RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
First Holy Communion
Students have now completed their First Holy Communion workshops and now know their mass time for Sunday, 26 November to receive their sacrament. Please pray for all Year 3 students receiving this most important sacrament.Thank you so much to the parents for supporting your children and being committed to attending mass.
Christmas Carols
We would love to see you at our Christmas Carols on Saturday, 9 December. Mass at 5 o’clock will be followed by our celebration. Students will be singing carols, there will be a sausage sizzle and raffle and everyone is encouraged to wear their best Christmas gear!! Bring your singing voices.
Wednesday Mass and Faith & Learning visits
This week Years 2 & 3 attended Wednesday Mass. Next Wednesday, Year 4 will attend 9am mass for their final mass of 2023. Families of all students are warmly welcome to attend mass with their children. We love to see as many families as possible.
St Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal
Last week we began our Christmas Appeal for St Vincent de Paul and thank you to all of the families that have already contributed. Our Mini Vinnies team will continue to collect donations to help those struggling in our community until Friday, 8 December 2023. We will present our gifts to St Vincent de Paul at the Gold Awards assembly on Wednesday, 13 December.
We are asking for the following items:
Kindergarten - Chips, lollies, breakfast cereals, dried pasta/rice & sauce jars etc.
Year 1 & 2 - Christmas food, drinks (milo, cordial, fizzy), Christmas pudding or Christmas cake, long life custard etc.
Year 3 & 4 - Christmas decorations, eg. bonbons, biscuits (sweet/savoury), canned fruit/veg, pancake shake etc.
Years 5 & 6 - Table decorations, serviettes, paper plates, cups, Tea, coffee, milo, sugar, long life milk etc.
These donations can be brought to school by your child and they will be then boxed up and placed under our Christmas tree in the library. Thank you so much for your ongoing support of all the fundraising we do here at Nazareth.
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