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Wednesday of the
Second Week of Lent
Invitation to prayer: Matt 20: 17-28
Invitation to prayer: Save me, O Lord, in Your kindness.
Reflection: In today’s Gospel, Jesus announces the Passion for the third time, the mother of James and John ask Jesus to put her sons at His left and right hand, and Jesus’ stern reply to her.. Jesus also asks if the apostles are capable of drinking of the chalice of which He will drink. They readily answer, “yes!!”
As I too, answer “yes!!” with such enthusiasm, ready to take on anything for my Lord, but a piece of my heart always wants a little something out of it for myself. I seem to forget that the chalice that our Lord drank from was the chalice of suffering, the chalice of rejection.
This Lent, instead of pushing myself to the limit and making big promises to the Lord to prove my love and worthiness to be by His side, I am simply entering the desert and asking, “what do You desire?” Because I’ve come to realise He often just desires simple things from me, and while I am trying to make big grand gestures, can I even complete this simple things? I don’t think Lent is meant to fill us, it is meant to empty us, so we can later be filled by the joy of Easter!
Prayer: Lord Jesus, help me enter into the desert so I can leave being emptied of myself, and full of the goodness You have planned for my life. Amen.
Closing: What are my desires and do I need to change those earthly desires and be a disciple of Christ? Is my “yes” to satisfy me or to truly be a conversion to the Lord?
Relics of St Therese & her Parents
As mentioned in the Parish Bulletin, these relics will be on display in:
- Mary Immaculate Church, Unanderra from 4.30 – 8.30pm on Saturday, 21 March
- St Therese Church, West Wollongong from 8.30pm on Saturday 21 March to 11.30am Sunday, 22 March.
As the relics are only in the parish over a weekend, organising a school liturgy is not possible. However, we would like to have as many children as possible attend the 10am Mass on Sunday, 22 March to form a choir and Guard of Honour as the relics leave the church.
Principal’s Awards
Mani Kotagama – 2G
Silver Medallion
Willow Doyle – 5G
P & F Executive
These positions of President, Vice President and Secretary will be open to nominations at the next meeting on March 24 and if necessary a secret ballot will be held. Voting can only be accepted from those who attend the meeting.
Cyber Safety
Last week I mentioned the App called Tik Tok. It has been in the news this week highlighting the dangers it poses to young children if not closely supervised. I again remind parents that it is rated for children of 13+ years of age. No primary school children should have access to this App.
Messaging: We have spoken to a number of students in Year 5 this week regarding messaging (this issue is not confined to just Year 5). The iPads Year 5 students have for school have iMessage switched off, so the issues we are hearing about are occurring on home iPads. Please be aware of what your children are sending to other children. If you have concerns about what others are sending, please take a screen shot and send into either myself or the class teacher so that these issues can be addresses.
Birthdays
11 March to 17 March
Happy Birthday to:
Ethan Benedetti, Nicholas Rebikov-Vincent, Carissa Comino, Eva Santhosh, Sophie Thompson, Olive Krauss and Willow Doyle
St Therese School Facebook Page
www.facebook.com/westwollongong.sttherese
School Vision Statement
“St Therese Primary School – a dynamic, Catholic community
educating and empowering learners for life’s journey.”
PARISH
St Therese, West Wollongong
Weekend Mass Times:
Saturday 9am
Sunday 10am
5pm
Moonlight Movies: The Lego Movie – Saturday, 14 March
Come and enjoy our free screening of The Lego Movie at Roy Johannson Park!
Children can
- meet Paint The Gong REaD's mascot, Bright Spark
- play with Lego and Duplo thanks to Wollongong City Libraries
- play Jenga, Connect 4 and ball games to keep you entertained (provided by i98fm
We'll also have inflatable mushrooms with tea party activities.
There'll be a BBQ, Gelatissimo and coffee vans, plus fresh popcorn available.
The movie will screen from 7.30pm.
LIFE EDUCATION
The Illawarra Life Education Mobile Classroom will be visiting our school from Friday 13 March till Thursday 19 March.
Life Education is a charitable organisation, which provides a positive approach to health and drug education. Life Education encourages respect for the uniqueness of each individual, and teaches the skills to assert confidently that uniqueness, especially in social settings with friends.
Life Education's programs are based on the latest research, and provide high quality drug education featuring role-play; social skills training; correction of common myths; andvaried, fast-moving and interactive activities. Life Education Australia believes prevention is better than cure!
The cost of the program is covered by the resource fee, which includes worksheets forfollow-up work in the class room.
A Parent Information session will be held on Monday 16th March 9.00am. If you are
interested please email: info@stwwdow.catholic.edu.au
Life Education Harold Merchandise Order Form is attached.
Dimitra Vezinias - Assistant Principal
WORLDS GREATEST SHAVE
Hi, my name is Marcus Henriques-Thakur, I am an ex student of St Therese now attending Edmund Rice College. My sisiter Sara is a current student at St Therese and in Year 5.
I'm taking part in World's Greatest Shave! Please give what you can to support me and help beat blood cancer. Please donate to the attached link below.
St Patrick’s Day - 17th March Week 8
Our Faith in Action fundraiser is fast approaching!
Thank you to all the parents who have volunteered to help set up the food stalls and sell the green food at recess. Also a huge thank you to all the Stage 2 parents who are organising bringing in green food for our fundraiser. These types of days would not be possible without your help.
Looking forward to seeing everyone wearing green, eating green and most importantly helping raise money for those in need at St Mary Star of the Sea community who were greatly affected by the recent bushfires.
Project Compassion - The students and families at St Therese continue to show their generosity. The theme of Project Compassion is “Let’s Go Further Together”. We are encouraging students to be actively involved in raising money for project compassion to help those less fortunate than us.
In week 6 the school raised a total of $62.50 for project compassion. Congratulations to 3 Blue for raising $21.80.
Upcoming Feast days
17th March - St Patrick
19th March - St Joseph
Catholic Schools Week
Our Catholic Schools week Liturgy in the Church was led by 4 Gold. Thank you to Mrs Millner and 4 Gold for their preparation and the beautiful way you shared your thoughts about Catholic Schools week. The best way for us to “embrace the future together” is to listen to our children who are the future, thank you to all the students who shared their thoughts about Catholic Schools and why being in a Catholic School is wonderful!
Relics of St Therese
We have a very special upcoming event in our Parish. The relics of St Therese will be arriving at our Parish around 8.30pm on the 21 March and staying in the Church until around 11.30am the next day. To celebrate this special event, the Bishop will be celebrating Mass at St Therese at 10am. As this is an important event for our Parish, the school has been asked to be involved, again we will be looking for children in the band and choir to perform a song during the Mass. We will also ask children to form a guard of honour at approximately 11.30 after Mass to watch the relics leave. If your child is interested in being involved please come and see me (Mrs Staff).
RE Upcoming dates:
Tuesday 17th March - St Patrick's Day fundraiser
Friday 20th March - Year 3 Gold attending Parish Mass with Fr. Duane
Wednesday 8th April - Holy Week Liturgy
Calendar Dates 2020
March 2020
12 - 2pm - 3pm ‘Read with Me’ Parent Seminar (location TBA)
2.30pm 6 Blue Assembly in the Hall
13 - Life Education Week begins
16 - 9.00am Life Education Parent session
17 - Paul Kelly Cup
St Patrick’s Day - Green Mufti Day
20 - 9.30am Mass 3 Gold attending
Year 6 E-Safety webinar
Mark Taylor Shield, Reed Park Dapto
21 - Harmony Day
St Therese Relics in Church
23 - 9.00am Prayer for Harmony Day
24 - 7.00pm P & F Meeting in the Library
26 - Cross Country Carnival - Kembla Grange
April 2020
2 - Responsible Pet Education Program K - 2
5 - Day light Savings Ends
8 - 9.30am Holy Week Liturgy
9 - 11.30am End of Term 1 Assembly
End of Term 1
Holy Thursday
10 - Good Friday
11 - Easter Saturday
12 - Easter Sunday
13 - Easter Monday
25 - ANZAC Day
27 - Term 2 Commences
Students return
Anzac Day Prayer
May 2020
2 - Bunnings BBQ
6 - Da Vinci Decatholon
Year 6 Camp
Lowes Sale
20% off Thursday 12 March 2020