St Joseph’s Catholic School, Fairfield PO Box 957, Hamilton Phone: (07) 855-5434 Email: [email protected]Website: www.stjosephs.school.nz NEWSLETTER # 10 13 th June 2017 THE MOST HOLY TRINITY: Year A The love of God for the world – his love for us – is at the heart of these beautiful words spoken by Jesus to Nicodemus. The nature of that love is explained twice, as if Jesus was speaking to two different groups of people. The first four lines speak to believers, offering them the opportunity to reflect upon the basis for their belief - “God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son…”. The next three lines speak to those who are conscious of themselves as sinners, or those who are finding believing difficult – “For God sent his Son into the world not to condemn the world…” . Jesus speaks to both groups who would have been present in the crowd, those who were already believers and “in love” with God, and those who felt that their wrongdoing was a barrier to being loved by God. But Jesus addresses his words to one person, Nicodemus. At different times during his lifetime Nicodemus was likely to identify with both groups of people. We are the same – during periods of our lives we are firm in belief and our awareness of the love of God; at other times we are weighed down by our sense of our own failure, and feel that God is distant. We condemn ourselves, perhaps even projecting our self-condemnation onto God as if it was his condemnation. Jesus did not come to condemn but to save… Our understanding of this truth can be deepened enormously by taking it as a personal guideline in our dealings with others. It is so easy to condemn others, and we can be tempted to do it when we are having difficulty living with our own sense of worthlessness and low self-esteem. When we feel the urge to condemn others, our mindset can be radically changed by seeking instead to help the other person. This can be as simple as defending a person we know, or whole groups of people we don’t know, when others are condemning them. Jesus does not condemn us. When we refuse to condemn others we are following him. These actions deliberately chosen can have an effect not just on others, but on us as well, helping to free us from self-condemnation. It is the Holy Spirit who enables us to follow the Son whom the Father sent. God continues to love the world, and each one of us individually. E ngã mãtua, tena Koutou, Talofa Principals Piece: Dear Parents/Caregivers, Our sincerest condolences to the Toni family for the loss of Geoff. We ask that you keep the Toni family and all other families in our community suffering from a loss in our prayers. Thank you to our wonderful school community for the love, support and generosity you have shown and will continue to show. Mid-Year reports come out this term for Yrs 4-8. We are also slowly moving away from anniversary reporting for Yr 0-3 children. We will keep you up to date with this information. National Standards provide an aspirational benchmark for children. We have developed a curriculum graph with reports to inform you of where your child is at in the national curriculum levels and what their next steps are to continue their progress. The graph for the report is not designed to go up all the time, as a curriculum level takes at least two years to cover. So please do not be alarmed if this is the case with your child. After the reports come out we invite you to make an appointment with your child's teacher if you so wish. Teachers will also follow up with families if needed. After 18 months of trial and error with school uniform providers, we now have some samples of the proposed new uniform in the office. We have worked alongside the children to get their opinions, and
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St Joseph’s Catholic School, Fairfield
PO Box 957, Hamilton Phone: (07) 855-5434 Email: [email protected] Website: www.stjosephs.school.nz
NEWSLETTER # 10 13th June 2017
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY: Year A The love of God for the world – his love for us – is at the heart of these beautiful words spoken by Jesus to Nicodemus. The nature of that love is explained twice, as if Jesus was speaking to two different groups of people. The first four lines speak to believers, offering them the opportunity to reflect upon the basis for their belief - “God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son…”. The next three lines speak to those who are conscious of themselves as sinners, or those who are finding believing difficult – “For God sent his Son into the world not to condemn the world…” . Jesus speaks to both groups who would have been present in the crowd, those who were already believers and “in love” with God, and those who felt that their wrongdoing was a barrier to being loved by God. But Jesus addresses his words to one person, Nicodemus. At different times during his lifetime Nicodemus was likely to identify with both groups of people. We are the same – during periods of our lives we are firm in belief and our awareness of the love of God; at other times we are weighed down by our sense of our own failure, and feel that God is distant. We condemn ourselves, perhaps even projecting our self-condemnation onto God as if it was his condemnation. Jesus did not come to condemn but to save… Our understanding of this truth can be deepened enormously by taking it as a personal guideline in our dealings with others. It is so easy to condemn others, and we can be tempted to do it when we are having difficulty living with our own sense of worthlessness and low self-esteem. When we feel the urge to condemn others, our mindset can be radically changed by seeking instead to help the other person. This can be as simple as defending a person we know, or whole groups of people we don’t know, when others are condemning them. Jesus does not condemn us. When we refuse to condemn others we are following him. These actions deliberately chosen can have an effect not just on others, but on us as well, helping to free us from self-condemnation. It is the Holy Spirit who enables us to follow the Son whom the Father sent. God continues to love the world, and each one of us individually.
E ngã mãtua, tena Koutou, Talofa
Principals Piece:
Dear Parents/Caregivers,
Our sincerest condolences to the Toni family for the loss of Geoff. We ask that you keep the Toni
family and all other families in our community suffering from a loss in our prayers. Thank you to our
wonderful school community for the love, support and generosity you have shown and will continue
to show.
Mid-Year reports come out this term for Yrs 4-8. We are also slowly moving away from anniversary
reporting for Yr 0-3 children. We will keep you up to date with this information. National Standards
provide an aspirational benchmark for children. We have developed a curriculum graph with reports
to inform you of where your child is at in the national curriculum levels and what their next steps are
to continue their progress. The graph for the report is not designed to go up all the time, as a
curriculum level takes at least two years to cover. So please do not be alarmed if this is the case with
your child. After the reports come out we invite you to make an appointment with your child's teacher
if you so wish. Teachers will also follow up with families if needed.
After 18 months of trial and error with school uniform providers, we now have some samples of the
proposed new uniform in the office. We have worked alongside the children to get their opinions, and