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First Eucharist
Confirmation
Feast of Corpus Christi
Vinnies Winter Appeal
Pilgrim Image of Mary
School Masses
Community Masses 2025

First Eucharist

At our next Community Mass, on this Sunday 15th May, the second group of students will celebrate their First Eucharist. We ask students and their families to arrive 15 minutes before the start of Mass to prepare and find their seats. We also request any students in the school choir to arrive 15-20 minutes early to put on a choir top and practise.

We invite everyone from our community to join us for this celebration and pray for our First Communicants, that this will be a truly blessed moment for them.

SUNDAY 15th JUNE
Amy L	Caleb O	Eugenia L	Francesca G	Isaac G
Janelle	Jeicob DT	Jhene	Kacper S	Lucas U
Toby R	Romeo L	Kgosi M

Confirmation

The children below have indicated that they would like to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. If your child’s name is not on the list below and you believe it should be, please contact me as soon as possible. To receive the Sacrament of Eucharist, children must be baptised Catholic or have been welcomed into the Catholic Church, and celebrated First Reconciliation and First Eucharist.

Ager M	Aki C	Amelia R	Antonio P	April M
Aubriana M	Bentley B	Caelan J	Cassandra L	Cienna P
Daniel D	Diya T	Francesca V	Fredrik V	Giovanni F-M
Hudson B	Imogen C	Isabelle F	Isabelle P	Jason J
Jesse B-T	Joanna T	Jody M	Kivain P	Miley H
Patrick Z	Rohan S	Rohan V	Romeo A	Seth B
Shenarie S	Vinisha B	Xarvell U	Zara D

One way that we ask you to begin preparing your child for their Confirmation is to discuss with them who they might like their sponsor to be, and also which Saint they are thinking of choosing as their Confirmation Saint and why? They are learning about Confirmation and Saints in RE lessons also.

Dates to remember for those celebrating Confirmation:

Event	Who	When and Where
Community Mass	Students and Families	Sunday 15th June, 10am, OLSC Hall
Spirituality Day with Reconciliation	Students	Tues. 5th August, OLSC
Family Sacramental Session	Students and Families	Tues. 5th August, 6:30pm, OLSC Hall
Sacrament of Confirmation	Students and Families	Sunday 17th August, 10am, OLSC Hall

Below is a copy of the letter that went home with students earlier this week with further information about Confirmation.

Feast of Corpus Christi

Vinnies Winter Appeal

Once again at the end of this term, we will be collecting for the Vinnies Winter Appeal. Throughout Weeks 9 and 10, we will be collecting non-perishable and long life/canned food, as well as toiletries. As we are all aware, many families within our community are feeling the pinch of the current cost-of-living. Anything we are able to donate and provide is greatly appreciated.

Please keep an eye out for posters that the Social Justice leaders will share next week.

Pilgrim Image

During this Jubilee Year, we will once again be offering the opportunity to take home our 'Pilgrim Image' of Mary for a weekend during Semester 1.

During your chosen weekend you can place the image in a special place of honour in your home and use it as a focus for your family prayer. There will also be a booklet inside that has some prayers you may like to pray together as a family. There will also be blank pages on which you are invited to create a special family prayer to Mary. Other families may choose to pray your prayer also when they host the image in their homes. Below are some beautiful examples of prayers some of our families have written.

Using the School Interviews link below, choose a Friday/Weekend that best suits you. John, or your child's teacher, will give the carry bag, with the image and prayer booklet, to your child in the afternoon on the Friday of your booking. You will then take it home for the weekend. Please return the carry bag, image and booklet to John or your child's teacher the following Monday morning.

BOOK AT:

https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/code/zzvgw

School Masses

Please find below all of the scheduled school Masses for 2025. These will begin at 9am this year, so we are hoping many more families can join us at this earlier time. All are welcome!

Term 3
Friday 15th Aug. (Feast of the Assumption)
Term 4
Friday 17th Oct. (Grandparent's Day)	Friday 14th Nov. (School Feast Day)

Community Masses in 2025

SAVE THE DATE - 2025 Community Mass Dates

Community Masses have begun and we have had wonderful attendance so far. Last month we celebrated the baptism of some of our students. Over the next few months, we will also be celebrating First Eucharist and Confirmation as part of our Community Masses.

We encourage you to spread the word of our Community Masses and invite as many family, friends, neighbours and others to these celebrations.

Follow and like the Wyndham Vale Catholic Community Facebook page to get updates and further information about Community Masses and other events.

John Dini

jdini@olscwyn.catholic.edu.au

Catholic Identity Leader

Term 2, 2025
Sunday 15th June	Community Mass including First Eucharist (group 2) 10am
Friday 20th June	6 Orange Huddle excursion
Thursday 26th June	Year 5 & 6 group 3 ACMI excursion
Friday 27th June	Reports go home
Monday 30th June	Students finish early 1pm Learning Conversations 1:30 - 5pm
Tuesday 1st July	Learning Conversations 3:30 - 7pm
Wednesday 2nd July	Year 4 Camp to Log Cabin Camp, Creswick
Friday 4th July	12pm Whole School Assembly 1pm Students finish Term 2

Important Dates