On Wednesday and Thursday students across North Queensland will attend the annual Challenge Games at the Sports Reserve. 

The focus of the Challenge Games is participation! Over two days, our students will compete in a variety of events, however, the highlight for many will be the disco on Wednesday evening! 

Happy Days

The Lord’s Prayer is a wonderful prayer of praise and reconciliation.  In Sunday’s reading (Luke 11:1-13), Jesus teaches the disciples to pray the Lord’s Prayer.  “Lord, teach us to pray.”  This is what the disciples asked Him.  Of course, any answer coming from Him would be a perfect answer.  His answer was what we call the “Our Father” or the “Lord’s Prayer.”  This prayer is a perfect model of how we should pray and for what things we should pray and in what order.  The Lord really did answer the request to teach them how to pray.  The Our Father teaches us the goal of prayer, the means of prayer and the obstacles to be overcome.

This week at Holy Spirit we value excellence.  Excellence often refers to greatness, the very best.  Achieving excellence is a very difficult thing to do at times.  It is a quality that people really appreciate, because it is so hard to find.  Striving for excellence is trying to do our best at whatever task we set our minds to do.  At Holy Spirit, staff are always looking for ways to help students achieve excellence.  This week, during Catholic Education Week, we pray that our students draw upon their many skills and show excellence in a given area.

This week we celebrate Catholic Education Week.  Yesterday, our Term 3 Leaders attended the Catholic Education Week Mass at the Cathedral.  It was celebrated with schools from across the Diocese and presided by Bishop Tim. 

Bishop’s Appeal for Diocesan Ministries

The annual Bishop’s Appeal for Diocesan Ministries is now on and families have received an envelope to assist if possible.  This appeal directly assists the diocese operate vital ministries.  These include:  Chaplaincy services to prisons and hospitals, Promotion of Social Justice and Multicultural Ministry, Catholic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ministry, Ecumenical and Interfaith activities, Youth Ministry initiatives, Faith education and formation for Adults and liturgical training and Vocations awareness.  Please support this appeal to allow Bishop Tim to continue this great work in the Diocese.

A Message from St Vincent de Paul – National Homelessness Week

During National Homelessness week August 5 to 11, Vinnies volunteers are raising funds to support Townsville’s young people and families at risk of homelessness. Please visit the Vinnies display at Castletown outside Big W during the week and donate. We are hoping to raise $12,000 during the week.

Flyer available - https://drive.google.com/open?id=184tmxWrX6llpJSKrm0yIZXt5yRafMH_5

God bless.

Caroline Fuller

Well done to Mrs Church for organising our school's 'Golden Quilt' that is on display at Wes Barrett Park in Oonoonba as part of the Fringe Ephemera Exhibition. We are one of 10 school exhibits featured in the park. Well done to everyone who contributed to this project.

19-23 August, 2019

8:15am - 3:30pm

Monday - Friday in the Library

Congratulations to our students who performed in Peter Pan last Friday evening, what an impressive performance!

Thank you to our music teachers, Maureen Crimeen & Sue Laing who ensured our students had this opportunity. 

Events such as Mulkadee, performing with one thousand students in a packed Entertainment Centre can create lifetime memories.

Well done boys and girls- take a bow!

Once again, one of the P and F fundraisers is the 2019/20 Entertainment Book. This year, no hard copies will be sent home. Families are asked to use the following link to purchase a digital or hard copy of the Book. Books can still be collected from the school after you have purchased them online. The P and F thank everyone in advance for supporting this fundraiser.

Go to https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/27151x3

National Vocations Awareness Week

Today is the feast of St John Vianney, the patron of parish clergy.  Pray for your priests today in thanksgiving for their ministry and presence in your community.  Next Thursday is the feast of St Mary of the Cross McKillop, our first Australia saint.  Pray for the religious who do so much in pastoral care, education, health care and many other ministries.  Pray also that these saints may inspire many vocations to consecrated life and priesthood, especially from your community.

Bishop’s Appeal for Diocesan Ministries

The annual Bishop’s Appeal for Diocesan Ministries is now on. This appeal directly assists the diocese operate vital ministries. These include: Chaplaincy services to prisons and hospitals, Promotion of Social Justice and Multicultural Ministry, Catholic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ministry, Ecumenical and Interfaith activities, Youth Ministry initiatives, Faith education and formation for Adults and liturgical training and Vocations awareness.

Information envelopes are available in your parish now. Please support this appeal to allow Bishop Tim to continue this great work in the Diocese.

St Vincent de Paul – National Homelessness Week

During National Homelessness week August 5 to 11, Vinnies volunteers are raising funds to support Townsville’s young people and families at risk of homelessness. Please visit the Vinnies display at Castletown outside Big W during the week and donate. We are hoping to raise $12,000 during the week.

Catholic Education Week
Catholic Education Week will be celebrated across Queensland from 28 July – 3 August 2019. This annual event is held to promote the special ethos of Catholic schools and to highlight the great things that take place in Catholic schools every day.  The theme for this year’s celebrations is:  Many Voices. One Spirit.

Catholic education strives to make a difference in the lives of those in our schools and in the wider community by challenging young people to live out the message of Jesus and to reach their full potential as compassionate, contributing, life-giving members of society. There are 306 Catholic schools in Queensland and 30 schools in our Diocese that educate around 149,000 students and employ more than 20,000 teachers and staff, and most will celebrate Catholic Education Week in some way.

Happy Catholic Education Week

We are open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8am at Tuckshop.

Your support with donations of spreads (not nut based) would be appreciated.  Donations can be dropped off at Tuckshop.

Don’t miss this great community event!  DCO Out & About: Park Run North Shore

Where: Main St, North Shore (opp. Woolworths car park)

When: Saturday 17 August, 6.45am for a 7.00am start

To assist with catering, please RSVP by Wednesday 14 August

 Click here to RSVP. Please include number of adults and children attending

Coffee Connections  – Tide Café - Thursday 1 August – 10.30am – 12.00pm  

This is a self-funded activity. Attendees are responsible for the cost of purchasing their own food and drinks. Children are welcome.

 To ensure we book enough seats for everyone, please RSVP here

Partner Employment Assistance Program (PEAP)

Eligibility criteria, application forms and guidelines: http://www.defence.gov.au/DCO/Family/Partners/PEAP.asp

Have you signed up for these great events at Geckos?

 Saturday 10 August        One for the Boys: Fishing Trip     More Info

 Tuesday 13 August          Safe Food Handling                          Register here    

Geckos has a jam packed program of activities for everyone from single members to families. If you haven’t visited the Centre lately, head down and check out the great work happening there. From Boot Camps to Date Nights, there are some fantastic events planned. So you don’t miss out on any of their upcoming events, like “ Geckos Family Centre – North Queensland” on Facebook            

Holy Spirit Catholic School uses Flexischools ordering system.  To register, login or to place orders, please click this link:  

Flexischools

Natalie Arnel

(School Psychologist)

narnel4@hsstsv.catholic.edu.au

Parents, it is essential that you advise the office if your child is going to be absent. This can be done by emailing absent@hsstsv.catholic.edu.au or via the skoolbag app.