OUR FAITH

PRAYER 

 Gracious God, we thank you for mothers- our own mothers and mothers everywhere. We pray for those entrusted with the responsibility of motherhood. Grant each mother your wisdom, guidance and strength and give to each of them patience, devotion and dedication. 

We ask this prayer through Christ our Lord. 

Amen

We pray ...

We pray for .....  all candidates who are preparing to make their First Reconciliation and First Eucharist this term; for Mrs Hannah Matheson, Dylan and Kennedy on the safe arrival of their precious son/brother in March, and for Mrs Katlin Kelly, Kirk and Emma on the safe arrival of their precious daughter/sister in April.

LITURGY NEWS

Yesterday some of our Year 6 students attended Reconciliation with Fr Chris. We thank Fr Chris for his spiritual guidance, as well as spending some time talking with our Year 2 students. Next Wednesday our Kindergarten students will be visited by one of our Parish Priests.

2022 FAMILY MASSES

Term 2 - Family Mass Date

5th June - 9.30am St Nicholas Church (Year 2 and Year 4 encouraged to attend)

MOTHER'S DAY - THANKYOU!

Thank you to all our parents and friends especially mothers, grandmothers, great grandmothers, aunts who were able to attend our Mother’s Day morning gathering and Mass last Friday. What a wonderful and fitting way to say thank you to the special ladies in our lives. A special thank you to Fr Chris for presiding over the Mass. A special thank you to the staff and students who are always so supportive in helping set up and for going with the flow when Mass is celebrated at the school.

FIRST RECONCILIATION & FIRST EUCHARIST

First Reconciliation and First Eucharist (Year 3 students)

First Reconciliation and First Eucharist preparations have begun. Thank you to all the parents who came to the information sessions and enrolment Masses. You would have received a pack with lots of information and important details. Please ensure all monies and documents are submitted no later than Monday 16th May.

First Eucharist Attire - Donate?

We are continuing with a traditional formality to our First Eucharist that many parents have requested in recent times, relating to the children’s dress for the occasion. The girls are being asked to wear a white dress, skirt, trousers with white tights or stockings and shoes, while the boys are asked to wear black trousers, black shoes, white shirt and a tie. While this attire is being requested, we are conscious of imposing any extra burden on our families and hope to be able to assist anyone who may be finding it difficult to acquire any of these clothing. Therefore, if you have any of these items of clothing at home that you could donate to our clothing pool here at school, we would love to hear from you. Please email or send items in to Mrs Dunst. Thank you in anticipation of your support.

For new students who are baptised Catholic, are in Years 3 -6 and are beginning at St Nicholas School in 2022, if there is a Sacrament that they have missed receiving please contact Mrs Dunst as soon as possible (rdunst@arm.catholic.edu.au).

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK (WEEK 5)

Catholic Schools week will be celebrated during the week beginning 23rd May (Week 5). The theme of this year's Catholic Schools Week is 'Our Hope-Filled Future'. As part of Catholic Schools Week there will be a Mass at St Nicholas Church on Wednesday 25th May beginning at 11am. Parents and friends are more than welcome to attend.

YEAR 6 RE TEST

This term our Year 6 students will be participating in the annual Religious Education Test on Friday 24th June (Week 9 ).