St Joseph's Day

Today, we celebrated the patron saint of our community- St Jospeph. Joseph- the husband of Mary and the father of Jesus. God called Joseph, a simple carpenter to care for and protect Jesus. With great faith and trust, he accepted God's call. Joseph was a good man who love and trusted God and listened to God's message. He showed great courage and strength to follow God's way. We seek to be more like Joseph and trust God to protect us. 

We began our day with a whole school Mass. We thank Fr Siby for leading our Mass and our students for participating fully in the Mass. Each class continued their celebrations with buddy activities across the school. All students were involved in fun activities to mark the day. 

Cowboys Day

We marked the first home game of the Cowboys 2021 season with a day to wear our favourite Cowboy gear. Even our icy cups were the colours of the Cowboys! All monies raised will go towards Project Compassion. 

Project Compassion Buskers

Thanks to Mr and Mrs Bennett and our Year 6 students for the wonderful and exciting start to our Thursday this week. This group sought to BE MORE by singing for our school and providing entertainment. 

Parish Sacramental Journey

This Sunday, our students who have been preparing for the Sacraments of Initiation will make their sacraments of Confirmation and First Eucharist. Bishop Tim will be joining the St Joseph's Parish to celebrate this exciting day. Please keep these students and their families in your prayers as they become participating members of the parish. 

Hope all have a wonderful week,

Trina

Interschool Swimming Carnival 2021

Congratulations on another outstanding performance by our St. Joseph’s Putney Interschool Swimming Team who competed in the A Schools Carnival at Long Tan Pool on Wednesday. We managed to continue our outstanding run from last year, again winning the Second Aggregate Trophy. The Cathedral School were the winners with 300 points, St. Joeys - The Strand narrowly behind with 284 points and Townsville Grammar in third place with 238 points. Our staff representatives Miss Lisa, Mr. Meekin and Miss Kathy were delighted with the team spirit and behaviour of our squad. Our Year 6 leaders did an outstanding job in leading the war cries. A sincere thanks to parents who managed to get their children to the pool for the early starts and our dedicated staff for their support with training. Children who placed in Division 1 events will receive their Townsville Primary School certificates next week. Bring on 2022!

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