Catholic Identity
Mercy Prayer
We pray for the Sisters of Mercy, who established our school and for the priests who have served at St. Mary’s.
It is through their vision, determination and strong faith that we enjoy the benefits of a Catholic Education here in Mooroopna.
We are proud to be a Mercy School, where the values of love and justice are taught and lived every day.
Happy Father's Day
Wishing all our Dads and Grandfathers a very Happy Father's Day on Sunday.
It may not be how we would usually celebrate the day but know that you are loved and treasured everyday.
Birthday of Mary, the Mother of Jesus and School Feast Day - Tuesday 8th September.
Next week we are celebrating Mary’s birthday. We honour Mary, the mother of Jesus and the patron saint of our school. Mary was the mother of Jesus.
We are proud to attend a School named after Mary, where her example of living the Gospel values of love, forgiveness, understanding and respect are taught and lived every day.
Classes have planned special activities to celebrate our school feast day from planting seeds, making and decorating cupcakes, making birthday cards, songs, dance moves and games etc.
We look forward to seeing some of their great work included in our next newsletter.
Project Compassion - thank you from Caritas
Sacraments update -
Baptism - The next parent information meeting for the Sacrament of Baptism at St. Mary’s has been scheduled for Tuesday 13th October at 7pm in the Church. Further information and dates for baptism ceremonies will be discussed at this meeting. Any parents wishing to have their child(ren) baptised in the coming months are urged to attend this meeting and must also notify the Parish House of their intention.
Eucharist - Children who are planning to make their first Eucharist this year may be able to start the home program at the beginning of Term Four, as it does not involve any group meetings other than work in your own home. We would be planning for the ceremony to take place in term Four over a couple of masses. Further updates to come.
Confirmation – This Sacrament is still planned for Grade Six in Term Four. This will be celebrated by Monsignor Peter as the Bishop is not doing any of these visits this year.
Online Mass and prayer sites
Sunday Mass from St Mary's with Monsignor Peter has now been uploaded to Youtube each week. (The link for mass is emailed to school families each week. Contact Mr Butts or the Parish House if you know of anyone else that would like the link sent to them.)
The following is an online site for Mass & Prayer you may wish to visit
Father Joe from St Brendan’s – and others – are doing a daily update live on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sheppartoncatholic/