Catholic Identity and Mission 

Prayer 

May the holiday be for us a time of rest and recreation to help restore us and re-create us in your image and likeness, as we enjoy more of the love and presence of our families, on whom we ask your blessing. Amen.

Class Masses

Over the last two weeks, we have celebrated some wonderful masses with the Year 10 classes of HDUC, MSTP, ZCOX & PMCC.

Thanks to the staff and Year 10 for your preparation. Particular thanks to Scott for assisting them with their Mass PPT preparation and as always Cate for her Sacristan work.

It was great to have Fr Stanly be able to spend some time after Mass with the Year 10 students this week talking to them about his life and becoming a priest and doing Q&A. An opportunity they rarely get.

Parish School Partnerships

On Tuesday 25th June, the Year 11 Youth Ministry led a very successful Year 6 

Confirmation Retreat Day with students from St Laurence’s and St Joseph’s Korumburra. The students finished the day with an activity called Sacramental Milkshake bringing together knowledge on all the Sacraments and then enjoying a Chocolate milkshake made by the Youth Ministry Team.

Unfortunately, the Year 10 Youth Ministry-led excursion to St Laurence’s Year 5 for Laudato Si Activity Day scheduled for Tuesday 25th June was postponed till next term.

2024 MMCRC Walkathon

Walkathon Charities Selected for 2024

Thank you to the work of those who put through proposals for the Walkathon, the following Charities have now been selected by the Walkathon Committee.

Now for the fundraising to begin next term!

• Fusion

Fusion is a group of youth and community workers, delivering a range of local programs and services, which includes youth housing and support for parents. The work on the idea that all people have a fundamental need for community and purpose. 

They deal with disengaged youth to mentor and encourage young people to step beyond what they know of themselves, to achieve their full potential and find their purpose in life.

Fusion offers school programs, breakfast clubs, mentoring programs, chaplaincy, drop-in Centres, day trips, Holiday Programs, Camps, Leadership Training, and Youth Festivals.

Mornington Peninsula Fusions is the only youth accommodation service on the Mornington Peninsula. Fusion’s Housing Support Program provides accommodation and support for young people experiencing homelessness between the ages of fifteen and twenty-one. It is intentionally designed for community living, featuring six villas, a communal kitchen and activities space, a lead-tenant house, a sensory garden and play spaces, the Fusion Village will be situated on the existing land at the Fusion base in Mornington.

• St Vincent de Paul Society of Vic

We work to combat social injustice by advocating for people who are marginalised or disadvantaged, or at risk of experiencing disadvantage. Our advocacy work goes to the heart of what the St Vincent de Paul Society stands for.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul can provide food, clothing, furniture, appliances, transportation, rental assistance, and other financial assistance through our Conferences of Charity (local volunteer groups) located at Catholic Church parishes.

• Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

Founded in 2001, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is Australia’s largest human rights organisation providing support to people seeking asylum.

We are an independent not-for-profit organisation whose programs support and empower people seeking asylum to maximise their own physical, mental and social wellbeing.

We champion the rights of people seeking asylum and mobilise a community of compassion to create lasting social and policy change.

The ASRC movement is proudly supported by a community of committed volunteers and supporters.

• St Joseph’s, Peru

The Sisters of St. Joseph work with the very poorest and most vulnerable people in Peru.

Sr. Mary Dwyer and the sisters in Peru do incredible work these sisters with people who have so very little. Supporting the sisters with some money, will help to look after some of the most vulnerable people in the world. 

In Peru, the people are very needy. Many are still trying to pay off debts incurred during COVID while others lost jobs and never recovered them. As in many countries, the cost of living has increased sharply. But the people here are tremendously resilient, and they have that in their favour.

• Trinity Families

Trinity Families is a charity which operates to provide funding for service providers who support families in the Gippsland and outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne. 

Project funds have included: subsided of free family counselling, family support services, early intervention programs for youth at risk, and providing school breakfasts for children who are not fed at home. 

• Mackillop Today

Mary MacKillop Today is an international development organisation working in Australia and overseas. They build partnerships that create opportunities for self-determination through education and the teaching of practical life skills to women, men and children.

They work with local communities in Australia and internationally through learning for life and enabling access to learning opportunities in the areas of education, health, financial inclusion and livelihoods to share practical life skills for self-sufficiency.