From Our Assistant Principal Mission - Mr Danny Hatchman
The Season of Lent
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Season of Lent - a 40 day season of prayer and a time for reviewing our own habits and attitudes.
Years 4-6 attended Ash Wednesday Mass at the Parish Mass while students in Years K-3 attended a prayer celebration where ashes were distributed. The younger students heard about the need to MAKE A NEW BEGINNING FOR JESUS during Lent.
The ashes signify the opportunity to start anew, like green shoots arise from the ashes after a fire.
Each classroom will be given a pot with some soil in it and perhaps, hopefully, green shoots might rise through the soil before Easter! New Life!
Our Focus for Lent
During Lent we learn about the need to pray more, to give to the needy and to try to give up something (it could be a bad habit) like sleeping in too long on a week-day morning!)
We are holding a casual clothes day on St Patrick's Feast day - 17 March - to raise funds to send to Caritas. Casual Clothes with a hint of Green!
(Gold Coin donation will go to our Project Compassion fund-raising).
Courage to Serve
Last newsletter I eplained the meaning behind our God-Moment awards. We also have another award at school - the Courage to Serve Award.
This is awarded to students who show courage in meeting a challenge or serving a person or even our school community in some way.
Our first students receiving the award were the Year 6 students who led us in movement during our closing song at our Opening School Mass!
The reason we serve is to follow in the footsteps of Jesus.
St Carthage's Parish Sacrament Program
Students who are baptised are invited into the Parish Sacramental Program through St Carthage’s Primary School. At the moment we only have the date for Confirmation.
- Sacrament of Confirmation (Year 3 - 21 June, 2023)
- Sacrament of Reconciliation (Year 4 - Date to be confirmed)
- Sacrament of the Eucharist (Year 4 - Date to be confirmed)
Note: Children who have missed the opportunity to participate in any of these Sacraments may still enrol in a Sacrament e.g a Yr 6 student may be enrolled in any of these three Sacraments. Simply use the nomination form (below) and return to the School Office.
Students in Years 3 and 4 will receive a form directly from their classroom teacher.
Note: Copies of Baptismal Certificates need to be provided to the school unless your child was Baptised in the Cathedral Parish or you provided this Certificate to St Carthage’s school during enrolment. If this is not the case please provide a copy as soon as possible. You may need to contact the Parish where your child was baptised.
Stormbirds Program
A reminder that the Stormbirds Program will be made available this year once again. This program was developed following Black Saturday fires In Victoria and is based on the belief that change, loss and grief are a normal and natural part of life. The program is delivered to small groups of their peers over four sessions. The group is led by a 'Companion' who stays with the group for the four sessions. The program is not therapy and students in the program get to...
1) Share their experiences of change and loss in safe ways
2) Come to understand and attend to their feelings
3) Learn skills for adapting and recovering
For more information go to
https://www.goodgrief.org.au/stormbirds
We invite parents and carers to nominate students who might benefit from Stormbirds Program via the link below:
https://forms.gle/
If you, or a teacher, nominate your child to participate in Stormbirds, a Permission Form and Information Letter further outlining the Program will be sent home with your child.
Date Claimers
Incitāre retreat for selected Year 6 students - 28 February, 2023
World Day of Prayer - Cathedral on Friday March 3 at 9.30am
St Patrick's Feast day - 17 March - Casual Clothes with a hint of Green! (Gold Coin donation will go to our Project Compassion fund-raising).
Sunday April 2 at 3.00pm - Lismore Symphony Orchestra performing in the Cathedral - For bookings visit their website https://www.lismoresymphony.
St Carthage’s Feast Day - 15 May
Our Lady Help of Christians - 24 May
Ascension of the Lord - 29 May
Sacrament of Confirmation - 21 June 6pm - Cathedral