Ministry News
On Friday, 13th June the Year 9 and 10 Ministry classes attended Mass at St Mary’s, celebrating the Jubilee Year - Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee Boat. 
On 24th December 2024, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica, commencing the new Jubilee Year. The theme for this Jubilee Year is Pilgrims of Hope. Our Diocese has been involved in planning for this event, and Newman Senior Technical College has developed a travelling symbol. They constructed a boat that symbolically represents the rivers, waterways and oceans in which many of our parishes exist, aligning with the international symbol.
As we gathered as a community with our parishioners, students from Years 9 and 10 read at Mass, sharing in the Jubilee prayer and placing our school logo on the boat as it continues to travel north through our Docese.
On Tuesday, 17th June, the Year 10 Ministry class travelled over to St Mary’s Primary School to help support the delivery of a student discipleship programme called Accendere.
Accendere means to ‘switch on’, to catch fire, spark the flame. Through the support of the Year 10 ministry class, Year 4 at St Mary’s Primary School learned about celebrating friendship and showing love through how you treat others. This was demonstrated through different activities led by the Year 10 students. There was a clear message on the importance of including and accepting everyone, just like Jesus did. This can be achieved through sharing a toy, ensuring no one is left out, being kind and helpful, even if it’s in small ways. Small acts play a significant role in creating a better world. They learnt that “Kindness is doing what you can, where you are, with what you have”.
Scripture theme of the day: ‘And now I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. If you have love for one another, then everyone will know that you are my disciples.’ John 13: 34-35
Year 10 did an excellent job of leading and encouraging the younger students. Their efforts are appreciated, and their contributions go a long way.
A big thank you to Mrs Katrina Don and Jacob Somers for taking the Year 10s over and supporting them.
Chelsea Brown
Year 10 Ministry teacher