OUR FAITH
PRAYER
Loving God,
You have blessed the generations with your steadfast love. You call us your family. Teach us to care for one another in this family. Show us how to work together and develop community. We ask that we be led by our grandparents and grandfriends, as they develop their gifts of wisdom, patience, love and kindness in their everyday lives. May we learn how to welcome and invite our families to grow.
We ask this through Christ Our Lord.
Amen.
We pray ...
for..... the Confirmation candidates as they begin their preparation, for Quaid Maher who will receive his First Eucharist this weekend, all our grandparents and grandfriends and all athletes as they prepare to represent their country at the Olympic games.
LITURGY NEWS
Next Wednesday some of our Year 6 students will have the opportunity to attend Reconciliation and Kindergarten will have a visit from one of our Parish Priests. We thank Fr Chris and Fr Saji for the time and spiritual guidance.
GRANDPARENTS DAY
One of the happiest and biggest days on our school calendar! Grandparents Day will be celebrated tomorrow, Friday 26th July (Week 1 Term 3). We would love to invite all of our Nans, Pops, Grans and Grandpas or a special grandfriend to come along and join us on this special day where we have the opportunity to celebrate.
DUE TO THE WEATHER FORECAST WE WILL NOT BE HAVING A LITURGY OF THE WORD. PLEASE REFER TO THE FLYER BELOW FOR THE TIMES FOR CLASSROOM VISITS AND LIGHT REFRESHMENTS.
FAMILY MASSES
Our Family Masses for this term will be held on Sunday 4th August and Sunday 22nd September (Yr 1 & Yr 5 families) at St Nicholas Church at 9.30a.m. The First Family Mass (4th August) will be hosted by Kindergarten, Year 6 and Confirmation Candidates. It would be lovely to see as many families as possible attending. These Masses are an opportunity for our School community to come together with our Parish Community to celebrate and to share a ‘cuppa ‘and morning tea afterwards.
SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
The Sacrament of Confirmation will take place the weekend of 7th/8th September. Parents of eligible candidates should have already received a Compass notification with all the relevant information. Parents are reminded that they need to attend one of the Information Sessions at St Nicholas Church scheduled for Wednesday 24th July at 5.30pm or Saturday 27th July at 2.00pm. Please keep our Confirmation Candidates in your prayers.
HOPe OUTREACH
HOPe Outreach are looking for additional volunteers to join their team to assist in HOPe’s ministry to the Rural Fire Service. HOPe, will use our food truck to provide meals to fire fighters, support staff, incident controllers & evacuees in fire emergencies around the Diocese. Training in food handling and the operation of the truck is provided free of charge to volunteers.
In order to keep the skills required and build team spirit, we also make our truck available to serve food & coffee at parish functions & fetes around the Diocese. Contact us if you will like the HOPe truck to come to your parish or school function!
Can you assist as a volunteer? Many employers provide paid leave for staff who volunteer to assist the RFS & SES in times of crisis or you may have time to volunteer out of work hours remembering that emergencies are not 9 to 5 events! If you are interested in joining this amazing team, or to make an enquiry about the work of HOPe, please email your details to pmanvell@armidale.catholic.org.au and we will be in touch with you.
God Bless one and all.
Deacon Paul Manvell – Heart Of Peace