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.
CATHOLIC IDENTITY NEWS INCLUDED BELOW:
- ST. VINNIE’S CHRISTMAS APPEAL - GIVING TREE AND ZOOPER DOOPER FUNDRAISERS EACH THURSDAY IN WEEKS 8 AND 9.
- SOCIAL JUSTICE TEAM - CHRISTMAS CARD WRITING.
- NEW ANDREW CHINN SONG STARRING SOME OF OUR OWN STUDENTS!
- SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION NEWS.
- ALONG THE TRACK - NEW REFLECTION FOR THIS WEEK.
New NEWS!
St. Vinnie’s Christmas Giving Tree.
Each year, St. Mary’s School supports the St. Vinnie’s Christmas Giving Tree.
To raise funds for gifts, the Grade Six Social Justice Team have been selling Zooper Doopers each Thursday for 50 cents each.
The money collected will be divided amongst the Social Justice Team members, who will shop for gifts to go under our Giving Tree.
So far we have raised over $200 for our Giving Tree!
NEEDED: GIFTS FOR OUR ST. VINNIE’S CHRISTMAS GIVING TREE -
SPECIFICALLY GIFTS FOR OLDER PRIMARY SCHOOL AGED STUDENTS.
Donations of gifts for the St. Vinnie’s Giving Tree are now being called for so if you are able to support this appeal, please send along any NEW toys and books to be placed under our Giving Tree in the Office, unwrapped.
Reminder NEWS!
New Andrew Chinn Song starring two of our own students!
Congratulations to Rosie Dow (Grade 3/4JC) and one of our past students, Erin McKenzie (past St Mary's & current St. Anne’s student) who star in a new Andrew Chinn song for 2025! The song is called “Pilgrims of Hope” and will be used by hundreds of schools next year. Pope Francis has declared 2025 a “Year of Jubilee” and the theme for the year is “Pilgrims of Hope!”
Rosie and Erin also feature in the video which accompanies the song!
Click HERE to watch the song!
Reminder NEWS
Sacrament of Confirmation
The Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated this weekend: Saturday, November 30th at 6.30pm and Sunday, December 1st at 10am.
We have a number of past and current students who will celebrate this Sacrament of Initiation at these masses. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
Willow Dean
Desiree Gray
Dominic Lawless
Mikhail Maksacheff
Nikolai Maksacheff
Kamara Raymond
Grace Sibio
Mitchell Tenace
Zar Thomas
Ethan Ulrich
Zac Vanderdonk
Oscar Weis
Shai Woodman
Sacramental program for 2025.
Enrolments for the 2025 Sacramental program will be advertised in the next newsletter.
Dates for the 2025 celebrations of the sacraments of First Reconciliation (Term Two), First Eucharist (Term Three) and the Sacrament of Confirmation (Term Four) will also be advertised at this time.
Sacramental enrolment forms will be available in Term One, 2025, and no enrolments will be accepted after the end of Term One, 2025, for any of the sacraments.
NEW NEWS
“Along the Track” article.
The latest edition of “Along the Track” entitled “Happiness” is attached to today’s newsletter.
“We are grateful for eyes that can see and ponder, for taste buds that know the sensuous pleasures of eating and drinking, for hands that hold and touch and feel, for ears that can delight in music and the voice of a friend, for a nose that can smell the aroma of newly mown grass or delicious food, and can also breathe the air that gives us life.”
This interesting article is well worth a read and may be found below.
St. Mary’s Sunday Mass Invitation!
We welcome all families to Mass each weekend!
Our Parish Mass times are:
Saturdays at 6.30pm.
Sundays at 10am.
Thanking You,
Michelle Hicks