Dear Parents
Please note two relevant dates in Term 2 in case this provides an opportunity for families to organise a long weekend getaway.
Thursday 25th April 2024 - ANZAC DAY Public Holiday
Friday 26th April 2024-School Closure Day
Term 1 Week 7 2024
The Vermont Hub
Light of Christ
Basketball
Icy Pole ( Zooper Dooper) - Gold Coin Donation
Basketball Clinics
Harmony Day
Kaboom Family Picnic
Reconciliation
Parent Teacher Interviews
Students of the Weeki
Cake Raffle
ANZAC DAY and School Closure day
Easter Raffle
Help Wanted- Tuesday 26th March
Dear Parents
Thank you for all the wonderful donations for the Easter Raffle.
We would now like to ask for some helping hands to warp the prizes.
When: Tuesday 26th March
Where; Parents Room
Time: 9 o'clock
If you can help please message Anne Maree J or Belinda.
Cake Raffle Volunteers
Dear Parents
We are seeking Parent Volunteers to provide a cake, biscuits or slices for our weekly cake raffle fundraiser. If you can help out please send Anne Maree Jones or Gail Rich your name/ preferred date/week (if you have one ) to be added to our list of volunteers.
Week 6- Camp ( no raffle)
Week 7 - 15th March : Beth ( Abigail & Ethan)
Week 8 - 22nd March : Carla ( Tommy)
Term 2
Week 1 - 19th April Divjot (Naunidh & Ishreet)
Week 2 -Anyi (Amanda & Abraham)
School Photo Day
Wednesday 27th March ( PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE)
Our School Photo day is rescheduled for Wednesday 27th March. We ask that parents try to avoid appointments booked on this day for their children.
The children will be asked to wear FULL SUMMER UNIFORM including correct socks and shoes.
Order forms sent home today with each child.
Thank you
Supporting Children's Mental Health
Holy Week Schedule
Parish News
Parish Newsletter Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th March
The “Hour” Comes: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Fifth Sunday of Lent
Our readings today are filled with anticipation. The days are coming,
Jeremiah prophesies in today’s First Reading. The hour has come, Jesus
says in the Gospel. The new covenant that God promised to Jeremiah is made in the “hour” of Jesus—in His Death, Resurrection, and Ascension to the Father’s right hand.
The prophets said this new covenant would return Israel’s exiled tribes from the ends of the world (see Jeremiah 31:1, 3–4, 7–8). Jesus too predicted His passion would gather the dispersed children of God (see John 11:52). But today He promises to draw to Himself not only Israelites, but all men and women. The new covenant is more than a political or national restoration. As we sing in today’s Psalm, it is a universal spiritual restoration. In the “hour” of Jesus, sinners in every nation can return to the Father—to be washed of their guilt and given new hearts to love and serve Him.
In predicting He will be “lifted up,” Jesus isn’t describing only His coming Crucifixion (see John 3:14–15). Isaiah used the same word to tell how the Messiah, after suffering for Israel’s sins, would be raised high and greatly exalted (see Isaiah 52:3). Elsewhere the term describes how kings are elevated above their subjects (see 1 Maccabees 8:13).
Troubled in His agony, Jesus doesn’t pray to be saved. Instead, as we hear in today’s Epistle, He offers himself to the Father on the Cross—as a living prayer and supplication. For this, God gives Him dominion over heaven and earth (see Acts 2:33; Philippians 2:9). Where He has gone we can follow—if we let Him lead us. To follow Jesus means hating our lives of sin and selfishness. It means trusting in the Father’s will, the law He has written in our hearts. Jesus’ “hour” continues in the Eucharist, where we join our sacrifices to His, giving God our lives in reverence and obedience—confident He will raise us up to bear fruits of holiness.
Scott Hahn
Emmaus College
Culture Fest
When: Sunday 24 March, 12pm – 3pm
Where: Strathdon House and Orchard Precinct
Get ready for an explosion of cultures right here in Whitehorse to celebrate our diverse multicultural community. Expect FREE activities, tasty bites, cultural displays, live music and performances. Culture Fest is your opportunity to connect, participate and learn while enjoying the vibrant mix of cultures that call our community home.
URL: www.creativewhitehorse.vic.gov.au/whats-on/culture-fest
Whitehorse Autumn School Holidays
Stay entertained these autumn school holidays with these awesome and affordable activities! We’ve got sport, arts, cooking and gardening, movie nights and plenty of family fun. Visit the website to view the full program and make a booking.
BASKETBALL
