Catholic Community Life
Whole School Mass
This Friday (5th November) students will be celebrating Mass with their class online.
This Mass will focus on celebrating All Saints Day. All Saints' Day is a solemn holy day of the Catholic Church that is dedicated to the saints of the Church. On this day, we reflect on the virtues of gentleness, humility, justice and peacemaking as the way to eternal joy. These are the qualities of the saints who have gone before us. We look forward to our school community being able to gather in prayer.
Lord God,
we rejoice with all the angels
and give honour to the saints in heaven.
Amen
Remembrance Day Liturgy
Next Thursday (11th November) we will commemorate Remembrance Day in an online service. The service will be led by students of our defence families. The rest of our school will view the service online inside their classrooms.
St Vincent de Paul Christmas Food Donations
Each year our St Benedict’s school community donates non-perishable food to our parish St Vincent de Paul Conference. This food is then made into Christmas hampers
that are distributed to people in our local community who are experiencing hardship. Parents are encouraged to talk with their children about the joy of giving without the expectation of receiving something in return. A note with further information will be sent home this week.
We are also seeking donations of rolls of wrapping paper to decorate the hamper boxes.
Prayer for our Safe Return to School
Please God keep us safe as we work and play together.
We know you are with us every step of the way.
Please God keep our families and friends safe and well.
We thank God for their love and support, and we ask God to continue to look after them.
We thank you God for our teachers and all who work in our school.
We ask you to bless them and keep them safe.
We thank God for all those who look after the sick at this time.
We ask God to bless them and help them with their difficult work.
Lord we know that it will be hard at times because of the corona virus,
We ask you to guide us with your light and protect us.
Amen