Congratulations to the students in Year 3/4 who celebrated their First Reconciliation last Friday with Fr Dominic.

In the Sacrament of Reconciliation we have the opportunity to acknowledge to God that we have sinned, made mistakes that have hurt our relationships with others. In the Sacrament of Reconciliation we receive God’s forgiveness and we are reconciled to God and to each other. We also receive the gift of God’s grace in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

The Sacramental celebration and Mass held after was a lovely celebration for the students; Belle Bardawil, Stephen Clarke, Wayne Kennedy, Eli Mitchell, Aiden Faff, Charlee O'Connor, Gemma Morris and Ayla Morris, their families, the school family and the parish family.  We pray that they may always feel the love of God and his forgiveness throughout their lives.

We continue to aim to raise money for Caritas' Project Compassion fundraiser. Mrs Elwin took over 750 drink containers to recycle this week, bringing the total of recycling money made for Project Compassion to more than $400 this year. Thank you to the students for their recycling but also to the families that support this fundraising. 

We are now in the third week of Lent with the Project Compassion story of Janice, a Wagilak woman and traditional dancer who tells her family’s stories through movements handed down over generations.

Like many remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, Janice’s faces a range of challenges – low employment and education, financial hardship, poorer health and lower life expectancy.

Caritas Australia supports Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation, which operates a centre for traditional and contemporary Aboriginal arts and culture, providing employment and generating income for local communities. Janice believes that Djilpin Arts’ work is essential to create opportunities for young people to stay on-country, to share intergenerational knowledge between elders and the younger generation - to promote healing, and to keep culture alive.

Please continue to support Project Compassion: lent.caritas.org.au