Dear Parents and Carers,

During this unprecedented time of our world coping with the COVID19 pandemic let us remember to pray for each other and our world.  Please be assured St Thomas More Catholic School is communicating with you as soon as new information is made available to us. As you know our school and all schools have moved to online learning.   Thank you to parents who are supporting their children and our school by accessing this learning. Thank you to our wonderful and devoted staff who are working hard in providing and organising learning to be accessed remotely.  If you have any questions or concerns about the learning please contact your class teacher and/or the school office.

You are reminded that Catholic Education Diocese of Wollongong provides regular updates through the following link.   https://www.dow.catholic.edu.au/about-us/general-news/covid-19-information-centre/

We understand that there is a lot of information being sent to you and encourage you to read it all.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact the school where we will try and assist you. There are some questions that we do not have the answers to as yet but we will try our best to help you.  Please check Compass and emails daily.

Heavenly Father, we thank you for the gift of good health and peace that we have enjoyed for so many years. As we find ourselves in this time of crisis today, we ask for your divine intervention and mercy to be upon each of us.

Come and guide the minds of those working to discover a treatment to the COVID-19 virus. Grant them wisdom, knowledge, and clarity of mind, so that all peoples will be free from the threat of this ailment.

We also pray for the healthcare workers that are standing in the front line of this battle. Father, we thank you for their hearts of service, putting the needs of society before their own, generously responding to the cry of Your people. We ask that You will grant them strength and protection. As they give of themselves in selfless service, may You fill them with your Holy Spirit as they work to be Your healing hands and feet!

Father, we also surrender to You all those who have been afflicted with the virus. Grant them Your healing grace, merciful Father, so that they may recover swiftly and continue to be witnesses of Your love in their lives.

Mother Mary, we ask for your intercession in this great time of need. Cover each of us with your blue mantle of protection, so that we may be preserved in good health to continue to glorify your son, Jesus Christ. We make this prayer through Christ, our Saviour and Redeemer.

Amen.