Catholic Identity

CARITAS PROJECT COMPASSION 

'THANK YOU'

Project Compassion has come to an end so we take this opportunity to say thank you for the many ways you have supported this awareness-raising and fund-raising campaign. 

The total fundraising amount raised from returned Caritas boxes, Pancake Tuesday and the Solidarity walk is $1772.

Well done and congratulations to all our boys and girls who participated in the various fundraising activities for Caritas.  Your generosity is very much appreciated.

Project Compassion is Caritas Australia’s main annual fundraising campaign to help alleviate poverty, promote justice and uphold dignity in the most vulnerable and marginalised communities in the world.  Held during Lent, Project Compassion is an extraordinary demonstration of the faith, empathy and generosity of our school.

HOLY WEEK LITURGIES

During our final week of Term 1, Holy Week and last Friday, each Learning Community shared a profound period of reflection within our faith tradition. Holy week is a time to honour the remarkable journey of Jesus Christ - his passion, death, and resurrection. It offers us the opportunity for spiritual rejuvenation 

Our students are to be commended for the manner in which they dedicated themselves to preparing and presenting prayerful liturgies that symbolise the significance of this time. 

In this sacred season, we deepen our commitment to compassion, love, and forgiveness through observation and acts of kindness. Whether through prayer, acts of kindness, or moments of quiet contemplation, we unite as a school community and draw nearer together during the Eastertide Season.

Palm Sunday

Holy Thursday

Stations of the Cross

SANDHURST SWITCHES OFF

'St Brendan’s Switches Off'

Our students and staff supported the Sandhurst Switches Off initiative in the final week of school on the last day, switching off all electrical appliances and devices for one hour from 10am till 11am.  This action was symbolic of our commitment to the preservation of God’s fragile creation. It is also symbolic of our solidarity with those who are suffering due to climate change.

In his encyclical, Laudato Si, Pope Francis says; ‘If we approach nature and the environment without this openness to awe and wonder, if we no longer speak the language of fraternity and beauty in our relationship with the world, our attitude will be that of masters, consumers, ruthless exploiters, unable to set limits on their immediate needs.’

ALTAR SERVERS Thank you

HOLY WEEK MASS SERVICES

Grateful thanks to the families and the students who participated in the Holy Week Mass Services at St. Brendan's Church.

We wish to thank the following students for their service, in representing St. Brendan's Primary School.

• Amelia Ash
• Patrick Segrave
• Imogen Sargent
• Ella Mills

Staff Professional Learning 

Catholic Education Sandhurst (CES) 

Colleen Hampson - Monday, 22nd April  

Our staff participated in an hour of Professional Learning after school on Monday, unpacking their first Unit for this term.  Across the school, all our students will be immersed into learning about the God’s love through the works of the Holy Spirit.

Colleen provided learning prompts and tools to assist the teachers in unpacking their Major Assessment tasks and planning of rich learning experiences that would bring the Unit Outcomes to life.

Colleen’s experience of Learning and Teaching for Religious Education allowed her to prompt and guide our teachers to form their own relevant learning experiences for the students of St Brendan’s.  The collegial dialogue was rich and every Unit came away with a direction for future planning.  We are very grateful for the support and professional learning offered by Catholic Education Sandhurst and especially of recent from Colleen, who kept everyone engaged in ‘bite sized’ planning support using our core Religious Education resource, A Source Of Life and we look forward to spending a full day with Colleen, on the first day back of Term 3.  Thank you Colleen.

PARISH FEAST DAY EXPO

Invitation to all students and their families:

Next Sunday, our Parish will present an EXPO of all the amazing ministries that serve within our Parish.  Families and friends are invited to come along and enjoy food, stalls and entertainment.

Our students are invited to join in the EXPO.  Students from St Brendan’s Primary School and St Luke’s will be singing Andrew Chinn songs in the Monsignor Bones Hall (NDC Hall near the Church from 12.30pm till 1pm. 

If your child is interested and you are available please fill in your child’s name on the google form invite sent out on PAM or alternately call the office and leave your child’s name and we will get back to you before next Sunday. Thank you. 

We look forward to acknowledging and celebrating the many ministries of our Parish and join in the fun of the EXPO.

We hope to see you there.

FATHER JOE TAYLOR

50 YEARS IN PRIESTHOOD

 Gift Presentation from 

St Brendan’s Primary School

May 16th at 2.45pm, St Brendan’s Primary school will present Father Joe Taylor with a gift to celebrate his 50 years as a priest. We are proud of our close ties with our Parish and we always look forward to celebrating Mass in our Church with our priests, Father Joe Taylor and Father Jackson Saunders.  We are very blessed as a Parish School to have two amazing priests who work very hard within our own Parish and the wider community of Shepparton. 

INVITATION to all FAMILIES

Come and join us in our courtyard on Thursday, May 16th (St Brendan’s Feast Day) to help commemorate such a wonderful achievement. 

Help us celebrate Father Joe’s 50 years as a priest.   We would love to see you there.

CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK 

Sandhurst- next week

Follow us on Facebook next week to see some of the amazing things that go on at 

St Brendan’s Primary School, as we celebrate Catholic Education Week with a focus on this years Sandhurst theme;  ‘Behold I make all things new’ Revelation 21:5

Here is a sneak peak!

Kind Regards,

Leanne Pellegrino (Catholic Identity Leader)