First Holy Communion

On Saturday night we celebrated the beautiful occasion of First Holy Communion. Eleven children from our parish received the sacrament of the Eucharist for the first time. The children along with their families have spent the past few weeks preparing to receive this most wonderful sacrament.

There have been so many positive comments from parishioners on how reverent the children were during the Mass. They read beautifully and performed all their roles knowing exactly what to do. When the children received the Jesus in the Eucharist, they demonstrated the sacredness of receiving the Blessed Sacrament.

 We thank the families of the children for their support and guidance of the children throughout the preparation. We are all so very proud of our first communicants.

We thank Father Namora for being with the children on the preparation day and being available to hear the children’s Reconciliation. Father Namora said a beautiful Mass helping the children to understand the sacredness of the Eucharist.

 Choir

A special thank you to all the children from St Patricks who came to Mass to support their friends and to sing in the choir. It was wonderful to have so many children represented in the choir and their singing made a Mass even more special.

Mission Day Activities 

On Friday, 28^th October we celebrated our mission day activities. Our day began by each class forming a coin line to display their donations. After lunch we gathered in our Peer Support groups to enjoy tabloid activities run by our very competent Year 5/6 Leaders. The groups had great fun participating in lots of fun activities including a soccer shootout and soccer game. We also watched a video that described the work of Catholic Mission in Ethiopia and the work they are doing to provide a better life for many people. Our children agreed how fortunate we are, in comparison to children that we saw in our video. This enabled the children to understand the reason why we donate to Catholic Mission and how our school participation can make all the difference to the lives of those who are less fortunate.

Our efforts on the day raised an amazing $167.60 which will be sent to Catholic Mission. Some children have indicated that they have additional money to donation. This is very generous. If these donations can be sent in by this Friday, we will finalise our fund raising and forward our money to Catholic Mission.

This year ‘s, Socktober Star Fundraising Targets were $77 which can help to pay for food, medicine and care for the farm animals for two weeks.

$117 can help to purchase one goat at the Deberety Farm to provide nutritious milk for infants. The milk from the goats can also provide butter and cheese, which has a higher nutritional value for children.

Through our donations, we are able to purchase a goat and have some money left over that will go towards food for the farm animals.

Thank you, children for you very generous effort.

November Masses

November is the month of the Holy Souls. On Tuesday Year 3/4 lead us in a beautiful Liturgy to celebrate All Saint’s Day. Thank you, Mrs Flanagan, Mr Ferguson and Year 3/4 for being so adaptable after the weather prevented us from going to the Church, and then presenting a lovely liturgy to commemorate all the Saints in Heaven. On Wednesday it is All Soul’s Day, where we remember all those who have passed from this earth.

Your loved ones will be remembered in the Masses throughout November, by placing their names into the Remembrance Book located at the back of the Church.

Kate Howe

REC