Fruits of the Holy Spirit – Joy

Over the next couple of weeks students will explore the fruit of Joy. Joy is known to most as a feeling of great happiness. Pope Francis shared in 2020, “that Joy is a grace and a gift of the Holy Spirit, not just positive emotions or feeling cheerful.”

Joy is the happiness we have because God is always with us. The Holy Spirit calls us and helps us to become more like Jesus. Our joy increases as we become closer to Jesus. We pray that the Holy Spirit gives our students the fruit of joy to guide them so that they choose joy and always share this gift with others.

St Michael’s Vinnies Christmas Appeal

Last week St Michael’s, as part of the Parish, began to show its support for the Vinnies Christmas Appeal. The appeal helps those less fortunate in our community over the Christmas and New Year period. Your donation will help provide support for these families facing food insecurity and struggling to put food on the table this time of year. Teachers have allocated each child an item for their class basket of food and festive items. Please make sure donations are sent in by Wednesday 4th December. The St Michael’s community is always very generous at this time of the year as they see greater needs beyond themselves. In advance, I would like to thank everyone on behalf of St Vincent de Paul and St Michael’s School for helping us collect these donations to support the needy in our community at this time. God Bless.