by NZ CATHOLIC staff
Room 5 children at St Joseph’s School in Grey Lynn raised $380 for Missionz before Christmas.
Missionz is the Pontifical Mission Society of New Zealand.
Under the eye of teacher Lydia Victor, the students’ work has allowed others to grow, and they have proved themselves Fit for the Missionz.
Room 5 children at St Joseph’s School in Grey Lynn, who raised money for the missions before Christmas, with Fr Andrew Matthew and teacher Lydia Victor.
The director of the Auckland branch, Fr Andrew Matthew, received their cheque at school prizegiving. In return, he rewarded classroom 5 with a statue from Rome, a Pieta for their classroom prayer corner.
The Missionz ethos is prayer for the missions, and work for the missions.
Fr Matthew said he was reminded of the power of classroom prayer by an elderly Union minister who went to a Catholic school. The minister remembered his school days as a place of peace and spiritual formation through prayer at the school and that remains a deep memory for him today.
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