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SUNDAY GOSPEL REFLECTION: 

Gospel Reading: Second Sunday of ADVENT Year A
Matthew 3: 1-12 

John the Baptist appears in Judea preaching a message of repentance.

John's preaching of the coming of the Lord is a key theme of the Advent season. As John's message prepared the way for Jesus in the first century, we, too, are called to prepare ourselves for Jesus' coming. We respond to John's message by making changes to our lives ensuring we respond with love and forgiveness.

As we prepare for the Christmas season and the celebration of Jesus' birth may we all be generous in our giving and thoughtfulness towards others.

St Vincent de Paul Christmas Hampers

Each Monday we will celebrate an Advent Liturgy to reflect on the significance of Advent as a time of preparation for Christmas. During these liturgies, the children will be reminded of the importance of being generous and giving to the poor and needy in our community. This year you may like to donate items to place in the school Christmas hamper that will be given to our local St Vincent de Paul Society. Donations of non-perishable food such as pasta, rice, popcorn, canned food, and Christmas treats such as Christmas cake and puddings may be left with Mrs Feros at the school Office.

School Leadership Thank You Afternoon -Tuesday 6th December 2:15 pm

On Tuesday afternoon the School Leaders - that is the School Captains, Vice Captains, Events Management Team, Sports Captains, Mini Vinnies Leaders, and all of the Student Representative Council will participate in a retreat experience to celebrate and reflect upon their roles as student leaders of our school community. Jesus taught us that it is always important to be thankful and we are very appreciative of the efforts of our student leaders this year.

Diocesan WILDFIRE MISSION TEAM VISIT

We look forward to the Diocesan Wildfire Mission Team's visit on Wednesday 7th December. They will spend time with each class faith-sharing with music, dance, prayer, and fun activities. A whole school Liturgy and prayer celebration at 2:15 pm will conclude the day. Parents are Welcome.

St Joseph's Woodburn - SPIRIT OF JESUS AWARD

Peter Mitchell who wrote the"Making Jesus Real" books spoke to our students about the Spirit of Jesus and how we can be living disciples of Jesus. He explained that "spirit" can sometimes be a difficult word to understand but the spirit of Jesus is something that we can feel in our hearts and see through other people.

If we have the spirit of Jesus in our hearts, then we are kind, compassionate, welcoming, cheerful, friendly, encouraging, giving, forgiving thankful, and respectful

Our SPIRIT OF JESUS award recipients this week are Amahli Harford and Brooke Cameron.