Religion

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2019

2019 First Holy Communion Date has been set for our Catholic students in Year 3 for Sunday 23rd June.

CONFIRMATION 2019

2019 Confirmation Date has been set for our Catholic Year 5 & 6 students, 18th August at 10am, St Patrick's Church Walcha.

Twilight Prayer

All Parents & Friends are invited to join the Staff for a Twilight Prayer on March 14th in the school Library at 3:30pm. The Twilight Prayer will be run by the Armidale Diocesan Spirituality Team.

WHOLE SCHOOL MASS 22nd March

On Friday 22nd March, 11:30am  Year 1 & 2 will lead the school at Mass. The children will lead the prayers and take up the Offertory.  All Parents & Friends are invited to join the school for Mass. 

CATHOLIC VALUES AND PRINCIPLES – The Common Good

In our school the students are learning to articulate the principle of ‘The Common Good.’ Put simply, the common good is reached when we work together to improve the wellbeing of people in our society and the wider world. Catholics believe that the rights of the individual to personal possessions and community resources must be balanced with the needs of the disadvantaged and dispossessed.

During this time of Lent, this principle is particularly pertinent. Our school’s Project Compassion donations help enable Caritas Australia give priority to development programs which involve collaboration with all relevant sectors of the community to promote the common good.

As Jules Jenkins told me this morning, “You don’t help poor people to be a big deal, so that everybody notices you. You do it because it’s the right thing to do.”

ST PATRICK'S DAY - GREEN DAY

We will be celebrating St Patrick's Day on Friday the 15th March!

Our annual ‘Green Day’ will be held on Friday 15th. This will be a day where children wear ‘green mufti clothes’ and bring along a gold coin donation to put towards our fundraising efforts for CARITAS Australia. 

We would also like to have a GREEN MORNING TEA -  could all children please bring in something green to share for morning tea !

Year 1/2 MASS Invitation 

Friday 22/3 at 11.30am

All parents are specially invited to attend  next week's Mass for Yr 1/2.  The Yr 2 students will be leading the Prayers  and taking up the Offertory at this Mass.

Mrs Flanagan