On Friday we celebated the Feast of St Mary of the Cross – Mary MacKillop. St Mary is Australia’s only saint and Year Two and Three / Four celebrated this joyous occasion. Father George reminded the children of Mary MacKillop’s qualities that led her to be named a Saint. Her attitude was always of forgiveness and respect. Mary’s devoted faith, her determination to provide an education for everyone and her sense of justice and fairness for all make her a wonderful role model for us all to follow.

Mary’s motto was ‘never see a need without doing something about it’.

The Feast of the Assumption

The Church celebrates the Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady on the 15^th August. The Assumption signals the end of Mary’s earthly life and marks her return to heaven, body and soul, to be reunited with Jesus. This coming Friday at 12 noon Kinder, Year One, Year Five and Six will attend Mass to celebrate Our Lady’s special feast.

Making Jesus Real about Program

The children are enjoying meeting in their Peer Support Groups to participate in this program.

MJR highlights the importance of:

• using manners
• being kind and considerate
• having a positive attitude
• showing tolerance and understanding toward others

There have been great discussions about being ‘Happy Chappies’ and being WEST people (people who are Welcoming, Encouraging, able to say Sorry and say Thanks).

Please ask your children to tell you about the activities they complete on Friday afternoons. Each week they will bring home a personal reflection sheet with a thought, drawing or quote that they have found significant in the lesson. It is a great time to share.

Kate Howe

REC