St Mary's Faith & Family 

Religious Education News

This year our school theme has been taken from the Book of Psalms and based on Psalm 42. 

Last week our Foundation and Grade 1 children retold the Christmas story. They did an amazing job in very humid conditions. It was enjoyed by students, parents, grandparents and St Mary’s parishioners. 

On Wednesday we celebrated our final Mass for the year farewelling our Grade 6 students and welcoming our 2025 Foundation children and their families. We wish Jack, Sully, Adam, Akul, Charlotte, Sam, Frankie and Quinn all the best for this next stage of their education. 

Families are invited to donate non-perishable goods into our Christmas Appeal box at the front of the school. These donations will be giving to the local St Vincent de Paul store to be distributed to people in our local community needing a little support at this time. 

I invite you to keep the following dates in mind as opportunities to participate in the faith life of our school and parish.

St Mary’s Parish, Castlemaine current newsletter can be found here.

Julie Cotter

Acting Religious Education Leader