Yesterday, the students in Foundation and Grade 1 celebrated the feast day of St Mary MacKillop. On this day we remember that Mary was a person of action who loved the underprivileged and worked hard to care for them in any way she could. St Mary MacKillop inspires us to open our eyes, ears, hearts and minds to the needs of others.

We pray in thanksgiving for the life of Mary MacKillop and for her influence on our lives. We pray that we may have the respect for the marginalised and abandoned that Mary MacKillop showed in her life.

Loving God, we ask you to hear our prayers and the hopes held in our hearts. We ask this in the name of Jesus, friend of the marginalised, and of the Holy Spirit who draws us together as one. 

Amen