Religious Life of the School
Welcome Community Hospitality
Prayer of St Joseph by John Fiester from Go to St Joseph
St Joseph,
teach us to listen. Help us to open our hearts,
and at least for now,
To shut our mouths.
Prayer for us to see in Jesus
The answer to our questions,
Our need,
God’s will.
Inspire us, at least for a moment,
To stop doing
and to start being;
To stop talking
And to start listening.
Then let us be sent forth,
As you were,
to serve the Father’s will
With passion.
St. Joseph’s Feast Day – 19th March
Pope Francis has proclaimed a “Year of Saint Joseph” from 8 December 2020, to 8 December 2021. 2021 is the 150th anniversary of the declaration of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. Saint Joseph was Jesus’ father on Earth and one of the first things we learn about Saint Joseph is that he was “a righteous man”.
St Joseph’s Day Mass
This Friday is St Joseph’s Feast day and Years 3 – 6 students will attend the Parish mass at 10.00am.
There will not be a Parish Mass at 8.00am this Friday 19th March.
Catholic Missions
Anna Jimenez from Catholic Missions is visiting St Clare’s this Friday to work with the Prep-Year 4 classes. Anna has planned her social justice sessions around St Joseph.
St Patrick’s Day (Green Frozen Cup fundraiser for Project Compassion)
Tomorrow is St Patrick’s Feast Day, and everyone is invited to wear green for a gold coin donation. The Year 6 Jarra team have planned and organised a green frozen cup fundraiser and they will be sold at first lunch for 50c each.
Project Compassion Boxes
Thank you to all families for their very generous donations so far this Lent.
Students are encouraged to bring in the money boxes and empty into their class box throughout Lent. There is a picture graph on the toilet wall to show how we are going with our donations. Very impressive!
RAP Icon Design
Some Year 6 students participated in a workshop with Antoniette Cole from CES Identity & Outreach Team last week to develop a St Clare’s Reconciliation icon to reflect our schools’ values and beliefs of faith, knowledge, love, respect and truth. We look forward to seeing the finished product from the graphic designer. Antoniette was very impressed with the student’s participation and reflections throughout the process. Well done Hannah, Makayla, Kaitlin, Corrinne, Aiden and Marty.
Arsad, an Indonesian farmer, had no toilet in his house, so always had to walk into the forest to the open defecation area. His family was often sick and open defecation caused many neighbourhood disputes. With the support of Caritas Australia and its partner agency, Laz Harfa, Arsad took part in hygiene, sanitation and financial management training. He then funded the building of a toilet in his house and helped other community members to save money to construct their own toilet. Now, Arsad’s family is healthier, their community no longer practices open defecation and is more harmonious. Arsad inspired his community to ‘Be More.’
- Around 17 percent of Indonesia’s rural population, or 45 million people, practice open defecation – going to the toilet outdoors in fields, forests and other open spaces. (World Bank)
Watch a short film about Arsad’s story here.
“Aspire not to have more, but to be more.” Please support Project Compassion: lent.caritas.org.au
- Around 60% of people in rural areas in the Solomon Islands don’t have access to piped water, while about 80% don’t have access to latrines or toilets. (UNICEF, 2019)
Year 6 Leadership and Justice Day
Our Year 6 class are participating in a Leadership workshop with staff from CES Identity & Mission team tomorrow. They will be having a fun day of activities based on developing leadership skills and reflecting on their character strengths and how they can use their strengths.
Feast of the Annunciation
Next Thursday 25th March is the Feast of the Annunciation which is when Mary was visited by an angel and received a special message from God that she would be the mother of Jesus. There will be a school liturgy at 9.00am for all students followed by reconciliation for those students who have received the sacraments.