Mission Month – “Socktober Shootout”

This week, students from Year 5 have taken on the role of Mission Ambassadors to teach the students at our school about the work of Catholic Mission and Socktober. A huge thanks to the Mission Ambassadors who spoke to the students. 

This Thursday, all students are asked to support Socktober by bringing in a gold coin donation and wearing coloured/crazy socks.  Students are also invited to participate in a penalty shoot-out using one ordinary soccer ball and one “sockball”. 

Our Mission Ambassadors will be busy making the “sockballs” by using recycled materials.  This is to appreciate how children in poor countries of the world would make their own soccer ball.

Students who participate in the shootout will gain points for their sports house.  We look forward to seeing which house wins the Soccer Shootout! 

All Saints’ Day - November 1 & All Souls’ Day – November 2

The commemoration of All Saints is a day that we celebrate those who have gone before us having lived a faithful life. It may be an occasion where we call upon them in prayer, to intercede for us. It is a reminder that earth is a temporary place, where, if we follow the path of Christ, we will be united with Him and remain in communion with all Saints beyond this life.  All Saints Day too is a reminder that you do not need to be a bishop, a priest or a member of a religious order to be holy. We are inspired by tremendous, wonderful women and men, who have walked their journey of life and faith before us, including our own family and friends. On the feast of All Saints, we remember that everyone is called to be a saint. As the Second Vatican Council reminded us—a mother or a father, a student or an attorney, a teacher or a janitor. “Saints next door,” Pope Francis calls them. All we need to do is to “live our lives in love” and “bear witness” to God in all we do.  (Taken from I & O)

The Parish Mass to celebrate the Feast of All Saints will be held on Saturday 1^st November at 8.00am. 

All Souls Day is then celebrated on November 2.  This year, as it falls on a Sunday, it will be celebrated at the normal Sunday Mass times – 9.30am or 5.00pm.

During the month of November, we are invited to pray and remember for all those who have died.

God bless,

Mary MacCallum