Religious Life of St Joseph’s

With so many, as I reflect over the past week, I think of the changing landscape of our school community and the way we are responding to these changes while keeping our mission to Be God’s Love in all we do and say. Tomorrow is the Feast of St Joseph and although we will not be attending Mass we will still celebrate this important feast as a school community in classrooms. Classes will spend time together unpacking our focus scripture ‘The Greatest Commandment’ (Matthew 22:34-40) through Drama and Visual and Media Arts. The key message of ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’ is particularly pertinent at this time of uncertainty. It is easier to love our neighbours during the good times. During challenges we may ask ourselves ‘Where is God in this situation?’ But it is during the challenging times that we truly see the face of God in each other.

During our Feast Day activities, we will also be unpacking the first of our Joey Values- A Joey is Respectful to all. Classes will spend time learning about what this value means with each class creating a short video clip to explain what being respectful to all looks like in our St Joseph’s community.

There are a number of other events in our Christ-Centred Community that are taking a different shape over the coming weeks. As a Christ-Centred community, we are working to ensure that our families still have opportunities for prayer and the sacraments. The Sacrament of Reconciliation Formation session that was scheduled to run this evening will be emailed to parents and we will keep our community updated as to the best way we can continue to share our faith together.

At home, we invite you to sing our focus song for 2020, “Be God’s” by Danielle Rose and discuss how we can Be God’s Love. You can view a version with the lyrics at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvddWibgS2E

Yours in Christ,

Melanie Stratford

Religious Education Coordinator

melanie.stratford@cg.catholic.edu.au