"And I tell you, Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you"

Luke 11: 9

(from the Gospel for the seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C)

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back to Term 3! I hope you managed to have some quality time with your children over the break. It is important in our busy lives to take some time out to appreciate what is truly important; our families, friends and our relationship, centred in gratitude, with our God.

The children have returned to school full of energy and enthusiasm ready to learn. We have some big events in the coming weeks beginning with our NAIDOC celebration tomorrow (Friday 26 July). We have the Western Region Athletics carnival on Friday 9 August and the SHIPS athletics carnivals on Friday 16 July at Tudor House.

In Week 3 on Wednesday 6 August, our school will be hosting the annual “Year 6 Mass with the Bishop”. We will be holding Mass in the school hall for the Year 6 children from St Paul’s Camden, St Anthony’s Picton, St Micheal’s Mittagong, St Thomas Aquinas Bowral along with our own Year 6 children. In total we will have around two hundred children and staff visiting our school. There will be a music concert for all our Year 6 visitors after Mass. 

Our Wakakirri children and staff have been working very hard on their performance piece. They will perform this at WIN stadium on Friday 9 August. The performance commences at 7pm. We will be bussing children to Wollongong for a rehearsal on the afternoon of Friday 9 August. The children are very excited and looking forward to what will be a memorable experience.

We are being visited by the Director of School Mr Peter Turner on Wednesday 14 August. Mr Turner will visit the children in the classrooms. We are discussing the future building plans that are in progress for St Paul’s.

Our Year 6 students will begin preparation to receive the sacrament of Confirmation with the first sacramental class to be held on Sunday 11 August. Enrolment papers can be collected at the weekend Masses if you haven’t already done so. They are due back to the parish office on Monday 29 July by 1pm. Confirmation will be held on Saturday 21 September with Bishop Brian.

This is a busy and exciting term. We look forward to seeing you all join us for these many and varied events. We always work in partnership in the best interests of the children in our school and community.

Date claimers for Term 3:

Don O’Brien – Principal

Confirmation Program

Students who wish to participate in the Confirmation Program have a short time left to pick up enrolment forms from the parish office. Return deadline is Monday July 29 1pm.  No Exceptions. Classes will begin on Sunday 11^th August.

Mission Star Awards

This term, in addition to the school’s current award system, we will be adding a new classroom award to tie in with the work we are doing around mission. The aim of the award is to recognise students who live out our Christian values in their words and actions. Each week, a student from each class will be awarded the ‘Mission Star Award’ because they have responded out of love in some way. This will occur in the classroom so that students can have their name displayed on the ‘Mission Star’ poster. Some examples of missionary actions include showing forgiveness, including others and helping out those in need. Each week, the recipient names will be advertised in the school newsletter.

Catherine du Bois

Religious Education Coordinator

Wakakirri is fast approaching!  Here are some details about the event:

Friday 2^nd August - rehearsal at school from 2-4pm

Sunday 4^th August – rehearsal cancelled

Monday 5^th August – full dress rehearsal at school 1.15pm and 2.20pm; parents are welcome, in particular any parent who is not able to be there on the night

Friday 9 August Performance Day - On the day of the performance (August 9) students will come to school as per usual, preferably dressed in their costume.

SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION

This is the last weekend that enrolment forms for the Sacrament of Confirmation will be available for collection after any of the weekend Masses. The forms can then be returned to Father or to the parish office during office hours. Please note, no enrolment forms can be collected or will be accepted after 1pm Monday 29th July. A fee of $30 is requested to help pay for the booklets and supporting materials for participants.

The preparation classes will consist of five lessons which will be held on Sunday’s after the 10am Mass. The class dates are as follows: 11th, 18th, 25th August, 8th & 15th September. Part of the programme requires compulsory attendance of the 10am Mass before each lesson.

The Sacrament will be celebrated on Saturday 21st September at 6pm.

If you have any enquiries please contact the parish office or email the Sacramental Co-ordinator at: sacramentsmossvale@gmail.com

Just a note to let you know that the canteen days have changed to 2 days a week -  Thursday and Friday.  This will continue in Term 3 and Term 4.

Order via the Flexi Schools Website.  You will also find the menu on this website too.

Alternatively you can order by writing on a brown paper bag and placing the money in there too.