St Mary's Primary School Crookwell
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Wade St
Crookwell NSW 2583
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Email: office.stmarysc@cg.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 02 4832 1592

Religious Education with Mrs Skelly

JUSTICE and SERVICE  at St Mary’s

World Mission Month - October 2020

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Life these days is very busy for most families – work, family, and all the responsibilities that come with these. It can be a huge effort to juggle everything on our plates let alone think about those in our world who don’t have ‘enough’ to lead full lives.

This is why the Catholic Church has set aside the month of October as Mission Month, a time to really focus our thoughts on our global brothers and sisters who, through no fault of their own, are living in poverty, sickness or fear.

Mission Month is a worldwide occasion of thinking about, praying for, and working for the JUST world that our God desires for us. Human dignity calls for the recognition that EVERY human being is made in God’s image and is PRECIOUS.

Jesus said “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (John 10:10).

Thank heavens we have Catholic Mission Month, St Vincent De Paul Appeals, and Caritas to jolt our memories and stir our consciences about answering Jesus’ call to ‘Love our neighbour’. Truly loving means acting.

Our school values for this term are JUSTICE and SERVICE, and they remind us that we are called to be…

  • JESUS’ FEET – walking with others in the spirit of JUSTICE
  • JESUS’ HANDS – offering SERVICE to others

Our students will be learning about the importance of working for justice. They will discover how our school community - as part of the Church – is called to engage in her mission to bring about a JUST world; how they can serve others through their prayers and actions (including fundraising, Mission day etc).

Our Mini Vinnies’ Team is planning a special activity to help us reflect on the needs of others. We need your help for this. Could you please gather all of your OLD/ODD SOCKS and send them into school ASAP.

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This term St Mary’s aims to raise funds to help those living in poverty and to empower children and young adults with disability.

St MARY’s MISSION DAY is in week 6. Please clean out your cupboards for our White Elephant Stall