Religious Education News
Melita Roache - Religious Education Coordinator
The feastday of Mary MacKillop was celebrated Monday 8th August.
Throughout her life Mary MacKillop had to struggle against poverty, prejudice, and the hostility of powerful and petty people. This was the impetus that motivated her to serve the poor. Mary established school for the children of the working class. The education provided was basic and thorough, aiming to make the children independent, employable and well grounded in their religion.
Soon, other young women joined with Mary MacKillop and as well as schools, they established places of refuge and rehabilitation. With Father Julian Tenison Woods’ assistance, Mary developed a Rule for the Sisters of St Joseph who were dedicated to helping to meet the material and spiritual needs of struggling people. They served in the country and in the bush, very often in isolated communities of two or three Sisters. They taught the children, visited homes, hospitals and prisons, and often provided leadership in the local Church where there was no priest.
The legacy of St Mary Mackillop:
The Feast of the Assumption
Monday 15 August the Church celebrates the Feast Day of the Assumption of Our Lady when according to our faith, the Holy Mother, “having completed her course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory”. The O’Connor community will come together on Monday for Mass at 9:15am in the De la Salle Chapel. Parents and members of the O’Connor community are welcome to join us on this holy day of obligation. Students in 7.2 and 10.2 will represent the college at the Parish Mass 12 noon held at the Cathedral of St Mary’s and St Joseph.
Coming up Week 5-6
- Feast of the Assumption whole school mass Monday 15th August
- Vinnies Winter Sleepout Friday 19th August
- Year 7 Mass Wednesday 24th August - 7.3 preparing
Ms Melita Roache
Our Founders - St Angela Merici and St John Baptiste De La Salle
Saints Mary and Joseph Cathedral Parish
Keeping in touch with what is happening in the Cathedral Parish is easy through their website and Facebook pages.
With such a difficult year and a half it has been harder for parishioner's to give to the parish through the plates, particularly when the church is closed as it is at present. The Parish account details are available on the Parish bulletin.
Cathedral Parish Website
Information about our founders
La Salle Website
Ursuline Sisters Website
