Our Project Compassion collections have started in full swing with all our bags of marbles selling out within 3 days.  A huge thank you to all those boys and girls who purchased bags of marbles this week to support Caritas Australia. They were a complete success. This Sunday is also recognised as the Feast Day for St Patrick.

 

St Patrick’s Day – 17th March

St Patrick was a very humble and gentle man and is most significantly remembered for using a shamrock as a symbol of the Holy Trinity. It was his sign to show God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. St Patrick was born in 385 in Scotland. At fourteen, Patrick was captured and taken to Ireland as a slave. It was during these years that he turned to God in prayer. This was the beginning of a life devoted to God and preaching the good news to the people. Patrick preached and converted all over Ireland for 40 years. He used the shamrock to explain the Trinity and has been associated with all things Irish since that time. After years of living in poverty, travelling and enduring much suffering, he died March 17, 461.

St Joseph’s Feast Day - 19th March.

St Joseph is one of the most revered in the symphony of saints. Tradition sees him as a gentle, obedient, compassionate older man who lovingly cared for, protected and provided for Mary and Jesus earning a living as a carpenter and passing on his skills to the youthful Jesus.

Many Churches, convents, schools, colleges, spirituality centres, and a number of religious congregations have been named after him. If ever there was a man who embodied the spirit of the beatitudes surely it was Joseph.

St Joseph actually has two feast days in his honour and it is on the 19^th March that he is honoured as the Father of Jesus. His second Feast day is celebrated on the 1^st May and this is the one that we as a school and parish celebrate each year – this is St Joseph the Worker Feast Day. On this day in May we will celebrate with a Liturgy followed by our classes undertaking some activities relating to St Joseph and his mission. More details about this day will be forwarded in Term 2.

 

Thank you and blessings for a great weekend,

Amanda