R.E News

Congratulations

Congratulations to former O’Connor student Rianna Feenstra who was awarded the Outstanding Young Entrepreneur in the New England North West Regional Business Awards for the business she has set up creating a variety of products from alpaca fleece. 

Youth Mass

Youth Mass was held in the Ursuline Chapel last Sunday, a big thank you to Nick Troon and a small section of the Beatitudes, who provided the music after a full day of rehearsal for Mary Poppins.

Thank you also to Ruth Toakley, Sam Bible, Ellen Hawthorne, Emily Meehan, Lara Walters & Henry Moore who helped out with welcoming parishioners, reading, offertory procession & money collections.

The next Youth Mass will be on Sunday 1st December in the Cathedral. All College students leaders for 2020 + the newly appointed Lasallian. Youth Leaders will be commissioned at this Mass.

Mission Week

 Week 5 is Mission Week when we raise money for Catholic Missions. Lots of organisation is going on behind the scenes. Our Spring Fair will take place every Break A during the week. Each Year has been allocated a day.

 (Year 10 - Monday, Year 11- Tuesday, Year 9 - Wednesday, Year 8 -Thursday & Year 7 - Friday)

For the junior school each PAC class  is organising a stall from “Pin the heels on Ms Menz” - Chocolate dig -sausage sizzles. Year 11 are organising their stalls in Houses and each house has 3 - 4 activities planned.  Issac Selvey is also organising a House Handball competition which will take place each day during Break B.

Micah’s Confirmation Report 

By The OCC LYM’s 

Eliza Clark, Brydie Hawthorne and Isaac Selvey

On October 30 we, the LYM’s Eliza, Brydie and Isaac made the pilgrimage to Auckland, New Zealand to visit and celebrate the initiation into the Catholic Church of our friend Micah Scholes-Robertson a former student and school captain of O’Connor. 

Micah has been volunteering at De La Salle College Mangere for the past 10 months as an LV in the Lasallian Volunteer Program. On the 31st of October Micah was confirmed into the faith and received the sacrament of Holy Communion while he had the privilege of speaking the first reading and leading the other candidates in the proclamation of faith. 

We as a team feel fortunate to help him celebrate this occasion, witness his successes as a volunteer at De La Salle Mangere and experience the strength of the Lasallian community in action. We were fortunate to visit the Brothers' community and school where Micah has lived and worked and are grateful for the opportunity and experience. 

Year 7

This week Year 7.3 have created raps as part of the unit they are studying on “Stewards of Creation”

Brooke and Riley’s Rap.

Rap by Charlotte,  Paige & Aailyah

Before Earth the world was a mystery, 

then God came along and made history. 

He made the Earth, night and day, before too long it was nature’s way. 

Afterwards the animals came to play, but sadly they were killed day by day.

Then we came along and ruined nature’s way.