Project Compassion Appeal - ‘Be More’

Last Wednesday marked the beginning of Lent. At the conclusion of our Ash Wednesday Liturgy, our Wellbeing Team launched the 2021 Project Compassion Appeal. The focus for this year is ‘Be More’. Every year, countless people turn Lent into a demonstration of faith, love and generosity. At St Joseph’s, we are also focusing our almsgiving by donating to this important appeal.

You can be a part of this incredible community, who believe that there are simple actions we can all take to “be more” for our world. We are asking students to sacrifice and show service in a variety of ways to earn money that can be donated to the Project Compassion Appeal. Some of these ideas may include:

• Donating your ice block/canteen money
• Doing extra jobs around the house to earn pocket money
• Setting goals at home to earn donation money
• Sacrificing digital device time for a gold coin

At school, our Year 6 Wellbeing Team will be counting the money collected every Friday and adding this to our whole school tally (located in the main corridor of the school). Our goal is to raise $1200.

What your money can do?

$5 buys a chicken that provides eggs for a school

$10 supplies a family with a COVID19 prevention kit in a refugee camp

$20 provides a school with COVID19 prevention training

$40 provides a community with warm blankets

$70 can provide fabric to make 1000 face masks to prevent community transmission

We are all in this together. Like Saint Joseph, how can we ‘be more’ to people in need and support the mission of Jesus?

200 Years of Catholic Education in Australia

Today Mr Tarrant, Milli and Ebenezer (Year 6 Representatives) and myself attended the Diocesan Mass at St Christopher’s Cathedral to celebrate the 200 Year Anniversary of Catholic Education in Australia. Archbishop Prowse spoke in his homily about the importance of schools that have been founded by various religious orders around the Diocese, and how we will continue to focus on the Catholic Identity of each school, paying respect to the significant role our predecessors had in founding Catholic schools in the Diocese.

The theme for this 200-year celebration is, ‘Faith in the Future’. Archbishop Prowse asks us all to think about what Catholic Education will look like in another 200 years, and what actions we can do now, that will still be embedded 200 years later.

Sacrament of Reconciliation

The Year 3 students have begun preparing for the Sacrament of Reconciliation during their Religion lessons at school. If you would like your child to make this Sacrament, please visit the Parish website to complete an online registration form and make a donation to the church. Due to COVID restrictions, preparations for this sacrament will be completed at home using a workbook that will be provided next week. Practicalities will be explained on the student retreat day, which is scheduled for Wednesday 10 March.

Registrations close on 22 February 2021.

Important Term 1 Dates:

• Reconciliation Retreat Day (Wednesday 10 March)
• Sacrament of Reconciliation (6pm, Wednesday 10 March)
• Feast of St Joseph (Friday 19 March)

Unfortunately due to COVID restrictions and limited numbers we are unable to invite parents to whole school liturgies.

For further information or any questions, please feel free to contact me on via email: michelle.vuli@cg.catholic.edu.au