In Matthew's Gospel this coming Sunday, Simon (Peter) believed that Jesus was the Son of God. He had great faith and was willing to put that faith into words but also into actions. Because of Peter's great faith, Jesus gave him the keys to the kingdom of Heaven. As a disciple, Peter spent his time sharing Jesus' message with other people. He opened their hearts to God's love, just like a key opens a door. We can open our hearts by taking some time to stop and listen, to pray and to try to hear what Jesus is asking us to do. We can show our faith in our prayers and in our actions. We can try to follow Jesus' commandments to love God and to love our neighbour. We can be kind and generous to others and we can try to make the world a fairer place where all people get what they need. This week, let's try to be more loving, more forgiving and more generous to others. Let us try to bring hope to others. And let's try to open our hearts to welcome Jesus in.

On Monday morning at 10am, Archbishop Bernard will celebrate a live streaming of the Good Shepherd Mass at St. Chad's Catherdral for those in school and also those learning from home. Dan and Emily from One Life Music will be supporting this Mass who have been leading weekly Collective Worship for children across the Diocese during the lock down.  At the end of Mass there will be a short video which will talk about the work of Father Hudson's Care during the Covid-19 pandemic across the 17 services which they offer. Please join us as we celebrate and give thanks for the work of Fr. Hudson's and the generous fundraising by Diocesan schools for so many years.

We now have new stocks of uniform please place your orders via ParentPay. If you have not activated your ParentPay account email the school office at info@st-jo-st.dudley.sch.uk for Username and Password

The weekly edition of the Wednesday Word can be accessed through a link on the school website.  This can be found within the 'Children's Area' under the 'Our Community' tab from the school landing page. The link will be refreshed on a weekly basis.  Please share with your child the Gospel reading on Sunday and the key discussion points that accompany the newsletter.  

At the Birmingham Diocesan Education webiste there is a webpage containing links to Prayer and Learning Resources for both home and school. This includes the CAFOD Virtual Sunday Children's Liturgy and a child's prayer for Spiritual Communion. More resources will be added as they become available. https://www.bdes.org.uk/des-support-for-schools-through-the-coronavirus-outbreak.html

Living God, help us to live with love, faith, generosity, fairness and hope, so that our hearts may be open to you and to all people in need. We ask this through Christ, our Lord, Amen.

Pupils at St. Joseph's are growing to be Learned, finding God in all things; and wise in the ways they use their learning for the common good.

The Way of the Heart: We pray that all those who suffer may find their way in life, allowing themselves to be touched by the Heart of Jesus.