On Monday 1^st November we celebrate All Saints’ Day.  This day is marked in the Catholic liturgical calendar, as a day to remember and honour all the Saints, especially the Saints who are not honoured on other days of the year. It is a time to consider the example saints offer us today and to reflect on how we can imitate their holiness.

All Souls’ Day follows All Saints’ Day on November 2nd. All Soul’s Day is a solemn time when we remember, pray and offer Mass for the souls of our family members and friends that have passed away.

Our school community will commemorate All Souls’ Day with a Liturgy hosted by the Year 6 Leaders and streamed to each class. Each child has received a ‘Bag of Hearts’ that they will bring home today. Families are invited to write the names of people they would like to be remembered during our Liturgy. The children are welcome to decorate the hearts and bring them back to school to place in the Prayer Space that will be set up in their room on Tuesday. It will be a lovely way to pray for those special people and ask God to grant them eternal life.

Mission Month

Years 4,5 and 6 have been busy creating soccer balls from recycled materials for Friday’s ‘Sock it to Poverty’ Awareness Day. This year the children will learn about the missionary work of the Good Shepherd Sisters in Thailand who, through their Kindergarten Centre, provide care and education to some of the poorest communities in Bangkok. We look forward to playing some games with the balls the class have made. The day will generate an awareness of our need to share our resources with those less fortunate than ourselves, and to give thanks for the lifestyle, education and resources we enjoy in Australia.

- Liz Murray