Our Catholic Community
Sacrament of First Holy Communion
Sacrament of First Holy Communion: will be held over two special Masses on Saturday the 6th of November at 4pm and Sunday 7th November at 11:30am.
First Holy Communion is for all eligible students in Year 3 and above. Offering our thoughts and prayers for all our students making this very significant sacrament.
School Reconciliation
On Friday 22nd October, students from Year 3, 4 and 5 attended a COVID safe, modified version of Reconciliation. Fr Damien was present in the school grounds for this special occasion. It was a nice being surrounded by birdsong and a light breeze on a beautiful spring day. Until we are able to return to the Church, students in year 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 will be afforded the same opportunity for renewal in the coming weeks.
Catholic Mission Month - October "SOCKtober"
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We had our Crazy Sock Day to support the work of the Good Shepherd Sisters in Vietnam on Friday 29th of October. Students from K-10 wore crazy socks to school and donated a gold coin. We also called for donations fo new socks. Socks are the least donated item to Vinnies. We have 266 new pairs of socks to hand to our local Vinnies Store! At lunchtime, Mr King hosted a 'rock-your-socks-off' dance party on the oval!
Thank you St Philomena's community!
St Philomena's is participating in SOCKtober again in 2021. Please visit our fundraising page to register your child and link them to our school page to help us kick some goals for World Mission Month!
COVID restrictions have prohibited us from doing many things over the past month - fortunately with this platform, students can register and raise money for Catholic Missions.
If you'd rather just make a donation instead of signing your children up, click on a house below and make a donation directly to the page.
Let's Kick some Goals for Catholic Missions!
Mini Vinnies
Students in Stages 2-5 are invited to take part in some exciting Mini Vinnies Initiatives. These initiatives are designed so the students can have an opportunity to live our Catholic Principles and Values as Stewards of Gods Creation and reaching out to others through the Common Good, with a Preferential Option for the Poor.
We have had an influx of happy crocheters from Year 5 - and we are finally making some great progress with crocheting. Perhaps, next winter, we will have a cache of blankets to donate to Vinnies.
Thanks Crochet Crew!
The Crochet Crew meets in the MacKillop Room during lunchtime on Wednesdays and Thursdays to crochet granny squares. These granny squares will be joined together, making unique and cosy rugs which we will donate to Vinnies for their winter appeal. No crochet experience is necessary and all material will be supplied. Crochet Crew is ideal for students in Stage 2 and above.
The Green Team have a focus on caring for our immediate environment. Green Team meet during lunch time, every Tuesday, and focus our energy and attention on one area of the school grounds, removing rubbish which may have blown into the garden beds. The Green Team is made up of students in Stage 2.
This fortnights focus was the garden beds near the quad and the gardens in front of the art and music buildings. What a FANTASTIC commitment to our environment these Green Teamers are making!
Waste Warriors was a response to the amount of rubbish we generate as a school. Most of this rubbish ends up in general landfill and a quick lunchtime audit identified that we could be recycling up to 95% of our waste! How exciting!!
An impassioned bunch of Stage 3 students are working together to make sure that our rubbish is sorted correctly and sent to be recycled.
Our aim is to have scrunchy, or soft, plastic collected and recycled - this is called RedCycle and you can recycle this at home by returning scrunchy plastics to Coles or Woolworths. We will take the 10c recyclable bottles, cans and containers and donate the money to Vinnies and hard plastics and paper will be recycled as well. Green waste will be sent to the Waste Management Facility for composting. Living as Stewards of Creation will help to ensure our environment thrives. The Green Team will have planning meetings during lunchtime on Monday and will follow a roster for the week.
Moree Vinnies Care and Support NEEDS your help
St Francis Xavier Parish church bulletin
Click here for a link to the latest Parish church bulletin.