Religious Education & Pastoral Care 

Welcome back!

Masses

A huge shout out to Mrs Harris and her amazing Year 1 and 2 students for leading the liturgy this week. It was great to experience a new way of praying and the students are to be congratulated for their participation. We look forward to welcoming Fr Damien back on Saturday for mass.

Our next school mass will be Friday, 15th May at 10am, led by the phenomenal Mini Vinnies team. As always, everyone is MOST WELCOME to join us.

Mini Vinnies

Congrats to the Mini Vinnies team for their great work in Term 1. The guessing competition was very successful! Congrats Alfie on the win!

Coming up: 

• Mother's Day stall - week 3 (next week)
• State of Origin day - team colours (gold coin donation)

School visit

Wow, what a lot we all learned on Tuesday from Angela Dodson from TRC. She came along to our school to help us improve our recycling habits and challenged us to apply our knowledge in a great relay race. Congrats Hughes for winning that one!

A few points of advice from our young people:

• "don't waste paper, use the back"
• "put the bottles in recycling with the lids on"
• "egg cartons can be recycled"
• "soft scrunchy plastic goes in the rubbish"
• "save the turtles, don't use plastic straws"

Calling All Young Artists! "Mary: Our Mother" Diocesan Art Competition

Our Diocese is thrilled to announce the launch of our 2026 Art Competition: "Mary: Our Mother." This is a unique opportunity for students from Kindergarten to Year 12 to express their faith and creativity.

Whether it is a painting of the Annunciation, a drawing of Our Lady of Guadalupe, or a modern digital portrait of Mary’s strength, we want to see your vision!

• The Reward: Winners will be announced during Catholic Schools Week (commencing 25th May), with prizes awarded for every Stage.
• A Lasting Legacy: Selected artworks will be chosen to feature in our official Diocesan Angelus resources, becoming a part of our community's daily prayer life.
• The Details: Entries must be no larger than A3. The competition opens Tuesday, 17th March and entries close Friday, 15th May.

Please contact myself (REC) for entry forms and full submission details. We can’t wait to see your masterpieces!

Sacraments

This year we will celebrate both Confirmation (stage 3 - Years 5 & 6) and First Holy Communion (Year 3). 

Please note these dates are are now confirmed and are in the calendar:

Confirmation, Sunday 26 July at 10am

First Holy Communion, Sunday 31st May at 10am

Letters will be sent home NEXT WEEK, so keep your eyes out for those!

If you have any questions regarding masses, Religion, or general queries please be in contact with me; no question is too small or too hard and I am only a phone call or email away! I am only too happy to try and be of help.

God bless,

Deb McDouall