Have you ever considered having your child Baptised?

If your child is not Baptised and you have been considering this or you would like to find out more about the process, please don’t hesitate to contact a member of the leadership team via the school office for a chat, we would love to hear from you.

Scripture Focus

This fortnight our scripture focus comes from Matthew’s Gospel. In the scripture Jesus is reminding us of the most important commandment, to love God followed by loving your neighbours as yourself. During his life Jesus was repeatedly tested but by being a man of integrity he stuck with what his Father had always said. At Holy Cross we work to always show love to God and to each other through our Catholic faith and our daily actions. 

Matthew 22:34-40 

The Greatest Commandment

When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. ‘Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?’ He said to him, ‘“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the greatest and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.’

Lent

Yesterday as a Catholic community we observed Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent. During Lent we get ready and prepare for the great events of love made by Jesus, his death and resurrection at Easter. Lent is a time of prayer and penance. Christians often fast and avoid eating certain foods during Lent as a way of doing penance. Little acts of giving up something we like but don’t need or trying to be more caring and patient are also an act of penance and preparing for Easter. I encourage you to spend some time this Lenten season to speak about this with your child/ren. 

Bibles

As a part of our Annual Improvement Plan, we put the spotlight on Scripture and how scripture provides all people with a model for being people of integrity, hope, justice and compassion. 

To support this work we have purchased a class set of Catholic Youth Bibles. Not only does this amazing resource include the traditional scriptures but the bibles also make connections to our world today, highlight strong Catholic Women and Men, provide context for each book and provide a detailed glossary. This is a resource I highly recommend for all students and famililes. In coming weeks the P&F will be sharing information on how to purchase this amazing Bble through the school.