St Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal

Students and families are invited to donate non-perishable Christmas goodies to help families. Each grade level has been provided with a food donation suggestion. Please bring all donations to your child’s classroom tub.

Students and families may also like to donate a wrapped Christmas gift with a gender and age clearly labelled. 

Local families are in need of gifts for:

• 3 year old gifts for boys and girls
• 4 year old gifts for boys and girls
• 5 year old gifts for boys and girls
• 6 year old gifts for boys and girls
• 7 year old gifts for girls and boys
• 8 year old gifts for girls and boys
• 9 year old gifts for boys and girls
• 10 year old gifts for boys and girls
• 11 year old gifts for boys and girls
• 12 year old gifts for boys and girls

Donations of movie vouchers would be gratefully appreciated for 13 years and above.

Year 6 Market Day

This Friday Year 6 will be hosting a “Market Day”. This is a day organised by the Year 6 students to consolidate their learning within their RE unit of work. This day is dedicated to living out the message of the Holy Spirit through fun activities organised by the students with the purpose of raising money and awareness for Catholic Mission Month. This is our second fundraising event for Catholic Mission.

On the day there will be a variety of activities that students from K-5 can participate in. To participate in these activities, we are asking that a donation be made via QKR! which will be exchanged for tickets to participate on the day.

Gospel - Mark 13:24-32

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Watch for the signs of the coming of the kingdom.

Although this is not the last Sunday of the liturgical year, the major theme found in the readings is the end of time. The events that will usher in and will take place during this time are described in apocalyptic terms. The struggles of life will culminate in a massive cosmic confrontation between the forces of good and those of evil. This last battle will be universal in scope, just like the first primordial conflict between chaos and God.

In some way, all of today’s readings state that good will finally prevail over evil. In the last days Michael, the angelic warrior of God, will rise up. In the epistle, Christ is pictured seated triumphantly at the right hand of God with his enemies under his foot, a sign of conquest. Finally, in the gospel, the Son of Man, the mysterious figure from apocalyptic literature, comes in the clouds with great power and glory. All of these images are apocalyptic; each of them is quite hopeful.

We read these stories at the close of the liturgical year, because we are coming to the conclusion of our yearly telling of the story of salvation. However, apocalyptic images are timely whenever we find ourselves in the throes of the battle with evil and it appears that we will succumb. These forms will remind us that good will be able to withstand evil. From this we will conclude that we need only trust in God.

Adapted from Diane Bergant CSA

Blessings for the week ahead,

Sarah Walsh

Religious Education Coordinator (Acting)