The Season of Creation is a month long prayerful observance that calls the planet's 2.2 billion Christians to pray and care for God's creation. It's a time to reflect on our relationship with the environment — not just "distant" nature, but, crucially, the place where we live — and the ways in which our lifestyles and decisions as a society can endanger both the natural world and those inhabiting it, both humans and other creatures.
The Season of Creation is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through celebration, conversion, and commitment together. During the Season of Creation, we join our sisters and brothers in the ecumenical family in prayer and action for our common home.
The Season of Creation is supported by a number of leading Christian organizations and churches: Orthodox Christians, Lutheran, Anglican, Uniting, World Council of Churches, Christian Aid, the Lutheran World Federation, the Anglican Communion Environmental Network, the Global Catholic Climate Movement and the Vatican's Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development.
The Season of Creation spans 34 days.
It begins Sept. 1, the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. It concludes Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology.
More recently, the Season of Creation has become a more ecumenical celebration among all Christians. And the past few years have seen it gain traction among Catholics. For that, you can point to Pope Francis in his 2015 encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home
As a community we will gather on Friday to launch the Season at our regular monthly mass. Children from across the school will lead us along with Fr. Michael. All members of our community their family and friends are always invited to join us for our masses.
BRIGHTON PARISH NEWSLETTER
Please follow this link to read the newsletter from out parish. It is full of important dates, reminder, useful advice, mass times etc. Please take some time to get to know our parish.
http://www.brightonparish.com.au/uploads/1/2/0/6/120622307/08-13-23_br_merged.pdf
Teresa Pascoe
Assistant Principal
(APRIM Assistant Principal Religious Identity and Mission)
BOOKWEEK
Once again we celebrated the joy of ‘BOOKS’ in a variety of ways across Book Week.
The parade launched the week with colour, cheering and smiles. We had a wide variety of costumes and many although simple were full of thought and smarts!
The week continued with activities around shared books, a ‘Where’s Wally’ treasure hunt and quiz, a whole school prayer service centred on the Bible and a thank you for ‘Words and Book’. We rounded the week off with a shared Buddy time with reading and recess on the courts.
Congratulations to everyone involved and thank you for your enthusiasm and participation.
LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP
A fun and free activity for the upcoming holidays would be to join the Library.
How do I Join the Library
To join, visit any Marion Library branch and speak to a member of staff. You will need to:
- Show personal identification with your photo & current address
- Bring along a parent or guardian if you are under 18 years of age.
- Agree to the Library's Conditions of Use Policy
If you join any SA Library you can then use your card anywhere in South Australia.
So if you are intending to travel within the state during the upcoming School Break, arm yourself with a library card and visit the local library. Books returned back to the Marion library will be returned to the Kadina, Streaky Bay, Renmark etc. Library for you. This could be just what you need if stuck in a tent or caravan with rainy weather.
Teresa Pascoe
Teacher/Librarian
The blossom is back and so are the +3 UV rays. We know the temperature and sunshine are not an indicator of UV Rays so we wear hats everyday from the 1st of September.
Congratulations to Lachlan from Year 2 for completing his 100th parkrun.
Parkrun is a free weekly 5km timed event where you can run, walk, jog or volunteer. It happens all over the world on a Saturday - Australia has 400 parkruns scattered around the country. Lachlan ran the whole way (5km) in 26min 28 secs, which was 1 second off his personal best. Lachlan's family participate every Saturday morning and Lachlan is a much loved member of the parkrun community at Christies Beach. He even did a parkrun in Singapore when his family visited last year.
Completing 100 parkruns is considered a milestone and those reaching a milestone are celebrated at every parkrun. Lachlan now has a parkrun milestone tshirt - the much-coveted black ‘100’ shirt. Well done Lachlan!
Congratulations to Matilda from Year 5 for her achievements on a recent trip to Sydney for diving.
She participated in 5 events.
- 10-12 years platform. Placed 6th.
- Team Synchro. Placed 2nd
- Springboard. Placed 4th
- Knockout. Placed 6th
- 10-12 year synchro. Placed 5th
Matilda received personal best for 4 dives. There was also an educational component. Children from all ages and all states were allocated teams (based on average age). They had to find their teammates, plan a dive list, and perform synchro with each team member. Matilda had to dive with much older divers that she had not met before. She helped out with some of the Medal Ceremonies and had a turn at doing commentary for the live stream. Well done Matilda!
Important Dates
CTK School Photos
Mass 9am
Father's Day Sausage Sizzle 3:10pm - 5pm
Assembly - Year 5/6
School Board
Disco
Last day of Term 3 - normal dismissal time
Pupil Free Day
First Day Term 4 2023
Christ the King School Concert
Pupil Free Day
CTK Calendar
CTK School Calendar can now be accessed through the Audiri App.
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