News from the APRE – Term 3 Week 4.

This week was our time to celebrate not only NAIDOC Week but to also honour our very first Saint – St Mary of the Cross MacKillop. The Feast of St Mary Of the Cross MacKillop is celebrated on Thursday 8th August.

On Thursday I had the privilege of being invited to prayer with the Year 2 class and the children were very reverent and enthusiastic to learn some facts about Mary MacKillop. Listening to the Year 6 class sing the song – ‘Never see a need’ was very special. Thank you to both classes for the invitations and I look forward to spending some time with other classes over the remainder of the term.

Mary was canonised as our First Australian Saint in October 2010. She was an ordinary Australian who did extraordinary things for God. Mary helped the homeless and hungry, as well as taught children about God’s love. Mary was kind and loving to every person she met as if she was meeting Jesus himself. She is a great example to all of us and we extend an invitation to all of our community to talk with your children about Mary’s activities through conversation about what they have learnt in class and by sharing the You Tube video with them at home (link below).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CBQ4XKSjYI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U47oWVgFHak

Mary was the founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph and it was her works and legacy that helped us select her as one of our patrons to demonstrate the role modelling of ways in which we are challenged to live out our faith and educate our children accordingly.

In the words of Mary MacKillop – “never see a need without doing something about it.” 

Blessings for a wonderful weekend,

Amanda