Over the next few weeks students will explore the fruit of Peace. Peace can be a state of tranquillity or quiet. Jesus said to his friends: Peace is what I leave with you; it is my own peace that I give you (John 14:27). The peace Jesus was talking about is not the absence of fighting, it is much more than that. Jesus lived in harmony with all the people he met and had a good relationship with everyone. The peace that Jesus gives us helps us to do the same. Peace helps us to live in harmony with our family and friends. Peace helps us to build good relationships. We pray that the Holy Spirit gives our students the fruit of peace to guide them in life and to be people of Harmony.

St Michael’s Vinnies Christmas Appeal

In November 2023, the St Michael’s Kaleen Vinnies Conference asked the school to show its support for the less well off in our community in a new way. The school responded most generously. The school as part of the parish community is once again in 2024 working with the St Michael’s Conference of the Society of St Vincent de Paul (Vinnies) to help those less fortunate in our community over Christmas and New Year. Next week teachers will be allocating to each of the children, an item for a class basket of food and festive items. These baskets will be distributed to our companions by our Vinnies Conference members before Christmas. The generosity of the school community, within the parish, demonstrates both a practical application of the values of the school and commemorates the gift of Jesus to the world by God the Father at Christmas. Please provide what you can to this appeal. We sincerely thank you on behalf of St Vincent de Paul and St Michael’s School for your support of this very needy and important service to our community.