Dear Families,

What a wonderful morning we had with Andrew Chinn last Friday. Thank you to the families who came along, it looked like everyone was enjoying themselves – I had sore cheeks from smiling watching all of the children joining in and singing along. Thank you to Mrs Szkwarek for organising this wonderful event, it was a fabulous end to another great week here at school.

Please remember that Friday is District Swimming for the children who have been chosen to participate. Parents are responsible for transporting and supervising their children at the event. Good luck to those participating!

In the Catholic Church, 2025 is a year of Jubilee. This means, it is a time of renewal in the church. On Friday and Saturday, many people in our Diocese gathered at the Diocesan Assembly to work together to build a new vision for our Diocese over the next 25 years. Lumen Christi was blessed to host mass for over 200 people on Friday evening with Bishop Greg saying the mass. Pope Francis has given us a Jubilee Prayer to prey together that as a Church we might be “Pilgrims of Hope” for the future.

The Jubilee Prayer

Father in heaven,

may the faith you have given us

in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother,

and the flame of charity enkindled

in our hearts by the Holy Spirit,

reawaken in us the blessed hope

for the coming of your Kingdom.

May your grace transform us

into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel.

May those seeds transform from within both humanity and the whole cosmos

in the sure expectation

of a new heaven and a new earth,

when, with the powers of Evil vanquished,

your glory will shine eternally.

May the grace of the Jubilee

reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope,

a yearning for the treasures of heaven.

May that same grace spread

the joy and peace of our Redeemer

throughout the earth.

To you our God, eternally blessed,

be glory and praise for ever.

Amen

Have a wonderful week ahead,

Sally