Education in Faith
In this week's gospel James and John ask Jesus for special favour. They wanted Jesus to promise them a seat either side of him in the kingdom of heaven. This caused the disciples to argue about which one of them was the greatest and the most deserving of this place. Jesus reminded them that it is God the Father who will decide who deserves a place in heaven. God will measure our greatness by the goodness that we show and our willingness to serve others, placing their needs before our own. A belief in Jesus does not mean that everything will always go smoothly in our lives but it is a belief in Jesus that allows us to be instruments of God’s love in the lives of those around us despite our own hardships. This is what it means to be a follower of Jesus, this is the way of a christian.
SOCKTOBER - Sock it to Poverty
October is World Mission Month and Pope Francis wants us to “Rise up from the couch - with your boots laced - and turn your hands into signs of love ….” Catholic Mission works hard, providing essential support for key projects in countries around the world, including areas in remote Australia. The 2021 campaign is supporting the Good Shepherd Kindergarten in Bangkok, Thailand.
Socktober aims to engage Catholic School students’ heads, hearts and hands as they discuss key issues of mission and social justice through the powerful metaphors found through sport.
What can we do about that here at St Michael’s Primary School?
At school, the children will have the opportunity to learn about different communities around the world and some of the fantastic things that Catholic Mission are doing to help people who don’t have the same privileges as we do.
Also, on Friday 29th October we are going to have a Crazy Sock Day at school to raise money to support the Socktober Appeal. For a gold coin donation the children are able to wear crazy socks to school on this day with their sports uniform. In the past we have seen some fantastic ways that socks can be worn - see how creative you can get!
