Welcome back to the 2022 school year.  It was lovely to see so many smiling faces on Monday as our families returned to school.  A special welcome to those families and students that are new to our school.  

In Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus delivers a sermon to a large crowd on a mount as they gathered beside the Sea of Galilee.  Jesus explained to the crowd that true happiness comes from trusting God and allowing his love to fill our lives.  We cannot help but share it with others and through giving and sharing, we make other people happy too.  We encourage our students to care for each other so all stay safe and happy, especially as we begin a new year. 

Our school focuses on a Holy Spirit Value each week and this week we commence the school year with the value of respect.  Having respect for someone means you think good things about who a person is or how he or she acts.  Respect also means that you accept somebody for who they are, even when they are different from you or you don’t agree with them.  We often use the value of respect in schools when we are speaking with children and how they treat others.  We reinforce that showing respect to someone means they act in a way that shows they care about their feelings and well-being.  This week we pray that our students show respect for others by thinking and acting in a way that shows others they care about their feelings and their well-being, not calling others names, treating each other with courtesy and caring about themselves.  What better way to begin the school year?

I hope you all have a lovely start to the school year.

God bless

Caroline Fuller