Religious Education and Parish
What's happening in Religious Education and our Parish life
St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Primary School
Welcome back to Term Four. We look forward to a term filled with curiosity, creativity and opportunities to grow in faith together.
New inquiries are commencing across all learning areas, inviting our children to ask questions, explore ideas and deepen their understanding.
We also have community Masses to look forward to and prepare together. These celebrations are a special opportunity to gather as a school and parish community, and we warmly welcome families to join us. The dates are below, keep an eye out for invitations from your child's community throughout the term.
There is also plenty of creativity to celebrate as we prepare to judge our Christmas card entries! After carefully exploring and recontextualising the Scripture passage, our arts teachers, Helina, Emily and Zac, inspired our children to create artworks for the competition. Our staff joined in too. Below is a tiny snippet of the amazing entries.
Children and staff are voting for their favourites, helping us select entries to send through to the official competition. We will also turn our school winners’ artworks into cards and stickers to sell, raising money for St Vincent de Paul.
This is Catholic social teaching in action: sharing our gifts, participating in community life and standing in solidarity with people experiencing hardship. What a lovely way to share the hope of Christmas while supporting others.
| Date | Community Leading | Community Invited | Saint or Special Celebration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14th October | Damascus Yr 2 | Jericho Yr 4 | St Callistus I |
| 21st October | Ephesus Yr 3 | Galilee Foundation | |
| 28th October | Bethlehem Yr 6 | Jericho Yr 4 | Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles |
| 4th November | Bethany Yr 5 | Bethlehem Yr 6 | St Charles Borromeo |
| 11th November | Jerusalem Yr 1 | Damascus Yr 2 | St Martin of Tours |
| 18th November | Jericho Yr 4 | Ephesus Yr 3 | Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul |
| 25th November | Galilee Foundation | Bethany Yr 5 | St Catherine of Alexandria |
| 2nd December | Jericho Yr 4 | Foundation to Year 4 | End of Year Mass and Advent |
St Thomas Parish Weekend Mass Schedule
Masses
† Saturday Vigil Mass: 6.00pm
† Sunday Masses: 9:00am, 10:45am & 5.00pm
For other Masses in the week and Reconciliation times...
If you have any wonderings about Religous Education at St Thomas you are always welcome to email or arrange a time to chat with me.
Sarah Chappell
Acting Deputy Principal
Religous Education Leader
schappell@cranbourneeast.catholic.edu.au