St Timothy's School Vermont 2024

Just a gentle reminder that Karen Jebb has requested an expression of interest/intent for 2025 for current families to merge /transfer to Emmaus Primary for 2025. Emmaus is currently taking enrolments and holding interviews for families outside of Holy Saviour and St Timothy's schools. Your expression of interest/intent will give Karen an indication of how many students from outside the two schools can be accepted. There is a already a very strong Prep enrolment and there is also multiple enrolments throughout the school.

To fine-tune staffing and accept students from outside our two schools Karen has requested an indication of your intent for 2025.

I would greatly appreciate it if you were able to complete the survey via link by:

MONDAY 6th  MAY.

As mentioned there is considerable interest from outside our two schools and a significant advertising campaign is about to start. Word of mouth is a big influence on future enrolments in any school,  so if you can spread the word with friends and acquaintances (if you feel able/feel comfortable) that would be beneficial.

A huge THANK YOU to the families who have already responded.

SURVEY  is attached via  Microsoft forms link.  

We will be looking for families to assist us to provide Morning Tea for our guests. Cake, scones, sandwiches, biscuits or other special treats will be gratefully accepted. 

We encourage all families to invite at least one or several guests to attend for their child. Parents are very welcome. Lets make this a very special family celebration.

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.

Term 2

Week 1 - 19th April- Divjot (Naunidh & Ishreet) 

Week 3 - 3rd May -Anyi   (Amanda & Abraham)

Week 4- 10th May -Miss Jones

Week 5- 17th May -Emily Dermietzel  (isabelle)

Week 6 - 24th May- - Jarunee Saengsuriya  ( Sean Malata) 

Week 7 -31st May Belinda ( Hayley &william)

Week 8-7th June Carly ( Ellie)

Week 9 - 14th June Beth ( Abigail & Ethan) 

Term 2 Assemblies

Week 3,5,7 and 9 at 3pm

• Friday May 3rd
• Friday May 17th
• Friday May 31st
• Friday June 14th

When: Monday 20th May

Where:  Ruffey Park Lake, 99 Victoria St, Doncaster East 3109.

Time:    11:30- 2:30

Travel: By Car ( parents with WWCC)  

Parish Newsletter 4th & 5th May 2024

Begotten by Love

God is love, and He revealed that love in sending His only Son to be

a sacrificial offering for our sins.

In these words from today’s Epistle, we should hear an echo of the

story of Abraham’s offering of Isaac at the dawn of salvation history.

Because Abraham obeyed God’s command and did not withhold his

only beloved son, God promised that Abraham’s descendants, the

children of Israel, would be the source of blessing for all nations (see

Genesis 22:16–18).

We see that promise coming to fulfillment in today’s First Reading.

God pours out His Spirit upon the Gentiles, the non-Israelites, as they

listen to the word of Peter’s preaching. Notice they receive the same gifts received by the devout Jews who heard Peter’s preaching at Pentecost—the Spirit comes to rest upon them and they speak in tongues, glorifying God (see Acts 2:5–11).

In His love today, God reveals that His salvation embraces the house of Israel and peoples of all nations. Not by circumcision or blood relation to Abraham but by faith in the Word of Christ, sealed in the Sacrament of Baptism, people are to be made children of Abraham, heirs to God’s covenants of promise (see Galatians 3:7–9; Ephesians 2:12).

This is the wondrous work of God that we sing of in today’s Psalm. It is the work of the Church, the good fruit that Jesus chooses and appoints His Apostles for in today’s Gospel.

As Peter raises up Cornelius today, the Church continues to lift all eyes  to Christ, the only one in whose name they can find salvation. In the Church, each of us has been begotten by the love of God. But the Scriptures today reveal that this divine gift brings with it a command and a duty. We are to love one another as we have been loved. We are to lay down our lives in giving ourselves to others—that they too might find friendship with Christ and new life through Him.

Scott Hahn