Faith News

Faith News

Important Dates

Term Three

• First Communion: Parish Presentation Mass for First Communicants: First Communicants and their families are invited to attend the final invitational Mass at 6pm on Saturday, Saturday, July 22 at St Brendan’s Church.
• Year Four First Eucharist Sacramental Mass- Saturday, July 29-  St Brendan’s Church at 6:00 pm. Please refer to the Skoolbag Reminder note posted on July 13.
• Whole School Mass for Saint Mary MacKillop and Mary the Mother of Jesus (Assumption) Thursday, August 10th- St Brendan’s Church at 11:30 am.  Mass leaders:Year One and Two staff and students (Not Foundation as previously advised)  All are welcome. 
• Thursday, August 31st  St Brendan’s Church at 11:30 am. Whole School Mass for Fathers and Special Men in the Lives of our Children. Mass leaders: Year Three & Four staff and students. All are welcome. 

First Communion: Parish Presentation Masses for First Communicants

Families are always welcome at any Catholic Parish Mass at any time. However Fr Shymon has especially invited the First Communicants and their families to attend the Mass at 6pm on Saturday, July 22 at St Brendan’s Church, as they prepare to receive the sacrament of First Communion. Please mark this date in your family schedule. 

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First Eucharist Preparation Activities led by Gen Bryant and her Ministry Team

Thank you to the families and First Communicants who attended the workshop evening on Thursday, June 22nds last term. The workshop was led by the Gen Bryant Ministry Team and involved learning about the parts of the Mass and the tradition of the Eucharist. All present were fortunate enough to hear Gen and her team members Alex and Monty speak and perform live music for the occasion. 

Throughout the same school day Gen and her team also led a range of learning activities for all Year Three and Four students, with a particular focus on preparing to receive the Sacrament for First Eucharist for those who are preparing. All students and staff were lucky enough to enjoy a whole school concert by Gen and her team in the afternoon with many in attendance at the sessions joining in with the singing and dancing too.

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Please pray for the following children as they prepare to receive the sacrament of First Eucharist on Saturday, July 29th, 6 pm at St Brendan’s Church:

Social Justice Action Team News

The SJAT worked in partnership with the Mini Vinnies teams from St Brendan’s, St Joseph’s and St Mary’s to support the St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal. Thank you to all of the families who were able to contribute to the appeal by donating non-perishable food items. The response was overwhelming in a wonderful way and the SJAT Team certainly had their work ‘cut out’ for them in packing and sorting the items for collection by Bill, a volunteer from the Western Port Conference at St Vincent de Paul. It was wonderful to receive the following note of thanks from volunteers, Tom & Maree Leyden, which teachers have read to their classes. This initiative really has put Catholic Social Teaching into immediate, meaningful and impactful action at the local level for our students.

“ The Western Port Conference of Saint Vincent de Paul extends our thanks to all parents, students and teachers for their outstanding support for our recent non perishable food drive for those in need in our Community.  Our storage cupboard was very low prior to the recent school holidays and now thanks to your support we now have a full cupboard to provide food for those in need”.   

Caritas Water For All Project

You may notice that staff at St Brendan’s often coordinate their outfits on Thursdays and special days at school. This is likely due to their participation in Staff Dress Code Days. On these days, staff members are invited to dress in a particular theme or scheme (eg, spots, stripes etc) and to donate to a cause or global project. Last term, a total of $135.80 was contributed and forwarded to the St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal. This term, contributions to the Staff Dress Code tin will be directed to the Caritas Water for All project.  Find out more about this wonderful project here. Can you guess what the Staff Dress Code will be this week?

Catholic Care

For further information about the services offered by Catholic Care, please visit: https://www.ccam.org.au/

Catholic Baptism

For families considering The Sacrament of Catholic Baptism for their child/ren, please contact the Western Port Parish Centre on (03) 5979 4374. Should you make Baptism arrangements with the Parish, please inform me so that this special milestone for your child can be acknowledged within the school community. Please also forward a copy of your child’s Baptism Certificate to the school so that this can be reflected in the school records.

Families who wish for their children to receive any sacrament or The Rite of Reception through the parish, have been requested by Fr Shymon to make timely arrangements, as adequate preparation is required. This is especially important when families wish to enroll in school sacramental preparation programs, such as First Reconciliation, First Eucharist and Confirmation. 

Christian Initiation for Adults: RCIA

Have you ever considered becoming a Catholic or continuing the Catholic sacramental journey which you commenced as a child or younger adult? 

Adults who wish to begin or continue their faith journey through the reception of the Catholic sacraments are invited to contact the Western Port Parish Centre on (03) 5979 4374.

Western Port Parish News

Please follow this link to the Western Port Parish web page, and to find out more about parish happenings.

Access to Australian Catholics Online Magazine

Families, please remember that you have FREE access to the Australian Catholics online resource. To access this fabulous resource, please click here  and use the following login details to gain access:

Email: parents@sbsomerville.catholic.edu.au 

Password: parents1

Yours in faith & harmony.

Emma Chapple

-Religious Education Leader

-Performing Arts Classroom Specialist Teacher

echapple@sbsomerville.catholic.edu.au