St Joseph’s Day

Wednesday the 19^th of March, the school will be celebrating the feast day of St Joseph. The day will begin with Mass at 9:15am in the church and followed by a variety of activities throughout the day about St Joseph.

All students will also participate in a pilgrimage for St Joseph during the day that will culminate in the opening of our own Holy Door for the 2025 Jubilee year of Hope.

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What is a Holy Door?

During a Jubilee Year, the Catholic Church marks a special time of grace, renewal, and spiritual growth, highlighted by the opening of a Holy Door in designated basilicas around the world. The Holy Door symbolises a path to deeper faith, mercy, and forgiveness, inviting the people to experience God’s love. Walking through the Holy Door is an opportunity for people to seek a closer relationship with God. We, here at St Joseph’s, are creating our own Holy Door as a symbol to remind us to embrace God’s call to love others, live in faith and provide service to others.

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Lent

Human Dignity – We made in the image of God

Human life is sacred. We are all made in the image of God, regardless of ethnicity, gender, age or ability. The Catholic Social teaching of Human Dignity teaches us that no person should have to live in poverty, hunger, oppression or injustice.

We can all teach our children to show Human Dignity towards others by:

• encouraging them to include others in their games;
• showing them that going without something can provide others with what they need;
• teaching them to speak up about injustices; and
• sharing ways others live without the basic needs to develop empathy.

A great place to start is also by participating in St Joseph’s Project Compassion Fundraising Campaign.

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Project Compassion

This Lent, we are called to Unite Against Poverty through Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion.  Together, we can help to show others we care about their dignity. By working together, we can make our world a fairer place and provide our sisters and brothers with the basic needs we take for granted.

Students encouraged to bring in a donation or their change from the canteen and place it inside their class’s Project Compassion box. Your generous support this Lenten season will enable Caritas Australia to provide life-changing support to communities facing poverty, food insecurity, lack of education, and water shortages, while building resilience against future challenges. Together, through faith and action, we can bring compassion and opportunity to those most in need.

Free Dress Day to raise much needed money will be held on Friday the 28^th of March. More details will be included in the next newsletter.