Welcome to the end of another week!  We started this morning with the Year 3 Kookaburras leading us on assembly on the ‘Feast of the Ascension’.  They told us how before Jesus ascended into heaven, he gave his apostles the task of building the kingdom of God, to preach by example.  They explained that we can do this by being people of justice, compassion and peace everyday through building a world that is based on love, kindness and understanding.    

Fun Run

Congratulations to all of our students who were able to participate in our fun run today!  I get the pleasure of starting the races and it was wonderful to see a smile on the faces of most of our runners.  What produced an even bigger smile awaited students at the end of the race, with an icy-pole presented to all competitors - a big thank you to our P&F for supporting this.  While a fun event, we also had an overall winner, with Dthulla (green) taking home the win by only 5 points!  We also presented students who were 10, 11 and 12 years of age who have now been chosen to represent our school at the interschool cross country later in the month. We wish them all the best!

Laudato Si

Next week (May 16-25) is Laudato Si Week.  For those unaware, Laudato Si is a document written by Pope Francis which calls all people to care for our common home - earth.  This document played a big role in shaping many decisions being made when building our school, and is still in the forefront of many decisions we make today.  Pope Francis has called ALL people to take part in Laudato Si week, as it is everyone’s responsibility to care for our earth.  Below is a link to a website which has some ideas you may wish to undertake with your family.  Whilst being “green” is a “cool” thing to do, our call to stewardship here at St Benedict’s is ultimately faith based - we are called by God to be stewards of creation.

LINK: https://www.caritas.org.au/resources/library/laudato-si-week-booklet/   

Pax

Nick