Religious Education

     Grandparents and Special Friends Day 2026

St Michael's School will celebrate Grandparents and Special Friends Day on Friday 7th August, 2026.

More details will be shared via nForma and upcoming school newsletters .

We would like to create a Google Slide presentation using photos of the students with their grandparents and special friends. The presentation will be included in our Prayer Liturgy on Friday 7th August. 

Please begin sharing your photos by emailing, with the names of the children, grandparents and special friends to rhickey@smashburton.catholic.edu.au  

NAIDOC WEEK 2026

NAIDOC Week (National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee) occurs annually in July and celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 

NAIDOC is celebrated not only in Indigenous communities, but by Australians all over the country and overseas.

The theme for NAIDOC Week 2026 is "50 Years of Deadly".  

Celebrated from July 5 to July 12, 2026, this milestone year marked half a century of NAIDOC Week as a national platform. The theme pays tribute to the Elders, organizers, artists and communities who built the movement and carried it forward. 

In Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander English, "deadly" means excellent, brilliant, and something to be deeply proud of. 

Pope Leo XIV Monthly Prayer Intentions 

July

For respect for human life

Let us pray for the respect and protection of human life in all its stages, recognizing it as a gift from God.        

Amen