REC News

All students have continued to settle into their school routines this week, demonstrating an eagerness to learn and take part in all classroom activities. In Religious Education, Kindergarten and Year One have been focusing on prayer, including making the Sign of the Cross and setting up their classroom prayer space. A great prayer that, as parents, you may like to do with your children is the Pope Francis Five Finger Prayer. This prayer is a great way to remember who to pray for. Give it a try!

Opening School Mass

Please be advised that next week we will celebrate our Opening School Mass for 2023 with Fr Jiss. This mass will be held on Wednesday the 15^th of February at 10 am at St Joseph’s Church. This is a special mass for all St. Joseph’s School Primary School community members, and is particularly special for the Kindergarten students, as they are officially welcomed into the St. Joseph’s School family. The School Captains, Sport House Captains and the Student Representative Council members for 2023 will also be recognised, as they will receive their badges.

If your child is a leader for 2023 (School Captain, Sport House Captain or Student Representative Council member) and you are unable to be in attendance, please arrange for someone to come along to pin on your child’s badge. It makes for a very memorable occasion!

A big welcome is extended to all family members and friends of the St Joseph’s School community to attend this special celebration. Please also join us for morning tea afterwards.

Parish Thank You to Leslie King

This Sunday the Parish are holding a very special thank you during Sunday Mass, to acknowledge Leslie for her contribution to the role of Sacramental Coordinator and for her many years of service. Everyone is most welcome to attend at 8am.

Prayer for Turkey and Syria

The news from Turkey and Syria grieves us. A series of earthquakes in parts of Turkey and Syria in the early morning of February 6 have created massive destruction and killed many people.

Rescue workers are operating in terrible winter conditions to pull casualties from the rubble.

Today, we pray for those affected, as we continue to monitor the situation and seek the best way to support survivors.

Lord,

You made yourself small and the subject of your own creation.

You know our despair and anxiety, our devastation and our anger.

Be present with those who suffer today in Turkey and Syria.

Teach us how to pray, and show us how to act, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Prayer source: https://www.allwecan.org.uk/earthquake-a-prayer-for-syria-and-turkey/

Weekend Parish Mass

Sunday

8 am Mass

St Joseph’s Church, Grenfell

Please note that a Mass will be held on the second and fourth Sundays each month. There is a Celebration of the Word with Holy Communion, not a Mass, on the first and third Sundays of each month. Everyone is welcome to attend!

Yours in Faith,

Danielle McFarlane

Religious Education Coordinator