Dear Parents and Care-givers, 

I trust that you and your family have had a joy-filled break from school and hope you have taken some time to reflect on the gift of the Risen Christ. 

The resurrection of Jesus offers us on-going hope, and possibilities for transformation. Every day we have an opportunity to begin again, to grow in kindness, and to live with love and joy. Let’s seize the moments we’re given! 

He is Risen! Alleluia! Alleluia! 

What is Easter All About? 

Easter designates the transformation of the Jesus who rises from the dead in Jerusalem to the Jesus who rises, if we allow it, in us. The Resurrection of Jesus is about coming to grips with the transformed and transforming presence of Christ then, now, and always. Once that happens, life is never again the same. Life begins anew. 

To say, “I believe in Jesus Christ…who rose from the dead,” then, is to say I believe that the Resurrection goes on and on and on forever. Every time Jesus rises in our own hearts in new ways, the Resurrection happens again. Every time we see Jesus where we did not recognize him before—in the faces of the poor, in the love of the unloved, in the revelatory moments of life, Jesus rises anew. But that is not all. The real proof of the Resurrection lies not in the transformation of Jesus alone but in the transformation awaiting us who accept it. 

To say, “I believe in Jesus Christ…who rose from the dead” is to say something about myself at the same time. It says that I myself am ready to be transformed. Once the Christ-life rises in me, I rise to new life as well. “Christ is risen; we are risen,” we sing at Easter. But it has a great deal more to do with life than with death. If I know that Jesus has been transformed, then I am transformed myself and, as a result, everything around me. Transformation is never a private affair. But it is always a decisive one. 

Until we find ourselves with new hearts, more penetrating insights, fewer compulsions, less need for the transient, greater awareness of the spiritual pulse of life, Resurrection has not really happened for us. Resurrection is about transfiguration. 

—from In Search of Belief by Joan Chittister (Liguori). 

Social Action for Justice:  Project Compassion – Caritas Australia 

Our school community has been extremely generous in working together to support Caritas Australia through our Project compassion fundraising campaign.   The funds from this project go directly to providing life-changing support to communities facing poverty, food insecurity, lack of education, and water shortages, while building resilience against future challenges.  Together through faith and action, we are bringing hope and opportunity to those most in need.   

We’re pleased to announce that this year we have raised the following funds: 

This makes a grand total of $2,467.95!!  What an amazing, generous community!  Thank you for your support and we look forward to getting this money to Caritas Australia as soon as possible.  Our faith calls us to move beyond words and take meaningful action and this support is certainly putting our faith into action. 

As Easter people we pray… 

Risen Lord, 

fill our hearts 

with your Easter joy. 

May the light of your new life 

shine forth from us,  

so that we may fill the world 

with the good news  

of your resurrection.  

Dying you destroyed our death, 

rising you restored our life. 

Amen 

(The Folly of God – Rina Risitano, fsp)