Justice and Service

“I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.” (John 10:10).

 We continue to reach out and help others to live life to the full as we try to be…

• JESUS’ FEET – walking with others in the spirit of JUSTICE
• JESUS’ HANDS – offering SERVICE to others

Catholic Mission Month – SOCKTOBER – ‘Sock it to Poverty’

The word SOCKTOBER represents the words ‘Soccer’, ‘Socks’, and ‘October’.

Soccer is the world’s most popular sport and is played in almost every country in the world. No other sport in the world has such metaphorical power to represent the bonds we can form with our brothers and sisters with whom we may share little else in common.

The Sockball

When Pope Francis was a boy in Argentina, he played soccer in the streets of Buenos Aires with his friends using a ball made of recycled materials like rags tied together with string. It is fitting that the iconic symbol of Socktober is a tattered, misshapen ball made of recycled material like socks, t-shirts and plastic bags, tied together with string. It represents what Socktober is all about.

Praying and working for justice with our HEADS, HEARTS, HANDS and FEET

As part of our St Mary’s Mission Day in week 7, the students will create their own SOCKBALLS, and in using them to play soccer, will have the same experience as the millions of other children from other cultures, past and present who have had to ‘make do’ with LESS. Experience leads to empathy, and empathy to action. As well as working for justice, we continue to pray each day in our school assemblies and classrooms for justice and peace around the world.

In preparation for SOCKTOBER Day, please collect and send in the following recycled materials:

• Old socks
• Bubble wrap
• Plastic bags
• Styrofoam
• Old T-shirts/light material clothing
• String or similar

Please clean out your cupboards and send items in for our hugely popular White Elephant Stall.