WHOLE SCHOOL FOCUS

The Whole school focus theme for this year is ‘Do small Things with Great Love’ and the Bible reference that supports our theme is Ephesians 2:1, in which St Paul says:

“We are God’s work of art,

Created in Christ Jesus to live the good life

As from the beginning he had meant us to live it.”

LEADERSHIP & FOCUS ASSEMBLY

Thank you to our Year 6 teachers and students who presented a beautiful and meaningful Leadership and Focus Assembly on unity. The students did an amazing job at presenting what unity looks like at MTS and how they are going to lead the school by living our motto ‘Do Small things With Great Love’. Year 6 Leaders of Mother Teresa School made a pledge and in so doing they understand that they have now undertaken a very important role in our school.  They will always try to be a positive example to others and seek to look after all the children in our school.  

Confirmation 2022

Thank you to all our Year 6 students and families who attended the enrolment and commitment masses last weekend. The Ministry Masses start this weekend and don’t forget to bring your item of food for the ‘Food Pantry’. Please ensure you have enrolled online and sent in your payment to the school by next Monday 28^th February. Please pray for our Year 6 Confirmation Candidates, their teachers and families as they embark on this important time in their faith journey.

 YEAR 4 GRADE MASS

Many thanks to Year 4 teachers and the students who celebrated their first Grade Mass for the year. All the students were very reverent, and it was a special time for Harrry French who made his First Eucharist. As always Father Mark was so welcoming of the children and especially Harry. He captured the significance of Eucharist in our lives today.

WEDNESDAY & LENT

Fr Thon will be celebrating Mass on Wednesday 2 March with the teachers and students via Teams. It will be a particularly different way of receiving the ashes as they will be sprinkled. The teachers will be distributing the ashes to their class and all students will receive a cross sticker as the symbol meant to show that a person belongs to Jesus Christ, and it also represents a person's grief and mourning for their sins – the same sins that Christians believe Jesus Christ gave his life for when he died on the cross.

This week the season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, which also marks the beginning of the annual Caritas Australia Project Compassion Appeal. Donations to Project Compassion allows Caritas Australia, the Catholic Agency for International Aid and Development, to work with local communities around the world to alleviate poverty, hunger, oppression and injustice.

We encourage you to put your compassion into action this Lent through your prayer, fasting and almsgiving by supporting Project Compassion. On Wednesday each student will receive a set of envelopes for their weekly donations. The ELC will be given Project Compassion boxes. 

8^th Sunday Year C

28th February

“What a person says comes from what is in the heart."

The Story

Sometimes we don’t understand why other people do or say things.
It’s important that we don’t judge people because we can never really understand their thoughts or the reasons behind their actions. ​Only God can see into the human heart.

In today’s gospel, Jesus tells the people to be careful about who they follow, and to make sure that they are on a good path. However, Jesus’ main message to the people is not to judge others. God asks us to accept people as they are, and to recognise that we all have faults of our own. ​Rather than criticising other people, Jesus reminds us to work on our own hearts so that we can say and do good things.

The Scriptures

A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke 6:39-45
What a person says comes from what is in the heart.

Jesus used some sayings as he spoke to the people.
He said: "Can one blind person lead another blind person? Won't they both fall into a ditch?
"Are students better than their teacher?
But when they are fully trained, they will be like their teacher.
"You can see the speck in your friend's eye. But you don't notice the log in your own eye.
How can you say,
'My friend, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you don't see the log in your own eye?
You show-offs! First, get the log out of your own eye.
Then you can see how to take the speck out of your friend's eye.
"A good tree cannot produce bad fruit,
and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit.
You can tell what a tree is like by the fruit it produces.
You cannot pick figs or grapes from thorn bushes.
Good people do good things because of the good in their hearts.
Bad people do bad things because of the evil in their hearts.
Your words show what is in your hearts."
 

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Watch the video and sing along together:

Something to Think About

Can you think of a time when you might have judged another person? What happened?

Can you think of a time that someone has judged you unfairly, or misunderstood what you were trying to do? How did it feel?  

HOLY SPIRIT PARISH

Please click on the link below to stay connected with Fr Mark, Fr Thonn and the Team at Holy Spirit Church. https://www.holyspiritgungahlin.org.au/category/parish-newsletter/

Please bring an item of non-perishable food to fill our empty pantry so that our Vinnies team can continue to help the community. Here are some suggestions …..

pasta, sauces, tinned fruit and vegetables, tea and coffee, cereal, sandwich spreads, long-life milk, crackers etc….

Peace and Best Wishes.

Anne Leet (Religious Education Co-ordinator)