reading sits amongst a series of readings regarding Jesus' teaching of the bread of life. These passages of Scripture are complex and have strong connections to the early Hebrew texts concerning the stories of the Exodus and the people of God being fed with 'manna from heaven.'  Stories from Scripture indicate that the Ark of the Covenant, which contained some of this 'manna' was hidden before the Babylonian exile in an unmarked location. Tradition tells us that it was believed that God would reveal the location of the ark, and therefore return the manna (bread of life) to the Israelites. Jesus makes some very bold and challenging assertions about who he is when he references himself as the bread of life.

As a number of students in our school prepare to receive the bread of life - Eucharist for the first time in the coming weeks, we reflect on the many ways God is present to us, particularly through the scriptures, the life of each of us, and in the Eucharist.  When we receive Communion let us recall that through the Eucharist we are one with each other and with our God who is present to us in this special gift.