Education in Faith

At Holy Spirit, we respectfully acknowledge the Wurundjeri people and their Elders past and present, who are the Traditional Custodians of the land on which Holy Spirit Community School is located. 

A prayer for Easter

God made you and God made me, 

He made the world for us to see. 

God loves you and long ago, 

He sent his Son to tell us so.

 Jesus showed us many things, 

To love and share and dance and sing. 

To learn and pray, to help and care, 

He promised he'd always be there. 

He died but then came back to life, 

Let's celebrate for he's alive! 

Amen.

Andrew Chinn visit

A big thank you to our amazing families who were able to join us in an evening with Andrew Chinn. It was wonderful to see so many students dancing and singing the night away. Thank you to our staff for always supporting our students' faith development.

Thanks to Beth for putting this video together for us. 

Eat Up

How awesome are the students and families at Holy Spirit?!

Thank you for your generous donations of snacks for hungry students. We filled an Eat Up van. These snacks will make a difference to children all over Victoria who are going to school without lunch each day. 

Thank you again and keep making a difference.

Thanks to Beth for this video.

Is Your Easter Egg Slavery Free?

As Easter is fast approaching, ACRATH is calling for everyone to consider the ethical dimensions of their purchases; we ask you to make sure your Easter chocolate is slavery-free. 

Caritas and Acrath are working together to raise awareness when purchasing Easter Eggs. 

In 2015, Pope Francis said

“Every person ought to have the awareness that purchasing is always a moral – and not simply an economic – act”

Thousands of children in West Africa pick cocoa beans that are used in chocolate production. Most of the children don’t know what the cocoa beans are used for, and many will never taste chocolate.

When purchasing eggs this Easter, look for the following symbols to help help fight slave labour.

See you in Term Two,

Kayla Flindt-Petersen

PARISH NEWS

Parish fortnightly:   This week we see the end of Term 2.  We also this weekend celebrate Easter a very special holy day for all Catholics.  If you are going away, please try to make it to your local Church and join in the celebration of the Lord’s resurrection.  During this Holy Week, we have on Thursday the Mass of the Last Supper at 7.30 pm, Good Friday 10.00 am Stations of the Cross and at 3.00 pm the Solemn Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, Saturday the Easter Vigil at 7.30 pm and lastly, 9.00 am mass on Easter Sunday (please note there will be no 5.00 pm mass in the Chapel).

To those families who will be travelling over the Easter and school holidays, please stay safe, enjoy the break and we look forward to seeing you in Term 3.

On behalf of Father Arsenio and the Parish, we wish all our school families every blessing for a very Happy and Holy Easter.

Holy Spirit is a child safe parish.  We hold the care, safety and well being of children and young people as a central and fundamental responsibility of our Parish.

Spirit Magazine

The March 2023 Spirit Magazine is now being prepared. We would love any contributions you would like to share: photos from a community activity, back to school or first day stories or photos, achievements of our students and Alumni, articles you think worth sharing or a favourite digital resource. 

Please email your inputs to thespirit@holyspiritparish.org.au by 24th March. 

Thank you very much, 

Yvette.