CELEBRATING OUR FAITH
Year 6 Mass
On Thursday, 5 December the Primary students will go to Sacred Heart Church for theYear 6 Mass at 12noon. The Mass will be a celebration of the Year 6 students Primary Education and the friendships formed here at Holy Trinity. All family and friends are warmly invited to attend the Mass.
Year 10 Events - Week 8
Copeton Dam:
Year 10 students are enjoying their few days at Copeton Dam. They are together on Retreat until tomorrow, Wednesday. The days will involve the students reflecting on their time together as a cohort, memories and talking about their hopes and fears for the future. They will complete Friendship booklets for one another and help prepare for their Graduation Mass which will be on Friday 6 December. The Year 10 students will take part in the Sacrament of Reconciliation at an evening service led by Fr James and Fr Raj.
Graduation Mass Practise:
Thursday 5 December, Year 10 students will meet at Sacred Heart Church at 9:15am for a Mass practise
Year 10 Graduation Mass:
On Friday, 6 December the Secondary students will attend the Year 10 Graduation Mass at 9:15am at SHCC. The students will come together to celebrate the Year 10 students as they finish their education at Holy Trinity and to wish them all the best for their future endeavours.
Australian Catholic Youth Festival
This year Holy Trinity has 3 Year 10 students attending the Australian Catholic Youth Festival and 1 teacher!
Luke Bryant, Montana Stevens and Connor Bryant are being accompanied to the ACYF by teacher Miss Madeline McLeod. These Holy Trinity representatives will join with the rest of the pilgrims from the Armidale Diocese, around 50 in total, on Saturday 7 December.
We wish them all the very best on this pilgrimage and are looking forward to hearing about their experiences when they return.
Information about the ACYF:
The Australian Catholic Youth Festival (ACYF) is a national gathering of Catholic young people established by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC). It exists to provide young people with opportunities to deepen their relationship with Jesus, be empowered to be disciples in the world today and encounter and celebrate the vitality of the Church in Australia. The ACYF is held every two years and this year it will be held in Perth, WA!
The festival will be held from 8 to 10 December, gathering thousands of young people from across Australia.
The ACYF is a dynamic festival experience with a variety of activities occurring across the day.
The theme of the festival is:
‘Listen to what the Spirit is saying...’
Lap-a-Thon Results
Congratulations to the Secondary students who participated in a successful Vinnies Lap-a-thon. The money raised will be donated to our local St Vincent de Paul centre to support them during this busy time of Christmas. Here are the prize winnersL
Year 7
Prue Black and Austin Taylor... Men in Black
Year 8
Ellie and Riley Shultz .... Danny and Sandy
Year 9
Maddi S and Paige Gandy
Year 10
Connor Bryant .... Forrest Gump
Biggest fundraiser .....Gabe Green
Congratulations to all the secondary students .
Food Hamper Items
This year as part of the Thanksgiving Mass, we will be presenting St Vincent de Paul with donated non-perishables food items so that they can be put together into hampers and given to people within our community.
Students and their families are invited to donate non-perishable good items. Please bring the items into school and place in the classroom. Each class will present their collected items at the Thanksgiving Mass on Friday 13 December.
Advent - Week 2
The second candle of the Advent wreath , also purple, represents 'faith'. It is called the “Bethlehem Candle” as a reminder of Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem.
Sacred Heart Mass Times
Saturday Evening - 6:00pm
Sunday Morning - 9:00am
For the calendar...
Term 4
5 December - Year 6 Mass at SHC - 12noon
6 December - Year 10 Graduation Mass at SHC - 9:15am
13 December - Thanksgiving Mass at HTS - 9:30am
Enjoy the week,
Mary-Jane Guest
Religious Education Coordinator