Dear Parents and Friends of St Mary’s,

We have ended an incredibly busy yet exciting Term Three, and the holiday awaiting
provides us with an opportunity to rest and recharge.
I wish to thank all the staff for their hard work and dedication to every child across St. Mary’s.
To all our families and students, I wish you a safe and happy break, ready to embrace our exciting and busy Term 4.

Maria

END OF TERM PRAYER

WE THANK YOU, LORD FOR THIS TERM,

FOR THE CHALLENGES, THE SUCCESSES AND THE MISTAKES FROM WHICH WE HAVE LEARNT.

BE WITH US AS WE SPEND OUR TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

GIVE US STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.

KEEP US SAFE IN OUR ACTIVITIES, GIVE US GOOD REST AND GOOD FUN.

BRING US BACK REFRESHED AND READY FOR A NEW TERM.

WE THANK YOU FOR OUR CLASSMATES, TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND A COMMUNITY THAT CARES FOR US.

MAY WE ALWAYS BE CONSCIOUS OF YOU IN OUR LIVES.

AMEN.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

TERM THREE

Tomorrow, being the last day of Term 3, will be a casual dress day and school finishes at 2:20 PM.

Bus timings have been organised to suit the earlier closing time.

Today was Hope's last day of tutoring. She has helped so many of our students this year through the tutoring program.

Thank you, Hope, for all your hard work and dedication to this program and your students; we wish you happy travels and look forward to working with you again.

While the tutoring program has finished for this year, students' development is paramount to our school and all students will continue to receive the support they require within the classroom space.

Religion News: Thursday the

Thank you to our the wonderful children of St. Mary’s who attended Mass last Sunday to celebrate the Feast Day of Blessed Mary.

A big thank you to our singers and Altar Servers.  Bianca, Lilly, Jikaya, Austin, Mia, Noah, Mitchell, Shekinah, Kasharna, Makaysha, Seamus, Levi, Lachlan and Kaiden.

Season of Creation: September the 1^st to October 4^th

“Let Justice and Peace flow.” Theme for 2023.  Each year the Season of Creation is a time for us to reflect and act to caring for our beautiful world.  It is not just the Catholic Church but other churches who support this season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTm53zJN6NA&t=86s

“Future generations will never forgive us if we miss the opportunity to protect our common home. We have inherited a garden; we must not leave a desert for our children.”

This is a Joint statement from Pope Francis, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury

Creator of All,

From your communion of love life sprung forth like a mighty river and the whole cosmos came into being.

On this Earth of overflowing love, the Word was made flesh and went forth with the life-giving waters proclaiming peace and justice for all creation.

You called human beings to till and keep your garden. You placed us into right relationship with each creature, but we failed to listen to the cries of the Earth and the cries of the most vulnerable.

We broke with the flowing communion of love and sinned against you by not safeguarding the conditions for life.

We lament the loss of our fellow species and their habitats, we grieve the loss of human cultures, along with the lives and livelihoods that have been displaced or perished, and we ache at the sight of an economy of death, war and violence that we have inflicted on ourselves and on the Earth.

Open our ears to your creative, reconciling and sustaining Word that calls to us through the book of Scripture and the book of creation.

Bless us once again with your life-giving waters so that the Creator

Spirit may let justice and peace flow in our hearts and overflow into all creation.

Open our hearts to receive the living waters of God’s justice and peace, and to share it with our suffering brothers and sisters, all creatures around us, and all creation

Bless us to walk together with all people of good will so that the many streams of the living waters of God’s justice and peace may become a mighty river all over the Earth.

In the name of the One who came to proclaim good news to all creation, Jesus Christ.

Amen.

The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be celebrated in Term Four.  A date has yet to be decided as Father has been on holidays.  I expect to have the date set by early next term.  The candidates for the Sacrament of Reconciliation must be baptised and in Grade Three or above.

Kind Regards

Sue Benc

The new date for school photos is Monday 30th October 2023.

All current orders will be honoured and we would like to encourage you to place an order if you haven't already done so.

Forms have been sent home with students. Please contact the school office if you would like a form. If you would prefer to order online, please use the links below:

School Photo Order Form

QR Code:

Click on this link for the QR code

The Design a Plate fundraiser is still ongoing, this fundraiser gets children to draw an original painting onto a plate, which they can bring home as a personalised piece of artwork.

Each plate is $10.00. 

We appreciate your help in making this program fun for the kids and thank you for your continued support.

Please note that we are limited to one plate per student.

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