Child Safety

National Child Protection Week (5-11 September 2021)  is an annual event starting on the first Sunday of September. This year's theme "Every child, in every community, needs a fair go" aims to spread the message that to treat all of Australia’s children fairly, we need to make sure every family and community has what kids need to thrive and be healthy.

Visit https://www.napcan.org.au/get-involved-2021/ to find out more about the campaign, including activities for families.

In particular, check out the Children’s Art Activity which asks children what they think is most important in a child-friendly community https://www.napcan.org.au/art-activity/

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Sacraments

Sacrament of Confirmation Workshops were held during this week, with sessions concluding this evening. The Parish will send families updates and further information about the Sacramental celebrations once the Victorian Government outlines further changes to current restrictions.

Fan the Flame

Towards Plenary Assembly One October 2021 

‘This people honours me only with lip-service, while their hearts are far from me.’  Mark 7:1-8,14-15,21-23 

Unless we train ministers capable of warming people’s hearts, of walking with them in the night, of dialoguing with their hopes and disappointments, of mending their brokenness, what hope can we have for our present and future journey?  (Pope Francis, Meeting with the Bishops of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, 28 July 2013)

www.plenarycouncil.catholic.org.au/fantheflame/

Twenty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle B

Sunday, August 29, 2021

Mark 7:1-8,14-15,21-23

Jesus teaches that it is that which comes from our hearts that defiles us.

In next Sunday’s Gospel, we hear the Pharisees challenge the practice of Jesus’ disciples that went against a rule that the Pharisees taught about washing hands and food utensils. This was a practice of the Pharisees and of some Jewish people. They washed their hands and purified food utensils to make them clean. They thought that by doing this they were making themselves holy. Jesus taught that the Pharisees had forgotten the meaning behind their rules. They thought that they were making themselves holy by following the rules about making things clean. But Jesus taught that there was something more important than these actions. Jesus taught that our words and deeds toward others are what show us to be holy people. God wants us to do good things with our lives, such as share our possessions, think kind thoughts even about those who hurt us, and be truthful.

WELLBEING

Supporting children during the COVID-19 pandemic

View the article below from the National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health to find resources that will assist parents and caregivers in supporting  children’s mental health through the current COVID -19 pandemic.

OLHC Parish

Our Lady Help of Christians Parish Information

Mary MacKillop Primary School is one of the three Parish Primary Schools belonging to the Parish of Our Lady Help of Christians, Narre Warren within the Diocese of Sale. Fr Brendan Hogan is our Parish Priest and Fr Isuru Weliwatte is our Assistant Priest. We are grateful for their ongoing prayers, involvement and support of the students, families and staff of Mary MacKillop School. 

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