Harmony Week at St Patrick’s

This week we will celebrate Harmony Week in our School.      

Harmony Week is a celebration of our cultural diversity – a week of cultural respect for everyone who calls Australia home. Our diversity makes Australia a great place to live.

The message for Harmony Week is everyone belongs; the week aims to engage people to participate in the community, respect cultural and religious diversity and foster a sense of belonging for everyone.

‘We are all made in the image of God.’

**A special Mass will be held at 12 noon on Friday 5^th May followed by a delicious tuckshop lunch provided by our fabulous cooks from around the world.

  Family Mass

On Saturday 27^th May at 5pm we will hold a Family Mass in St Patrick’s Church.

This is a wonderful opportunity for our School and Parish to celebrate Mass together.

The children/families will take lead roles to do the Readings, Offertory, sing in the choir, greet parishioners etc. A note will be sent home asking for volunteers closer to the date.

Please mark this on your calendars. We would love to have lots of our school families involved in this Mass.

Easter Altar Serving

A huge thank you to Taite Johnson, Harry Peterson, Riley Smith, Lachlan Hargreaves, Christyne Calub and Nate Tozer who served on the Altar over the Easter celebrations. Some of these children volunteered at multiple services. Our visiting priest, Fr Eden instructed the children on many new rituals that were involved in the ceremonies. The children carried out their duties with great prowess and reverence. Thank you from everyone in the Parish for your commitment.

Project Compassion Boxes

Thank you to those families who have returned their Project Compassion Boxes. If you still have yours at home, please return it to school as soon as possible. Every contribution regardless of its size makes a difference.

I hope to forward the collections to Caritas Australia at the end of this week.

Staff Spirituality Day

St Patrick’s staff joined with their colleagues from Tumut, Adelong and Batlow to participate in an enlightening day titled – ‘Walking together as people of hope and action. The day was led by a team from Catholic Education in Canberra.

The purpose of the day was to develop knowledge and understanding of synodality (deep listening) and the importance of walking together in the evangelising mission of the school as an ecclesial body of the Church.

Activities included breaking open the Scriptures to gain a deeper understanding and meaning of the text, as well as having time for personal reflection.

A question to ponder – ‘How am I walking together with others through hope and action?

Reconciliation Preparation

We will begin our preparation on Tuesday 9^th May for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. This Sacrament is for Catholic children in Year 3 or others who may have not yet received this Sacrament. If you know of any children from the other schools who are ready for this Sacrament could you, please pass on this information.

The preparation consists of lessons on Tuesdays with children only and Saturdays with parent/parents. The lessons will be held in the Year Two classroom each week.

*** Please put these dates in your diary to avoid clashes with other events.

Week 3

Lesson 1 - Tuesday 9^th May 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Lesson 2 - Saturday 13^th May and Commitment Mass 3:45 pm 4:50 pm

                  NB Mass at 5pm.

Week 4

Lesson 3 -Tuesday 16^th May 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Lesson 4 - Saturday 20^th May 3:45 pm 4:50 pm ** NB Mass at 5pm.         

Week 5

Lesson 5 -Tuesday 23^rd May 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

• Sacrament of Reconciliation – Friday 26^th May 9:30 am (Week 5)

Change of Mass time

Please note as of Saturday 6^th May Mass at St Patrick’s will be celebrated at 5pm. This change is for the cooler months.

Kate Howe

REC