Thank you 

As I am taking leave for 12 months, I wanted to say a sincere thank you to the wonderful staff and families at Sts Peter and Paul. It has been lovely to be Teacher Librarian, Acting Assistant Principal last year and Acting Assistant Religious Education Coordinator this year. Thank you for the kindness and support shown to me through my various roles and also as a parent too! I look forward to returning in Term 3 next year. 

Please join us for our Sts Peter and Paul Feast Day Mass

On the last day of term, Friday 5th July, we will be celebrating the Feast Day of Sts Peter and Paul. 

Friends and family are warmly invited to join us at 12pm as we celebrate Mass as a whole school.

In the afternoon, the students will be participating in a range of fun, whole school activities.

Mrs Raccosta is organising a special lunch (at no cost to families) on the day, which includes a hot dog and treat. If your child/ren has special dietary requirements, could you kindly email Mrs Raccosta (lauretta.racosta@cg.catholic.edu.au) as soon as possible.

Vinnies Winter Appeal- Save the date! 

As our final Vinnies Winter Appeal, we're having a hot chocolate morning on Friday of Week 10- bring a gold coin donation to get a delicious cup of hot chocolate and raise money for those in need

FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B

Gospel-Mark 6:1-6

A prophet is despised only in his own country.

This week’s gospel sees Jesus returning to his home town of Nazareth. He is well and truly into his public ministry at this point in the gospel and his reputation is obviously growing as a healer and teacher. When he goes to Nazareth the locals are quick to ‘put him in his place’. They remember the boy, the teenager, the young man apprenticed to his father’s craft. He’s a nobody as far as they are concerned; just young Yeshua (Jesus) who grew up here. It is much the same within families and local communities today. No matter how successful and authoritative a young woman or man may have become, a trip home will quickly remind them that in the eyes of those they grew up with nothing has changed. In the gospel passage they even say, that’s Jesus – he’s just James’ brother; no one special! Why would they think they had anything to learn from a brat who grew up in their own town? What could he possibly tell them? They try to force Jesus back into the mould of the person with whom they were previously familiar and comfortable.

We do this to one another all the time. We have certain expectations about the way a friend normally acts or thinks and when they behave differently we react in a way that lets them know that they are not ‘being themselves’. In doing this, we are looking to maintain our own comfort zone. We take away the freedom of the other person to grow and change. Many people seem to enter into relationships thinking that neither of them will ever change. This, of course, is an unsustainable assumption. Surely, if we want the best for those we love and care for, we want them to be constantly growing and becoming all that they can be?

Adapted from Greg Saunter

Blessings for the weeks ahead,

Amanda Basedow

Religious Education Coordinator (Acting)