Religious Dimension

Eucharist 

On Friday 28th July,   Archie, Edith, Olivia, Clarke, Evie, Maisy, Harriet, Jack, Indie, Mabel, Hamish, Charlie, Max and  Zara  from Year Four celebrated their First Eucharist at St Mary's Star of the Sea Parish. We congratulate these students as they receive the Eucharist and may they feel the presence of Jesus Christ within them.

Community Walk together to end homelessness 

Fusion, Mornington Peninsula Shire and the Community Support Centres are working together to end homelessness on the Mornington Peninsula by hosting a Community Walk followed by a Rally in Rosebud on Friday 11 August.

The Walk starts at 4.00pm at the Rosebud Pier to enable students and/or their families to participate after school. The Walk is from the pier to the Rosebud Village Green where a cleansing ceremony, Youth Voice and a Call to Action will take place at 5.00pm.

This is a great opportunity for students and their families to learn about homelessness—the causes and extent on the Peninsula—and to take action to end homelessness particularly on a local level.

Mary Mackillop

Mary MacKillop Feast Day is held every August 8th in honour of the revered Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop.

Introducing Mary MacKillop

Mary MacKillop was born in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, on 15 January 1842. She was the eldest of eight children. Her family struggled financially and, from the age of 14, Mary needed to work to help support the family. In 1860, she went to Penola in South Australia to be governess to her uncle’s children. She spoke with the local priest, Fr Julian Tennison Woods, about her desire to become a nun and together they dreamed of starting a religious group. Six years later, on 19 March 1866 (St Joseph’s Day) Mary wore a plain black dress to signify that she had begun to live a Religious life. Within two years 120 women had joined the Religious Institute. They took on the work of educating children in small parish schools, and caring for orphans and needy women. Little did Fr Woods and Mary know what was to spring from so small a beginning. These ‘Josephite’ Sisters walked the streets to visit the poor, and lived in twos and threes in rented houses in isolated areas or city slums. The Sisters lived and shared their possessions as equals.

Mary overcame many obstacles to follow her dream, but she never lost hope. Mary’s motto was ‘never see a need without trying to do something about it.’ Her life reveals to us a compassionate God, a God of love. Her actions acknowledged the human dignity of each person. Her life speaks to Australians, in a unique way, of the message of God’s love for all, especially for the ‘underdog’ and the ‘battler.’ As Australia’s first canonised saint, she embodies all that is best in our Australian nation and its people.