Book Week

Dress up in your favourite character for Book Week 2023 tomorrow! Students are invited to come to school dressed as their favourite book character. A parade is planned to take place during a morning Assembly on Friday 25th August beginning at 9.00am. All parents and friends are welcome to attend and join in the fun of dressing up too! Therefore, Friday Assembly will be held in the morning beginning at 9.00am tomorrow.

Upcoming Father’s Day – as part of celebrating Father’s Day a special Assembly is planned following this year’s Father’s Day breakfast. Families are invited to send photos of dads, guardians, grandfathers and special friends to be included in a special PowerPoint presentation. Please send photos to lprivitera@marymacnarre.catholic.edu.au please note these photos will be shown during the morning whole school assembly. Photos accepted by the close of business on Monday 28/8. Thank you.

It’s MMPS PAJAMA Day on Thursday 31st August 2023. We are ending the winter months with a PJ Day at MMPS. Students are welcome to wear their pjs to school! Please consider suitable/appropriate sleepwear and footwear for the day. Families are asked to donate a gold coin which will go towards purchasing more board games in the new outdoor seating areas.

Bravehearts Day – Wear the colour purple on Wednesday 30th August Senior students will be provided with merchandise wristbands due to their Camp attendance. Please read notice further on in the Child Safe Standards section of this newsletter.

First Communion celebrations continue this weekend at Our Lady Help of Christians Parish. We keep in our prayers the following students who will be receiving Jesus in the most holy Eucharist for the first time.  Congratulations to Aria, Sophie, Noah, Layla, Jasmine & David.

Mary MacKillop Today - The  Foundation sends their thanks and appreciation to all members of our school community for our recent fundraising efforts. The CEO Jane Woolford is grateful for our wonderful support and generosity. Thank your for your support.

Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A

Sunday, August 27, 2023

Matthew 16:13-20
Simon Peter acknowledges Jesus as the Christ and is given the key to the Kingdom of Heaven.

In this Gospel, Jesus recognizes the disciple Peter as an important leader because Peter professes his belief that Jesus is the Messiah. Jesus commends Peter for this, not because he came to this belief on his own, but because God allowed Peter to recognize Jesus as his only Son.  Peter played an important role in the early Christian community and helped to build the Church. This was a role given to him by God. We continue to honour Peter and those who have followed him as leaders in the Church. Today we recognize and honour the pope as Peter’s successor. Like Peter, the pope reminds us that we are a people united in the faith that Jesus is God’s Son. Who are some leaders in our Church today and why is it important for our Church to have good leaders?