Our Catholic Community
St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal
Our Mini Vinnies and Secondary Vinnies Chapters teamed up to support the St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal. Students from K-10 wore blue and white to school and during morning tea taped teachers to a pole. Mrs Jagers was a last minute addition to the teachers whose names were randomly selected during Monday morning assembly. The 'fun'-draiser raised close to $1000 for our local SVDP chapter. Thank you to all staff, students and the school community who were integral in the success of the day.
Some students braved the cold conditions and 'slept out' to raise awareness for SVDP and their winter appeal, mirroring the CEO winter sleepout Vinnies coordinates.
#philliesvinnies2018wintersleepout
Thank you all for the generous support to get behind our school community.
St Vincet de Paul Representatives
Mini Vinnies and Secondary Vinnies student representatives were presented with their badges by Moree Vinnies Chapter President, Colleen Nash, on Monday 24th June.
Thank you to our representatives for their hard work and being instrumental in getting our Winter Appeal up and running, also volunteering their time to help with the taping.
Next, St Philomena's Vinnies will be coordinating a 'dignity' bag which we will give to the Moree shop to give to those who may need some essentials, like deoderant and a toothbrush.
Ignite Youth Conference
Thursday 27 - Sunday 30 September 2018
Brisbane, Australia
Ignite Conference 2018: “Empty” 27-30 September 2018 Mueller Performing Arts Centre, Rothwell (Redcliffe, Brisbane) The Ignite Conference is a national contemporary Catholic youth conference held annually in Brisbane. Join with 1500 young people, ministry leaders, teachers, parents, priests and religious. The conference includes live bands and some of Australia's leading Catholic speakers with sessions on topics such as leadership, justice, mission, culture and prayer.
Keynote speakers include Fr Rob Galea, Ben Woodman (Youth Alpha CAN), Gary and Natasha Pinto, Brendan Malone (NZ), Ellen Hales and Patrick Keady. Teams from Ignite Youth, ACU, NET Ministries, and more, plus music led by Emmanuelworship will be featured.
Participation in the Ignite Conference is independent of the school (this school does not register or accompany students). If you or your child would like further information, contact the Ignite Youth office on 07 3217 5199, email info@igniteconference.com.au. Full information, videos and registration online at www.igniteconference.com.au.
Prayer for NAIDOC Sunday
a prayer for healing...
God of Mercy and Compassion,
Our hearts too, are heavy with the pain of our people.
We are sorry.
Hopelessness and despair of life has caused much hurt and anger.
They have lost their way.
We ask you to touch the hearts of our broken people.
Mend their paths and walk with them.
May they feel the Spirit of our Ancestors.
May the Spirit of our Ancestors strengthen and guide us,
On our journey back to the light of hope,
And the love of life in Christ
Amen.