Catholic Identity
Religious Education, Sacramental and Faith Celebration News
Our Lady of the Southern Cross Primary School
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Confirmation
Feast of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop
School Masses
Community Masses 2025
Confirmation
The celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation is fast approaching. Over the next few weeks, there will be many special events to prepare our Candidates for this ocassion. Today, Bishop Martin Ashe, who will preside over Mass and Confirm our students, visited us to talk to the students. This was a wonderful opportunity to meet with hime prior to the celebration.
Next Tuesday, we request that all Confirmation Candidates attend school for our Spirituality Day, with Reconciliation. In the evening, we will also have our Family Evening from 6:30pm.
Our Confirmation Candidates are below:
Ager M | Aki C | Amelia R | April M | Aubriana M |
Bentley B | Caelan J | Cassandra L | Ciena P | Daniel D |
Diya T | Eason L | Francesca V | Fredrik V | Giovanni F-M |
Hudson B | Imogen C | Isabelle F | Isabelle P | Jason J |
Jesse B-T | Joanna T | Jody M | Joshan F | Kivain P |
Miley H | Patrick Z | Rohan S | Rohan V | Romeo A |
Seth B | Shenarie S | Vinisha B | Xarvell U | Zara D |
Antonio P |
Dates to remember for those celebrating Confirmation:
| Event | Who | When and Where |
|---|---|---|
| Spirituality Day with Reconciliation | Students | Tues. 5th August, OLSC |
| Family Sacramental Session | Students and Families | Tues. 5th August, 6:30pm, OLSC Hall |
| Sacrament of Confirmation | Students and Families | Sunday 17th August, 10am, OLSC Hall |
If you have not yet completed the Confirmation Card information form, please do so by Monday next week. This is a very imporant docu
Feast of St. Mary of the Cross MacKillop
Next Friday is the Feast of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop, Australia's first saint. Mary MacKillop dedicated her life to helping others, especially those in need, and believed deeply in the power of education. She co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph and opened many schools across Australia, making sure that all children had the chance to learn and grow. At OLSC, we follow in her footsteps by showing kindness, standing up for others, and living out our faith each day. Let us be inspired by her words: “Never see a need without doing something about it.”
School Masses
Please find below all of the scheduled school Masses for 2025. These will begin at 9am this year, so we are hoping many more families can join us at this earlier time. All are welcome!
Term 3 | |
Friday 15th Aug. (Feast of the Assumption) | |
Term 4 | |
| Friday 17th Oct. (Grandparent's Day) | Friday 14th Nov. (School Feast Day) |
Community Masses in 2025
We have continued to have wonderful attendance numbers for our Community Masses so far this year. Last month we had our first Community Mass over a school holidays. We had a great number attend, and are very thankful to all of the volunteers who helped to set up and pack up, and take on roles during the Mass.
This month, Community Mass will include the celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation, with Bishop Martin Ashe presiding. We are very fortunate to have him join us for this - he is very aware, and supporitve, of our efforts to build up this community and a new church building.
We encourage you to spread the word of our Community Masses and invite as many family, friends, neighbours and others to these celebrations.
Follow and like the Wyndham Vale Catholic Community Facebook page to get updates and further information about Community Masses and other events.
John Dini
Catholic Identity Leader