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Term 2 Week 422nd May 2020OUR LADY OF GRACENEWSLETTERDiary 0617/0624/06JULY02/0703/07Sorry DaySchool Tours 5pmNational Reconciliation Week beginsSchool Tours 9:15amTerm 3 Receptions’ ParentInformation Night 5:30-7pmTerm 3 Receptions’ Transition visit9:15-10:30amP&F Pyjama Day-gold coin donationQueen’s Birthday Pupil HolidayP&F Meeting 7pmTerm 3 Receptions’ Transition visit9:15-11:30amDental Program beginsSchool Board 7pmTerm 3 Receptions’ Transition visit9:15am-2pmTerm 3 Receptions’ Transition visit9:15am-2:30pmLAST DAY OF TERM 2PUPIL FREE DAYPUPIL FREE DAYS 2020Term 3 4th SeptemberTerm 4 26th October11th DecemberDear ParentsThis week is national Volunteers Week. This special week iscelebrated annually and is dedicated to acknowledgingand publicly appreciating individuals who generously givetheir time and service for the good to help others with openhearts and minds.Our Lady of Grace flourishes with the invaluable work of ourvolunteers. Many of our parents, grandparents, extendedmembers of families and wider community enable OLOG toflourish. The generous gift of time by our amazing volunteerssupport learning, learning activities, coaching sport,supporting co curricular events, P & F, Spring Fair and somany activities that happen here at school. The act ofservice that our volunteers bring to the school communityhas such a lasting impact for our children. Our staff andchildren are ever so grateful to witness and experience thegiving of oneself for the good of others.During our current COVID restrictions we are certainlymissing the absence of our volunteers and we look forwardto restrictions easing so that we can reconnect andwelcome back our volunteers. Our children miss ourvolunteers, especially those who support our learningprograms and sport programs.Our Lady of Grace School38 Beadnall TerraceGLENGOWRIE SA 5044R-6 Co—Ed Catholic SchoolSCHOOL NUMBER : 8177 9100Absentee Line: 8177 9191Email: olog@olog.catholic.edu.auPrincipal: Josette CharlesAPRIM: Karla SparapaniGlenelg Catholic Parish SchoolParish Priest: Fr Anthony KainParish Associate: Orla WrightPhone: 8294 1888On behalf of Our Lady of Grace School I extend thanks andgratitude for our wonderful volunteers past and present. Wealso look forward to welcoming back our volunteers. Thankyou to the P & F who throughout the restrictions supportedour children with the Mother’s Day stall. Our P & F recentlymet to explore new ways of our planned events andactivities and in particular the Spring Fair. More informationwill be shared with the school community. The P & F areorganizing a student pyjama day for Friday 5th June. Goldcoin donation for pyjama day. A flyer will be sent out shortly.

From the Principal cont IGNITEWonderGrowThe COVID pandemic has created a strong impactacross people’s livelihoods and placed many peoplein financial stress. Our Lady of Grace School is here forour families and has reached out to a number offamilies. We are here for our families and for anyoneconsidering an excellent Catholic education at OurLady of Grace School for their child or children. In Term2 we offered full fee remission for families and manyfamilies have certainly appreciated this support. Somefamilies continued to work and they offered tocontinue to pay their school fees. We are very gratefulof these families.Next term we will have our Reception mid year intakeand we realise that school fees may still be an issue forour families. Luckily, the Director of Catholic Education,Dr Neil McGoran, has declared that children whocommence Reception in the mid year Receptionintake will not be charged fees for Term 3 and 4 in 2020.Any of our families who are experiencing ongoingfinancial difficulties are warmly invited to contact ourFinance Manager, Kerri Rowell. We are always here tohelp our families and never more than during theseunprecedented times of uncertainty and upheaval.PHYSICAL DISTANCING at DROP OFF AND PICK UPParents are reminded to maintain the 1.5 physicaldistance between themselves and other adults at alltimes including pick up and drop off.Agnes Street gate is for drive through drop off and pickup. Please use your family green signs at pick up fromAgnes Street Gate.Staff are on duty at the Agnes Street gate until 3:30pmso please consider staggering the drive through pick upto avoid a huge congestion at 3:10pm.Pedestrian gate on Beadnall Terrace is for parents whoare walking to pick up students.Staff will also open the rear gate on Agnes Street tosupport students on bikes.STUDENT SAFETY WALKING TO and FROM SCHOOLStudents and families are reminded to be wary ofapproaches from strangers, especially when they areunaccompanied or travelling to and from school. Ifthey are approached students should not respond andshould not accept offers of rides or gifts.From the Principal cont Students should seek the assistance of other nearbyadults if they feel unsafe and should report the eventto a trusted adult (parent or school staff member) assoon as possible.SAPOL advises that taking out a mobile phone andcalling police can deter the offender and theyrecommend the student making a formal report totheir closest police station.Peace and BlessingsJosette CharlesPrincipalFrom the APRIMWelcome to Archbishop PatPope Francis has appointed Bishop Patrick O’Regan,currently Bishop of the Diocese of Sale in Victoria, asthe 12th Archbishop of Adelaide.Bishop O’Regan was born in Bathurst in 1958 andeducated at St Joseph’s Primary School in Perthvilleand at St Stanislaus’ College Bathurst. He undertookseminary training at St Columba’s CollegeSpringwood and St Patrick’s College Manly, and wasordained a priest for the Diocese of Bathurst in 1983.He was appointed Bishop of Sale in December 2014,with his episcopal consecration in February 2015. Heholds a licentiate in sacred liturgy and sacramentaltheology from the Institut Catholique de Paris and is amember of the International Commission on English inthe Liturgy.His installation as the Archbishop of Adelaide will takeplace at St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral at 10:30am,Monday May 25th. Due to Covid-19 restrictions theinstallation ceremony and Mass will be live streamedvia the Archdiocesan website;www.adelaide.catholic.org.au and on YouTubeand Facebook. It will be replayed on Channel 44 thesame day at 5.30pm.We welcome Archbishop O’ Regan to Adelaide andwe look forward to welcoming him at OLOG in thenear future.Laudato Si WeekThis week we are celebrating Laudato Si Week.Laudato Si’ Week honours the fifth anniversary ofPope Francis’ encyclical on care for our commonhome. The theme of the week is “everything isconnected.”

From APRIM cont God BlessThis week launches a year-long journey ofKarla Sparapanitransformation,as we grow through the crisis of thecurrent moment by praying, reflecting, and preparingtogether for a better world to come tomorrow. We’llput our preparation into action during the Season ofCreation this September, when Pope Francis hasinvited Catholics to pray and act for our commonhome.In honour of Laudato Si Week and caring for thiscommon home I would like to share this clip by theMiriam Rose Foundation titled ‘Dadirri’. ManyAustralians understand that Aboriginal people havea special respect for Nature. The identity they havewith the land is sacred and unique. Aboriginalpeople have a very strong sense of community. Allpersons matter. All of us belong. All of our us have aresponsibility to care for our world and God’screation.The word ‘Dadirri’ means inner, deep listening andquiet, still awareness. It is a 'tuning in' experience withthe specific aim to come to a deeper understandingof the beauty of nature.Dadirri recognises the inner spirit that calls us toreflection and contemplation of the wonders of allGod's creation.Please watch link to connect and reflect on ourcommon home.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v tow2tR ezL8May Month of the RosaryFor Catholics, the month of May is traditionally themonth devoted to Mary, the mother of Jesus. Andperhaps the prayer most associated with Our Lady isthe Rosary.In the past, there were common symbols thatmarked out Catholics - the crucifix, the wearing ofscapulars, holy pictures, holy water, and in particularrosary beads.In recent times, the Popes have all commended thepraying of the Rosary.Here is a short letter of Pope Francis exhortingCatholics to pray the Rosary, either individually or ingroups. One of his prayers has been included below.To access the second prayer please use the en/letters/2020/documents/papafrancesco 20200425 lettera-mesedimaggio.htmlLETTER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCISTO THE FAITHFUL FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2020Dear Brothers and Sisters,The month of May is approaching, a time when thePeople of God express with particular intensity theirlove and devotion for the Blessed Virgin Mary.From APRIM cont It is traditional in this month to pray the Rosary at homewithin the family. The restrictions of the pandemichave made us come to appreciate all the more this“family” aspect, also from a spiritual point of view.For this reason, I want to encourage everyone torediscover the beauty of praying the Rosary at homein the month of May. This can be done either as agroup or individually; you can decide according toyour own situations, making the most of bothopportunities. The key to doing this is always simplicity,and it is easy also on the internet to find good modelsof prayers to follow.I am also providing two prayers to Our Lady that youcan recite at the end of the Rosary, and that I myselfwill pray in the month of May, in spiritual union with allof you. I include them with this letter so that they areavailable to everyone.Dear brothers and sisters, contemplating the face ofChrist with the heart of Mary our Mother will make useven more united as a spiritual family and will help usovercome this time of trial. I keep all of you in myprayers, especially those suffering most greatly, and Iask you, please, to pray for me. I thank you, and withgreat affection I send you my blessing.Rome, Saint John Lateran,Feast of Saint Mark the EvangelistPope Francis25AprilFirst Prayer to Our LadyO Mary,You shine continuously on our journeyas a sign of salvation and hope.We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick,who, at the foot of the cross,were united with Jesus’ suffering,and persevered in your faith.“Protectress of the Roman people”,you know our needs,and we know that you will provide,so that, as at Cana in Galilee,joy and celebration may returnafter this time of trial.Help us, Mother of Divine Love,to conform ourselves to the will of the Fatherand to do what Jesus tells us.For he took upon himself our suffering,and burdened himself with our sorrowsto bring us, through the cross,to the joy of the Resurrection.Amen.We fly to your protection,O Holy Mother of God;Do not despise our petitionsin our necessities,but deliver us alwaysfrom every danger,O Glorious and Blessed Virgin.God BlessKarla Sparapani2020