Our first Advent prayer celebration last Friday was a beautiful celebration of hope led by 5 Orange. Our Advent prayer celebrations are a vital part of our St Joseph’s tradition and parents of classes leading the prayer celebration are warmly invited to attend these prayer celebrations. The dates and times for the remaining prayer celebrations are:

Friday 4th December 9:15am led by 5 Blue

Friday 11th December 9:15am led by 4 Gold

Friday 18th December 9:15am led by 4 Green

St Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal

It’s that time of year again. Time to share all the wonderful Christmas cheer at St Joseph’s with those who are less fortunate than us. To help those in need we will be participating in the St Vincent de Paul 2020 Christmas Appeal. Due to our current Covid climate and building works, this year, instead of seeking donations of Christmas food as we have done in the past, we are asking for families to donate a Woolworths or Coles grocery card for families in need to purchase Christmas food.

Woolworths Grocery Cards

Coles Grocery Cards

These grocery cards can be sent in with students to be given to class teachers and will be sent up to the office each morning in the notebags.

For families wishing to provide a gift for specific families, from 1 December there will be a giving tree in the front office at both the ELC and school. These giving trees will have gift tags with the age and gender of people in the O’Connor and Lyneham area that are in need this Christmas. If families would like to donate a gift, adults are invited to take a tag, and tape it to the wrapped gift before placing it under the giving tree. Suggested gifts are included with the gift tags.

We thank you in advance for your generosity and enthusiasm for sharing love and the Christmas spirit with those in need.