RE News with Laura Matchett

Prayer for Remembrance Day

Thank you to our Year 5 students for leading their class groups in a Remembrance Day Prayer Celebration yesterday during Heart Space time. The theme of the prayer celebration was ‘let peace begin with me.’ Year 5 taught our students about how to be people of peace. Together we prayed for peace in our world and remembered the lives lost to war. One of the prayers we prayed yesterday was the Prayer of St Francis, which I’d like to share with you this week, as we all pray for an end to conflict throughout our world.

Prayer of St Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:

where there is hatred, let me sow love;

where there is injury, pardon;

where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope;

where there is darkness, light;

where there is sadness, joy.

O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek

to be consoled as to console,

to be understood as to understand,

to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive,

it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Amen.

Sacraments 2024

Students who are eligible to make one of the Sacraments (Reconciliation, First Eucharist or Confirmation) next year have received a formal invitation from the Parish to be part of the Sacramental program for 2024. These invitations were sent home with students last term. We encourage you to read the information (on the back of the invitation) and visit the Parish's website for more information. The Parish website is: https:/stjvwestoncreekblogspot.com/ 

If your child has not received an invitation and you would like them to receive one of the Sacraments, or if your child has received an invitation for the wrong Sacrament, please let me know via email: laura.matchett@cg.catholic.edu.au 

Eligibility for each Sacrament is as follows:

Reconciliation - open to students who have been baptised Catholic and who are in Year 3 or above.

First Eucharist - open to baptised Catholic students who have made their Reconciliation and are in Year 4 or above.

Confirmation - open to baptised Catholic students who have received their First Eucharist and who are in Year 6 or above.

It is possible to receive more than one Sacrament in the same year, however, the Sacraments usually need to made in order (i.e. Reconciliation, followed by First Eucharist, then Confirmation). These questions and other general enquiries about the Sacramental program are best directed to the Parish Office via email: SacramentalOLA@cgorgg.au 

Updates and information about the Sacramental program will be published in the school newsletter and Parish bulletin throughout the year.

We encourage families of candidates completing a Sacrament next year to attend one of the Parish Masses this weekend for the official launch of the 2024 Sacramental program.

School Masses Term 3&4

As a school, we regularly attend the Wednesday morning 9:30 am Mass at St John Vianney’s Church. The choir sings at this Mass and sometimes our students have a role in other parts of the celebration. Parents and friends of our school are welcome to join us alongside parishioners at this Mass. Dates the school will be attending Mass this term are as follows:

15th November: Parish Mass, 9:30am (led by 5/6P)

29th November: Parish Mass, 9:30am (led by Year 1)

Friday 8th December: Year 6 Graduation Mass, 12:15pm

WOW! What an amazing day we had on Saturday. Everyone I’ve spoken to has raved about the great day they had, which could not have been possible without all the amazing volunteers who helped out before, on and after the day. If you didn't volunteer this year why not chat to someone who did about their experience and please (please!) consider putting your hand up next year, we can't run such awesome events without volunteers.  Hearing from your kids about how much they loved the day makes your (small or large) volunteer time worthwhile.

Of course this year’s fete could not have been possible without the Fete Committee members putting many, many, many hours into organizing our major fundraiser AND an amazing community day. If you see one of the Fete Committee members around make sure you congratulate them on creating such a memorable day - Janice Spackman, Tessa Goundar, Ash Donley, Sammy Russell, Penny Bufalo, Kylie Sjoberg, Anita Wilkinson, Matt Thorpe, Pete Seivers and Emma Robinson. 

Our Mega Cash Raffle forms part of our fete takings and will be drawn on 1 December. We’ll be able to announce the final fete takings once all expenses have been paid and all cash raffle tickets and money has been returned.

ProArb Trees are this year’s platinum sponsor of the SJV fete. They are Qualified Arborists based in Fisher who ensure all their work is carried out professionally and safely and to high level of quality service above expectation. They aim to provide comprehensive, first class services, meet and exceed client demand for excellence, provide efficient, economical and friendly service and maintain excellence in the tree amenity industry.

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• Tree Pruning Services - Most trees benefit from the professional removal of branches. It can encourage new growth, increase the amount of sunlight that reaches your garden or house and improve the health of the trees. ProArb can trim and reshape healthy trees increasing chances of growth, visibility, and accessibility. This can include Crown Reduction, Canopy Lifting and Canopy Thinning.

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• Hedging - ProArb offer a range of hedge trimming services from a small hedge up to the very large wind or sun blocking screens that you may have. 

• Garden Tidy Ups - Garden maintenance is a year-round job, with lawns to mow, beds to trim, and hedges and shrubs to prune. Depending on the season, you may need a garden maintenance service to come every fortnight in the summer, or once a month in the winter.
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