PILGRIMS OF HOPE- JUBILEE YEAR

Pope Francis has proclaimed 2025 a Jubilee (Holy Year).

In the Catholic Church, a Jubilee or Holy Year is a special year of forgiveness and reconciliation, in which people are invited to come back into right relationship with God, with one another, and with all of creation. It involved the forgiveness of debts, the return of misappropriated land, and a fallow (unploughed) period for fields.

The theme for this Jubilee Year is Pilgrims of Hope. Pope Francis has invited Catholics to renew our hope and discover a vision that can "restore access to the fruits of the earth to everyone". We are also invited to rediscover a spirituality of God's creation in which we understand ourselves as "pilgrims on the earth" rather than masters of the world.

Let us as a school community at St. Mary’s be Pilgrims of Hope, walking together in peace, love and forgiveness. As a community may we work together to give HOPE to those who may feel HOPELESS.

PROJECT COMPASSION

To date, we have raised a grand total of $472.25. This is through the generous donations that students have popped into their class Project Compassion boxes, as well as the amazing donations for St. Patrick’s Day. The SRC have been really proactive in organising events for Term 1 that allow us as a school community to dig deep and show compassion to those less fortunate.

Our final SRC fundraising event will be on Thursday 27 March. This will be a wear something purple mufti day for a gold coin donation, and milkshakes will be on sale during the lunch break, $2 each.

St Patrick’s Day –Monday March 17

Monday was St Patrick’s feast day. He is the patron saint of Ireland and one of the world's most popular saints. He taught people about the Trinity (three persons of God) using a shamrock (3 leaf clover). He is an important saint in Crookwell as many ancestors are of Irish descent.

St. Mary’s turned into a sea of green on Monday, with the SRC hosting a mufti day and cake stall. The selection of delicious green treats was simply magnificent and thoroughly enjoyed by both students and staff. Thank you to the SRC and their families for supporting this.

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