Firstly a big welcome back to Term 4, it is sure to be a very busy term here at St Benedict’s, with lots of exciting events coming up.  I’d like to highlight some of these upcoming events below, as well as which classes are on assembly during certain weeks:

Upcoming Events:

Week 2: 15/10 - Assembly 8:45am- Prep Platypus

Week 3: 26/10 - Day for Daniel - Students invited to wear a red shirt

Week 4: 29/10 - Assembly 8:45am - 2 Curlews, 01/11 - Mission Markets 12:10pm - ALL WELCOME

Week 5: 05/11 - Assembly 8:45am - Prep Bilbies

Week 6: 12/11 - Assembly 8:45am - 3 Kookaburras

Week 7: 19/11 - Assembly 8:45am - 1 Possums

Week 8: 26/11 - Assembly 8:45am - Prep Koalas

Week 9: 03/12 - End of Year Liturgy 9:00am - ALL WELCOME

Wed - Fri 8:45am - ADVENT LITURGY - run by 4/5/6 Turtles

07/12 - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

October - World Mission Month

World Mission Day (part of World Mission Month here in Australia) is celebrated every year in every country wherever there are Christians committed to building a better world for all of God's people, a world where everyone has all they need to live a dignified and fulfilling life. It is the day on which we reflect on the urgency to proclaim the Gospel in our times.

Missionary activity is, fundamentally, a going out of oneself in love, a reaching out to see God in everyone and to share God’s love with each person we meet – especially our poor and marginalised.

Jesus’ mission of creating a world where all can live a fully dignified life is still far from completion. Therefore, the whole month of October has been dedicated to reflecting on the central mission of the Church to help all Christians in their commitment to Christ’s mission of love, mercy, forgiveness, peace and justice for the world.

As a school, we will be holding a ‘Mission Market’ on November 1st from 12:10pm.  Each class will set up a stall or activity which students will be invited to bring in a small amount of money and participate in.  All money raised from this event will go to ‘Catholic Mission Australia’, to support the work of missions around the world. Students will also be looking at missions in class, with this years theme being, ‘Healing a Nation through Education’, focussing on a community on Myanmar.  It’s a great opportunity to recognise how lucky we are, and how we can live out Jesus’ message of love, mercy, forgiveness and peace. More information will be circulated about our Mission Markets in the coming weeks.

Have a great week, and God bless, 

Nick