Welcome to the end of Week 7 - it’s been another busy fortnight at school!   We started today with Yr 2 Kingfishers presenting their assembly on ‘the Feast of St Joseph - the father of Jesus’.  St Joseph is such an important figure in our Catholic story, and teaches us to hopeful, courageous and faith filled people, even during tough times!

Last week, Yr 4 Grasshoppers presented their liturgy on ‘the First Week of Lent’.  In the Catholic Church, we are now in the season of Lent, which is the 40 days in the lead up to Easter - where we recognise the death and resurrection of Jesus.  During the Gospel, the Grasshoppers recounted Jesus spending 40 days in the desert, and reminded us that, like Jesus, God can strengthen us in our ‘desert’ times.   

Enhancing Catholic School Identity Project 

You may have seen in last weeks newsletter information about our school participating in the Catholic School Identity Project. Each school in the Townville Diocese participates in this project every 5 years, with the purpose being to gain meaningful insights into how St Benedict’s views its identity as a Catholic School, and how such identity might be shaped for the future. This is the second opportunity our school has had to participate in the surveys.  I have attached this note again to the newsletter, and would encourage ALL families, regardless of their faith background.  As a shortcut you can access the surveys the following way: 

Go to the following website:  https://www.ecsi.site/au/user/ 

Enter our schools password: Ghj654

Pax,

Nick