All Saints Day

Wednesday, 1 November was All Saints Day. All Saints' Day is a solemn holy day of the Catholic Church celebrated annually on November 1. The day is dedicated to the saints of the Church, that is, all those who have attained heaven. The following day was All Souls' Day, which is observed on November 2, and is dedicated to those who have died and not yet reached heaven. On all Saints day students came dressed in an appropriate colour to represent a Saint chosen for their class and learned about their Saint in their Religious Education lessons this week.

Wednesday Mass and Faith & Learning visits

This week there was a whole school mass on Wednesday at 11:30am as part of the Feast of All Saints Day, which occurs every year on 1 November.  Next Wednesday, Kindergarten and Year  will attend 9am mass and Kindergarten will have their final classroom visit by parents for 2024. Families of all students are warmly welcome to attend mass with their children.  We love to see as many families as possible.

First Holy Communion

This week is Week 3 of the workshops for First Holy Communion, with next week being the last week of workshops. As the Transition to Kindergarten playgroup is still happening in the hall at the same time as the workshops, the Tuesday, 7:45am workshops will be held in the Year 5 classroom.  Thank you so much to the parents for supporting your children and being committed to attending mass.  

Catholic Mission Month

This month we have celebrated Catholic Mission Month.  Last week we had a crazy sock day and all students brought along a gold coin.  Students have been busy making their ‘sockball’ and the sockball shootouts are occurring this week.  Due to the bad weather last Friday, the Sockball shootout was postponed.  Winners from each Stage will win a canteen voucher. Thank you to everyone for supporting those in need.

Special Birthday

On Sunday, Father Joe will celebrate his birthday.  A big happy birthday to Father Joe and when you see him at mass this weekend, please remember to wish Father Joe a happy day for his birthday.

All mass times can be found in the All Saints Parish Bulletin and all other important information. A link can be found on the Parish Website:  https://www.dow.org.au/parish/all-saints-catholic-parish-shellharbour-city