Education in Faith

Sacrament Dates for 2025

First Reconcilaiton will be held on Tuesday 25th March at 5pm and 7pm.

The Sacrament of Confirmation will be held on Thursday the 22nd of May at 7pm at St. Patrick's  Cathedral, East Melbourne.

The Sacrament of First Holy Communion will be held on Saturday the 9th of August at 6pm, 

Sunday the 10th of August at 9am and 5pm and Saturday the 16th August at 6pm.

St. Vinnie's Christmas Hampers

Thank you to our generous families who donated items for our Christmas Hamper. Once again Holy Spirit families have displayed their compassion and care for those in our community who are doing it hard this Christmas.

Jesse Tree Morning Meditations

Every morning during Advent our classes have presented a story about someone on the Jesse tree. The Jesse tree is a bit like Jesus' family tree. Please feel free to join us online at 9:00, the link is on the school calendar.

Our final Jesse Tree Presentations for  are:

Monday - 9/12 3MC  - Mary

Tuesday - 10/12 - 3BD - Joseph

Wednesday - 11/12 - 1RJ - Jesus

Nativity Play - Prep

Our Prep students will present the Nativity story to parent on Wednesday 11/12 in the Church. theu will also be presenting this story as our Gospel story during the end of year thanksgiving mass on the same day at 11:45.

Children's Christmas Mass 

The Holy Spirit Parish invites all our students and families to the Christmas Eve Mass celebration, which is held on 24th December at 5:00pm. The Parish would love to make this mass very special and are asking for some children participation. There will be a Navity Play, which will be presented during the mass. A script is available and costumes as well. Of course any child may have their own Christmas costume or outfit they would like to wear.

We also have an amazing singer Cody who will lead the singing. Cody has recently completed his Year 12 and has sung at a previous Level Mass and the fete this year.  I your child would like to be part of the Christmas Mass please

email me as soon as possible. mcondon@hsringwoodnth catholic.edu.au 

Corinne Davis

Religious Education Leader

Marianne Condon

Sacrament Program Coordinator

Parish Fortnightly

And so we say farewell to 2024.  What a busy and exciting year it has been for both Parish and School.  This coming Sunday is the annual Christmas Carols celebration on the Kevin Mogg Oval commencing at 5pm.  We hope to see many of you there.

To all our Grade 6 students, we wish you every blessing as you embark on a new venture next year at Secondary School.  May you take with you many fond memories and friendships that have been formed here at Holy Spirit.  Please remember you are always welcome to come back and visit us.

There will be a Parish Forgiveness Service/Reconciliation held on Thursday 19th December at 7pm in the Holy Spirit Church.

Christmas mass times at Holy Spirit are:

Christmas Eve – 5pm Children’s Mass, 7.30pm Family Mass 10.30pm Midnight Mass

Christmas Day – 9am Mass

On behalf of Father Arsenio and the Parish House Staff, we wish all our families a very happy and holy Christmas.  May the Lord’s love and blessings be upon you all.  If you are going away, please take care on the roads and have a very happy and safe holiday.  We look forward to seeing you all back in 2025.