Mission and Religious Education

Mission and Religious Education

Remembrance Day

Monday 11 November is Remembrance Day. Representatives from our school will attend Manilla’s Remembrance Day Ceremony, while the remainder of our school community will have a liturgy to stop, remember, commemorate and pray for the brave men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice of their lives in war. Their sacrifice means that we in Australia enjoy many freedoms. We value peace in our country and continue to work together for peace in our world. For those brave men and women who have died: We will remember them. Lest we forget.

School Masses 

On Friday 15 November Years 5 and 6 will go to Mass at 9.30am to celebrate their Term Class Mass. Everyone is welcome. 

Friday 29 November 9.30am, Year 3/4 Class Mass.

Friday 13 December 9.30am. Whole School End of Year Mass.

Tuesday 17 December 5.30pm Year 6 Graduation Mass.

Donations for St Vincent de Paul Christmas Hamper

The St Vincent de Paul Society does a lot of great work assisting people and families in need in our local community. One of the things they do each year is provide families in need, a helping hand at Christmas time with a food hamper. As we come closer to Christmas, we are looking to share the joy of Christmas with families and support the work of St Vincent de Paul by collecting food for the creation of Christmas Hampers in our local area. 

Please help us to make Christmas a special time for all, by donating nonperishable foods that families can enjoy over the Christmas season. These may include festive foods such as Christmas puddings, candy canes, salsa, chips, biscuits, chocolates and lollies…as well as foods that families can use to create a meal such as flour, sugar, pasta, rice, tins of soup, jelly, powdered custard and gravy… and long life juices and soft drinks…  

Please send in all donations by Friday 6 December, so that Vinnies have a chance to package and deliver them before Christmas.

Stable Donation

Thank you to the Spires family for their kind donation of their family stable for our nativity. We appreciate your thoughtful gift. 

Return and Earn Donation

Many thanks to the Kelly family for their generous donation of many poppers for the return and earn collection that our C2S Committee organise within the school to raise money for social justice initiatives and other charitable works.  Your donation is much appreciated.

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 5.30pm

Attunga Mass Times

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

Living Well, Learning Well - Pastoral Care and Wellbeing 

Legends of the Light Shine 

Our new Legends of the Light Shine focus for Weeks 5 and 6 of Term 4 is  “Gratitude”. At the end of next week we will be more than half way through the final term of the 2024 school year and Christmas is fast approaching. This is a great time of year to stop and start to think about all of the blessings in our lives that we have to be grateful for. 

We encourage our students to stop, reflect and give thanks for something in their day they are grateful for. Reflecting on our day with gratitude contributes significantly to developing a positive sense of wellbeing.

The Platy-Project

The Australian Conservation Foundation is encouraging communities to get involved with The Platy Project. The platy-project encourages community members to log online when and where they have spotted platypus in an effort to understand the platypus more and prevent further declines in their numbers. 

At St Michael’s we are very passionate about caring for the environment and all of the people, animals and plants and we encourage everyone who has spotted platypus recently to go to the The Platy Project website and record these sightings, as we work together to look after this very cute and uniquely Australian animal.

SchoolTV

SchoolTV, a resource for supporting the parenting of young people is available on our school website and contains many useful resources.

Real Talk’s Parent Membership Site

Real Talk have sent the following communication for staff and families.

You (and your community) can gain access here https://realtalkparents.com/armidale. Valued at $49 it is FREE this year for your staff and families as part of our working relationship with Real Talk. Real Talk Parents Membership Site is a quality resource bank in the area's of eSafety, relationships and sex education. I'm sure many in your community will be helped and supported by accessing this resource in fostering Catholic values, resilience, and relationship success. So please encourage your parents and caregivers to take advantage of this Parent's Membership Site - because parenting doesn't come with an instruction manual!

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

Jacquelene Cronin

Assistant Principal - Mission