Mission and Religious Education

MRE Newsletter Term 3 Week 2

Mission and Religious Education

Masses for Term 3

9.30am Friday 22 August the Feast of the Queenship of Mary, led by Stage 3 (Years 5 and 6) students.

9.30am Friday 19 September led by Stage 3, ES1 and S1 (Kindergarten, Years 1 and 2) students.

The Queenship of Mary

The Queenship of Mary is a day when we celebrate Mary being crowned Queen of Heaven.

Congratulations Lily 

Congratulations to Lily Jones who received the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time on Wednesday 13 August.

Congratulations Joe and Jack

Congratulations to Jack and Joe Sullivan who are receiving the Sacrament of Baptism today Monday 18 August.

Year 6 RE Test

Each Year, students in Year 6 sit the Diocesan Year 6 RE Test. The test consists of 40 multiple choice questions that the students answer online. Data from the Year 6 RE Test is used to inform future RE programming and focus areas. The RE Test window has been extended to Week 4 Monday 11 - Week 5 Friday 22 August. Year 6 will sit the test this year on Thursday 21 August. Any Year 6 student absent on that day will be able to sit the test on Friday 22 August.

Legends of the Light Shine

Our Legends of the Light Shine Program is a program that runs across our school, led by students in Stage 3. This program focuses on Christian living, recognising and promoting Christian virtues and positive attributes.

This Fortnight’s Legends of the Light Shine Focus

Our new Legends of the Light Shine focus for Weeks 5 and 6 is focused on being ‘Fair’ and what that looks like in real situations. 

Connecting With Our Parish

Weekend Mass Times

We encourage all of our families to celebrate Sunday Mass with our parish.

Manilla Parish Mass Times 

1st Sunday of the month - Sunday 8.30am

2nd, 3rd & 4th Sunday of the month - Saturday 5.00pm (5.30pm DST)

Attunga Mass Times 

2nd, 4th & 5th Sunday of the month - Sunday 12 noon

If You Would Like To Be Involved

We encourage all of our families to be involved in the life of the Parish. There are many ways to be involved including:

• Altar Serving for those who have made their first Holy Communion
• Reading at Mass
• Taking up the Offertory Procession
• Visitations
• Odd Jobs

If you would like to be more involved in the life of our parish please contact Father Curran (02) 67851094 for further details.

Living Well, Learning Well 

Living Well Learning Well is a student support framework for Catholic Schools in the Armidale Diocese. The framework is based on a universal and unconditional positive regard for children and young people and supports faith, learning, wellbeing and positive behaviour domains.

St Michael’s School Rules For Living

St Michael’s School Rules For Living encompass those in the Living Well Learning Well Framework.

Parents As Partners

Armidale Catholic Schools work with Realtalk to offer families free premium access to resources to help navigate difficult areas children face, particularly in the digital world, from a catholic perspective in an increasingly complex world. SIGN UP FOR FREE ACCESS HERE

“Let Your Light Shine” support others to let their light shine and remember “We Shine Brighter Together”

Jacquelene Cronin

Assistant Principal - Mission