Catholic Mission Month 

Next Wednesday is the conclusion of Catholic Mission Month and to celebrate we will be holding our ‘Socktober’ kickoff event. Students have been busy making their class sockball from recycled materials and will test it out against the goalie skills of Mr Edwards. A representative from each class will be chosen to try to get their ‘sockball’ past Mr Edwards.  Students are able to come in mufti clothes on that day and are asked to bring in a gold coin donation to go towards funds for the Caring Center in Mongolia. The Caring Center provides a home for a young child, Otgonbayar and his friends who have nowhere else to call home.

First Holy Communion

This weekend at mass Holy Communion medals will be blessed and handed out to students. Next weekend at mass students will be given instructions on the correct way to receive Holy Communion. Thank you to all of the parents who have been bringing their children to these workshops in the 5B classroom.  Please remember to be on time to the workshops and all activities in the books are to be completed during the workshops. The only component to be completed at home is the Home Activity at the beginning of the week’s activities.  

Reminder: First Holy Communion will be held on Sunday, 24 November 2024.

All Saints Day

Next Friday, 1 November is All Saints Day. We will be celebrating this day with a whole school mass commencing at 11:15am in the church.  Students will be coming in the colours of a chosen saint for their grade. They will learn about this saint in their Religion lessons over the coming week.

Wednesday Mass and Faith & Learning visits

This week, Year 2 attended mass at 9am on Wednesday and many parents came back to the classroom after mass. Next week Year 1 will attend mass and have their learning visit after mass so that families can visit and experience a snapshot of their child’s learning. We encourage all families to come to mass and then visit the classroom.

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