Dear Parents, Carers and Guardians,

This week the Gospel tells us Jesus reveals he will suffer, die and rise; but it seems the disciples were not even listening to their King, rather, too busy with the concern of which one of them is greater.

This is not a new role for disciples in terms of listening to their King. Throughout Mark, they are the ones who just don’t get it. The pattern is set early and often. Even in the face of the miracle feeding of the five thousand the disciples don’t get it. Jesus rebukes their lack of understanding several times, even though they make up Jesus’ most private inner circle, the disciples seem to be the last to know that Jesus is Messiah, even denying this knowledge at the end!

It’s not just that they don’t understand some piece of information. It’s that they don’t understand this specific teaching, at the very heart of the Incarnation. How is it possible for the Son of God to suffer and die? And why should it happen?

The question that the disciples are afraid to ask is the one that maybe we all are afraid to ask…Is it because we already know the answer and yet we do not want to hear it? Shouldn’t asking questions mean that we are able to access more information and keep ourselves informed? And if we do know the answer, why do we still want to ask it? What are the most common questions asked about Jesus I wonder? Is he real? How do we know? Do we have concrete evidence that Jesus walked the earth?

Would knowing this answer mean that more people would believe or would they simply ask more questions that will put doubt in others minds….

Welcome to our final newsletter for Term 3.

Once again, we have had an amazing school term filled with so many wonderful events.

These include, Father’s Day celebration, casual clothes Friday’s, R U Okay Day, Book Week parade and activities and we celebrated 100 years of our marvellous Foundation students. There have been excursions to Wetlands and Healesville Sanctuary. We have enjoyed popcorn Wednesdays, footy free dress day with hot pies, sausage rolls and a footy parade. Our Year 5s went off to Kryal Castle for the 3 days camp and our Year 6s enjoyed Inter-School sports on the Fridays this term.

In connection with our Parish community of St Patrick’s, we have celebrated the Blessing and Opening of the new Church and shared many masses with the Parishioners, in particular Catholic Education Week and the Feast of the Assumption.

I would like to once again thank my amazing staff for all their work they do in supporting our students. Thank you to the incredible families of St Patrick’s that helps create our wonderful community feel.

I wish all families a happy and safe 2 week break and hope that you are able to spend quality time with your families and be ready and rejuvenated for the final term of the school year.

Just a reminder that school finishes tomorrow at the usual time of 3.10pm and will resume on Monday the 7^{th of} October.

God Bless, 

Meg