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Sacrament of Reconciliation
Parents are invited to book their child for the Sacrament of Reconciliation for 2022. Your child should have received the Sacrament of Baptism before enrolling for their First Reconciliation. The Parent only Enrolment Night is on Thursday 10th and Wednesday 16th February at 7pm. You are required to only attend one of these enrolment nights. (No Bookings required). A pre-payment before the enrolment is required. This can be made via https://olhc.cdfpay.org.au. Bookings for payment are open and will close on Thursday, 17th February at 3.30pm 2022. For more information visit https://www.olhc.org.au/ parish-sacrament-program/
Synod 2021-2023 Walking Together
Diocesan Conversations for Clergy, Parishioners, Plenary teams, School staff and Catholic agencies
Join the Diocesan Gaudium et Spes Plenary Team as we have a conversation on some of the questions posed by the Synod. We want hear from you – so take this opportunity to share your experiences and your thoughts on how we can be more like the Church that Jesus calls us to be. Further details can be found on the attached flyer.
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C
Sunday, February 6, 2022
In next Sunday’s Gospel, tells us what happened when Jesus called Simon Peter to be his disciple. Simon Peter was a fisherman. Simon Peter hadn't caught any fish. But he trusted Jesus. He followed Jesus’ command to lower the nets into the water. Jesus told Simon Peter he would be a different type of fisherman. Jesus was calling Simon Peter to help him bring people to God. Jesus calls us to follow him too. One way that we follow Jesus is by telling others about him.
Child Safety and Wellbeing
At Mary MacKillop Primary School, we believe that ensuring the safety of the students in our care is an integral part of who we are as a Catholic faith community. We adhere to Victorian Child Safe Standards and Ministerial Order No. 870. We embed a culture of child safety and the matter is taken very seriously.
“Children are the future of the human family: all of us are expected to promote their growth, health and tranquillity,” Pope Francis 2021
Resources to support parents and carers
Parent Education Helping kids settle back into school
Settling into school after a long break is a challenge for some students. Fortunately, there are many ways parents can make the transition easier in the first weeks of school.
Safer Internet Day 2022
We are calling on everyone to play it safe and fair online.
To help celebrate getting back to school and Safer Internet Day on Tuesday 8 February, eSafety website has produced new resources to provide schools and families with fun and engaging ways to work online safety into the curriculum and family life. Ask your child about how we can all help create a safe online environment.
Parent webinar
Book in for eSafety’s free webinar for parents and carers These live webinars give parents and carers the knowledge, skills and tools to support children to have safe online experiences. Please take a look at the schedule attached.
Safe Around Schools
City of Casey are very proud and excited to release their first Safe Around Schools education animation for the beginning of the new school term 2022. The first animation is focussed on School Crossings.With 93 Schools and over 200 school crossings in the City of Casey, these animations will promote good road safety behaviour and outline the rules around creating a safer school precinct.This animation will support schools and also the School Crossing Supervisors around our precinct. We hope to see improved behaviour around the school crossings from pedestrians and drivers.
Families can view the video and know the expectations around schools and keeping children and families safe. The video can be translated and there are also subtitles.
Please find link attached to watch and share: https://youtu.be/wJqlvv3NlPI
OLHC Parish
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 Ajin Albarnas 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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