September 12th 2019 Issue 28

Over Arching Statement for Term 3

in the image of we share in

the responsibility to care for

Congratulations to our students who celebrated their First Communion last Sunday.

Father Craig Butler, Willem Buijtendijk, Wade Kui, Te Koha Domb, Olly Perrett, Lochlan Leicester,

Jude Poole, Xavier Pascoe, Father Mark Field

Oriwa Domb, Te Hukinga Robinson, Laura Gyde, Mackenzie Palmer, Tianara Domb, Celestine Tudlasan, Elijah Stephens.

Thank you to our students who stepped up and took on leadership roles within the mass. Tasks or parts such as greeters, prayers, readers and choir are some very important elements of the mass that together make the Mass a meaningful experience in our faith journey.

Also, ‘Thank you’ to the parents who helped serve the morning tea. Many hands make light work. Thank you to the families who brought a plate to share in a meal and conversation with those in our Parish-School Community. Mrs Erica Stephens (DRS)

St Joseph’s school hawera

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

In this Issue First Communion .................................. p1 Principal’s Pen / Welcome ................ p2

Notices / Term Calendar ..................... p3 Basketball Success ............................... p3

Mission Shop Day ............................. p4-5 Community Notices ........................ p6-7

Principal’s Pen

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa, mihi nui ki a koutou katoa

This week was Maori Language week ~

At work today? Celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori by saying “Nau mai” to visitors and signing off your emails with “Hei konā mai.”

Do your bit for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori and download the full set of phrase cards for the office now

➡️ https://bit.ly/2k90R5K

Kia te wairua tapu ki runga ki a koutou katoa. ~ May the Holy Spirit be upon you all.

Geraldine Sumner ~ Principal.

Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

Kindness and mercy’ (Green)

1 Timothy 1:12-15 / Psalm 111 Luke 15:11-32

Have you ever lost anything that was really important to you? How did

you feel? What did you do? Jesus tells us a story about a father who

thought he had lost his son forever, but he came home. God is like the

father, always ready to forgive us and bring us back home to him when

we recognise that we have done wrong.

Our wrong choices only keep us from enjoying God’s presence for as long as we refuse to return

home; our attitudes can also prevent us from enjoying our Christian life. Lack of forgiveness, lack of

hospitality and generosity are all characteristics which are alien to the father that Jesus shows us. This

week try to model your attitudes and meetings with others on those demonstrated by the father in this

parable.

A big welcome to Liam Forbes

(Yr 5) in Room 4 with Mrs

Perrett. It’s been a busy week,

but we hope you have enjoyed

your first week at our school

YUMMY STICKERS: Can all completed sheets please be returned to the school office by FRIDAY 13th SEPTEMBER.

Please still collect over summer, as we will be collecting them again next year.

SPORTS UNIFORMS: Can ALL winter sports and interschool uniforms please be returned to school office ASAP in a named bag. These are needed for other sports, and some need to be returned to clubs.

UPCOMING EVENTS (subject to change)

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th

Week 8

SCHOOL MASS

First Eucharist

Social Justice

Week

Liturgy and

MISSION SHOP

DAY (12pm)

WHOLE SCHOOL

CROSS COUNTRY

15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st

Week 9 Linkhorn Rugby

Final (Stratford)

22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th

Week 10 Year 7 & 8 School

Speeches

Taranaki X Country End of Term Assembly 12 noon

Last Day Term 3

Top Schools Basketball

Congratulations to St

Joseph’s Bulls Top Schools (Yr

4-6) basketball team for

coming 3rd this year.

At end of each season, they

name a male & female MVP for each team, they then name

a male and female MVP across the whole competition . . .

so well done to Chase Butler and Elizabeth Araba who

were named team MVP’s.

Elizabeth was “crowned” OVERALL MVP

DAY Thank you to Mr Bird and Room 5 for leading us in Liturgy to recognise: Social Justice Week.

In an ever-changing world, it is important that we stop and see what the need is around us and in

our communities that link us.

Social Justice is about:

• Working against discrimination

• Mitigating the effects of climate change on communities

• Ensuring workers are valued and treated fairly

• Preventing the marginalisation of people from society

• Challenging unjust government policies that contribute to the oppression of some people in

a society

• Ensuring the powerful don’t abuse their power

• Promoting peace instead of violence

• Ensuring men, women, and children are able to flourish

• Preventing corruption and promoting transparency and accountability

This Tuesday we raised $3,287 for the Marist Mission in Ranong.

This money contributes to enabling and supporting children of school age to go to school. At this

time, it is a very unsettling time for Ranong. We wish them all the best and hope that this donation

will be significant in supporting the education of their children in a safe and healthy environment

that enables them to strive and flourish.

A big ‘Thank you’ to all the Staff that worked through this busy afternoon. And a massive ‘Thank you’ to all our Mission Group leaders that co-ordinated these stalls - without you running these stalls it would not be possible to hold these events!

Prayer for Fairness Grant us, Lord God,

a vision of your world as your love would have it:

A world where those treated unfairly are protected, and don’t go hungry or poor;

A world where the riches of creation are shared, and everyone can enjoy them; A world where different races and cultures

live in harmony and mutual respect; A world where peace is encouraged through fairness and guided by love.

Give us the inspiration and courage to build it, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Mission Shop Day Winners: Raffle 1 - Lil Glememerz: = Tilly W Raffle 2 - The Cat Game: = Tiana H

Raffle 3 - Jenga Pass: = Toby S Raffle 4 - Pomsies: = Eric W Raffle - Bike (Rm 2): = Michael (Rm 3)

Guess the Lollies - Blue: = Frankie T

Guess the Lollies - Green: = Tianara D

Guess the Lollies - Pink: = Kate M

St Joseph’s School, 32 Victoria Street, Hawera, 4610 / 06 278 7482 / 027 383 5145

Email: admin@sjshawera.school.nz / Website: www.sjshawera.school.nz

Principal: Mrs. Geraldine Sumner / Secretary: Mrs. Raewyn Dombroski

Priestly Jubilarians’ Mass The annual Priestly Jubilarians’ Mass will be celebrated at the Cathedral of the Holy spirit on Wednesday 2 October at 5pm. This will be followed by hospitality in the Cathedral Gathering area, providing an opportunity for Jubilarians and other priests to meet with parishioners and visitors. Everyone is welcome to attend and to be part of this joyful celebration!

The Jubilarians this year are:

Bishop Owen Dolan 65 years

Father Max Palmer (Kopua) 60 years

Father Michael Lloyd 55 years

Father Bill Casey (RIP) 50 years

Monsignor David Bell 50 years

Father Peter Fahy 50 years

Father Neal Wilson SM 50 years

Father Karaitiana Kingi SM 50 years

Father Nicho Verkley (Kopua) 45 years

Father Barry Scannell SM 25 years

OPERATION

CHRISTMAS CHILD 2019

GIVE A PRESENT WITH A DIFFERENCE THIS CHRISTMAS

Each year Operation Christmas Child sends Shoeboxes full of gifts overseas, to children in need for Christmas.

And you can be a part of it. All you need to get started is a Shoebox and brochure.

Simply follow brochure information and fill your Shoebox. You can choose who it goes to – a girl or boy and what age range.

A donation of $10.00 is preferred to cover shipping and project costs.

Shoeboxes to be in by the 31st of October.

Last year 159 Shoeboxes were collected from the Hawera area. They joined 1015 from Taranaki (plus 'fillers' to make up extra shoe boxes). In total 24 382 were sent from New Zealand.

Pick up a Shoebox & brochure from the Church office. For more information see Patrea or visit www.operationchristmaschild.org.nz.