Dear Parents and Carers of Good Samaritan,

As we  enter the month of May, our Catholic tradition is to remember Mary - the mother of Jesus. Gerard Manley Hopkins, the great Jesuit poet, said in his poem, “The May Magnificat,” that the reason May is Mary’s month is that it is the season of growth. In Mary grew the vision that made her open to the Incarnation; in Mary grew the image of the strong and independent woman; in Mary grew the Christ who changed the lives of all of us. Mary is not a plaster statue. Mary is the woman whose commitment and courage saved the world from self-centeredness. 

“Mary, our mother,” is one of Mary’s most common titles. We cling to it all our lives. Why? Because “mothering,” the sense of being cared for and protected, supported, and understood, is the human being’s primal need.  “Mother’s Day” is the call to all of us to remember those—both women and men—who have “mothered” us in life and then be conscious of our call to mother those around us, as well.

This week at Good Samaritan we acknowledge all the mothers, grandmothers and mother-like figures in our lives. We give thanks for them and pray that they are enriched  by their lives with us as we are with them.

We look forward to celebrating our Mother’s Day morning tea tomorrow at 11am followed by Open Classrooms between 11:45am and 1pm.

As we journey together into May, with Jesus - the Son of Mary of Nazareth,

Toni Sillis

Principal