Catholic Identity
Mercy Prayer
We pray for the Sisters of Mercy, who established our school and for the priests who have served at St. Mary’s.
It is through their vision, determination and strong faith that we enjoy the benefits of a Catholic Education here in Mooroopna.
We are proud to be a Mercy School, where the values of love and justice are taught and lived every day.
Term 2 Week 8 - Catholic Identity Newsletter
NEWS REMINDER!
Mass of Compassion.
Our next whole school Mass will be celebrated this Friday, 16th June. We will celebrate the Mass of Compassion (Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) on this day. The Mass of Compassion is a significant celebration, where we put our social justice values into action and bring food items for those in need in our local community.
This year, the theme for our Mass of Compassion will be “Bring a can, because you can!”
Families will be asked to donate canned food items, such as tuna, salmon, vegetables, spaghetti, fruit and desserts (such as creamed rice) in the coming weeks. Donations of warm winter clothing, socks and blankets would also be appreciated.
The Grade Six Social Justice Team will co-ordinate this act of solidarity and assist in the donations being delivered to the St. Vincent de Paul Society here in Mooroopna.
NEWS REMINDER!
Festival of the Sacred.
Our Grade Five and Six students have been practising their singing and dancing all term in readiness for the Festival of the Sacred, was held today, Wednesday, 14th June at Kyabram Sports & Entertainment Centre. It was great to see families and friends attend to see the final product of our hard work!
New news!
Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Isabel Weis will celebrate the Sacrament of First Reconciliation next Monday, 19th June at 9.15am. Grade 3/4BC will join the Weis family in this special celebration.
We congratulate Isabel on celebrating her First Reconciliation next week!
Special thanks to Mons. Peter for making this such a special and significant event for Isabel.
News reminder!
Sacrament of First Eucharist.
Next term, on Tuesday, 18th July, a Parent Information Night for the Sacrament of First Eucharist will be held in the Marian Centre at 7.00pm.
All families of students preparing to celebrate the Sacrament of First Eucharist in Term Three are asked to attend.
The students preparing for this special sacrament are:
Olivia McCabe, Bella Walsh, Dakota McCabe, Julian Mandaradoni, Cristina La Gamba, Jensen Ferrari, Tyler Irwin and Will Ryan.
The Sacrament of First Eucharist will be celebrated on Saturday, 19th August and Sunday, 20th August.
News reminder!
“Along the Track” article: “ ‘Tis”
In today’s newsletter, you will find another article written by Jim Quillinan entitled, “‘Tis.” These articles are included in our newsletter each fortnight to hopefully open up the Scripture for you and to help you “see” the message of Jesus in a modern light.
This week’s article is about the novel written by Frank McCourt, entitled, “ ‘Tis. The article provokes some thought about CHANGE and IMAGINATION and is worthy of a read!
“It wasn’t a great book and many didn’t like it, especially the people of Limerick where he spent his childhood. They felt it portrayed them and their city in a bad light so, when Tis was published they put up posters and hung banners across the city with one word on them – Tisn’t! “
Jim Quillinan, June, 2023.
New news!
Mark this date on your calendar!!
A whole school Mass will be held on Friday, 21st July at 9.30am in the Marian Centre to celebrate Mons. Peter’s 60th anniversary of ordination. The students will be involved in the readings and singing at this very special celebration of the Eucharist.
All families and friends are invited to join us as we celebrate this amazing milestone! Let’s all join together to recognise the AMAZING person Mons. Peter is and how lucky we are to have him as our Parish priest!
New news!
Catholic Identity Review.
St. Mary’s will host a panel of CES Ltd staff next Tuesday, 20th June as part of our Catholic Identity Review. The Leadership Team, and all staff, have been focussing on the Catholic Identity of our school in order to complete the relevant documentation and have set a number of goals based on this work. These goals, merged with our Catholic Identity Strategic Plan, will help to outline future steps for our school as we work towards forming a recontextualised faith community focussing on open dialogue and faith development. The Grade 5/6 students were surveyed as part of the Review and a number of students, from Grades 1 - 6, will meet with the panel members to chat about our school on the day.
The findings of the Review panel and our goals will be shared with the school community next term.
Important dates:
Wednesday, 14th June - Festival of the Sacred - Kyabram - Concert at 1pm.
Friday, 16th June - Whole school Mass of Compassion at 9.45am in the Marian Centre.
Term Three:
Tuesday, 18th July - Parent Information Night for the Sacrament of First Eucharist in the Marian Centre at 7.00pm.
Friday, 21st July - Mass to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Ordination of Mons. Peter - Marian Centre at 9.30am.
Saturday, 19th August and Sunday, 20th August - Sacrament of First Eucharist celebrations at Mass.
With thanks,
Michelle Hicks