Religious Education with Mrs. Rachael Croker
A warm welcome to St Mary’s School for 2025 to all parents, students and staff. A special welcome to our new Kindies and new families.
Jesus always welcomed EVERYONE without exception. “When the crowds learned it, they followed him, and he welcomed them and spoke to them ...” (Luke 9:11). With Jesus as our example, we should never be shy about welcoming others, whether it’s welcoming friends into our home, visitors into our school and parish, or saying hello to a stranger.
OUR SCHOOL VISION, MOTTO, MISSION and VALUES
Our School Vision, Motto, mission and values remind us to always reach out to each other and to others with a warm, welcoming and loving heart.
Our Vision:
Jesus Christ calls us as an inclusive community to
live our faith,
engage in quality learning
and enrich our world for the future.
Our Motto: TOGETHER AS ONE in TRUTH AND KNOWLEDGE encourages us to work together for the good of all
Our Mission is to be…
- Jesus’ hands - offering SERVICE to others
- Jesus’ eyes - seeing the needs of others with COMPASSION
- Jesus’ heart - sharing RESPECT for everyone
- Jesus’ feet - walking the road of JUSTICE
- Jesus’ mind - persevering and striving for EXCELLENCE
Our St Mary’s School Value for Term 1 is RESPECT
What does the word RESPECT mean? The dictionary says…
…to take 
notice of; to regard with honour and special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed.
As Christians, we are called by Christ to respect ourselves and each other. There are some people we may not like or get along with, be envious of or even angry with. But God calls us to show them respect nonetheless, and this is why…
-every person is made in the image of God. Every person is the clearest reflection of God among us. Every life belongs to God and so every life is holy and sacred.
- To see another human being is to see Christ, therefore to disregard, disrespect or attack another human being is to attack God’s very self.
Jesus Himself said: “Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers, you do unto me!”
Therefore we should not treat everyone with respect as if they were like Jesus. We should treat everyone with respect because they are Jesus.
Welcome Fr. Dominic
We extend a very warm welcome to Fr. Dominic who is our new Parish Priest. Fr. joins us from West Wyalong and has been to St Mary’s Church a few times for various celebrations over the years.
There will be a Parish morning tea to welcome Fr. Dominic to St Mary’s Parish on Sunday 9th February straight after Mass. We would love to see many of our families there.