Catholic Identity
2025 SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM - EUCHARIST & CONFIRMATION
We held our first sacramental meeting on Tuesday evening. Thank you to the families for their participation. Please ensure you have noted the following dates in your calendar as you continue your faith journey with us.
IMPORTANT SACRAMENTAL DATES
| Date | Time | Activity |
Sat 15th March Sun 16th March | 6.00pm 10.00am | Commitment Mass |
| Monday 24th March | 5.30pm | Sacramental Preparation Evening 2 |
Sat 29th March Sun 30th March | 6.00pm 10.00am | Commitment Mass |
| Tuesday 6th May | 5.30pm | Sacrament Preparation Evening 3 |
Sat 3rd May Sun 4th May | 6.00pm 10.00am | Commitment Mass |
| Saturday 7th June | 6.00pm | Eucharist /Confirmation Mass. |
SCHOOL WEEKDAY MASSES
| Friday 7th March | N/A (Whole School Attendance Ash Wednesday) |
| Friday 14th March | Grade 1 |
| Friday 21st March | Grade 5 |
| Friday 28th March | Grade 2 |
HOLY ROSARY SCHOOL HOUSE MASSES - TERM 1 2025
| Saturday 15th March | 6pm | School Frayne House / Family Parish Mass |
| Saturday 29th March | 6pm | School McCarthy House / Family Parish Mass |
THE LENTEN SEASON - SHROVE TUESDAY - PANCAKES
Our Lenten season always begins with the Catholic tradition of eating pancakes on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. This celebration is a symbolic action that helps us to prepare for the following 40 days of fasting and abstinence. We wish to thank our parent volunteers who will be coming in on Tuesday morning to make sure all classrooms enjoy a nice freshly made pancake before play 1.
ASH WEDNESDAY - HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION, FASTING AND ABSTINENCE
We will be attending a whole school Mass with the local Parish on Wednesday 5th March @ 9.15am. Grade 3 teachers and students will also be running the mass. Please remember this is a day of abstinence, we strongly encourage all our students to avoid eating meat on this day as a sign of respect for this significant event in our liturgical calendar. While abstinence is now optional on Friday’s, it is good practice to refrain from eating meat (where possible) as it reminds students of the bigger picture that leads into Good Friday.
PROJECT COMPASSION
A Jubilee year only comes around once every quarter of a century, and it brings with it a special invitation for each one of us. That invitation is close to the heart of Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion. The theme of Jubilee 2025 is Pilgrims of Hope. It is hope which calls us to come together and ‘UNITE AGAINST POVERTY’ - the THEME for Project Compassion this year.