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Parish News - Congratulations to Fr. Brendan

We warmly congratulate Fr. Brendan on his appointment to Parish Priest in Warragul and Drouin Parishes.  Fr. Brendan has been the Parish Priest of Our Lady Help of Christians Parish for the past 12 years.  In that time we have been very blessed to have his guidance, friendship, support and spiritual direction.  It is with very mixed emotions that we farewell Fr. Brendan to his new appointment - he will be sadly missed but we know he will bring the same gifts we have been blessed with to his new Parish in January 2024.  Fr. Michael Willemsen will begin in our Parish in January 2024 and we look forward to welcoming him in the new Year.

Remembrance Day

Our field of knitted poppies continues to grow with the support of Avril - Grandmother of Harvey (6PF), Fletcher (2SE) and Darcy (FSL).  We are so blessed to have such dedicated parents and grandparents in our school community who contribute is so many ways.  Our Poppy display will be set up next week in preparation for Remembrance Day on 11 November.  If you have a prayer or special message of remembrance for a loved, please collect your ‘message card’ from the office and place on the poppy of your choice. 

Parish Schools Cup - Inaugural Event

We are very excited to share with you the news of our Parish Schools Cup Inaugural Event happening on Friday 17 November (9.00 to approximately 12.30 pm) between our three Parish schools - Mary MacKillop, Don Bosco and Trinity.  A big THANK YOU to Mr Tim for initiating this very special event for our Year 5 and Year 6s as well as the Physical Education Teachers at Don Bosco - Richard and Trinity - Nicole for their efforts, teamwork and planning in getting the event up and running, with what we hope to be a yearly calendar event for our senior students.  We also acknowledge our Parish support in their sponsorship of the event and look forward to presenting the winning trophy and awards to best sports persons on the day.  More information on this very special event is in Mr Tim’s section of the newsletter. 

Canteen Closures

Please note there is NO canteen on the following dates:

• Monday 6th November
• Monday 20th November
• Friday 24th November
• Friday 15th December

Subway Lunch - Friday 24th November

Envelopes went home with each child today.  If you wish to place an order please ensure the envelope is returned no later than 9am on Friday 17 November

What’s in this week’s newsletter 

In this week’s newsletter you will read about our Parish Schools Cup upcoming event, Parish Prayer group information, Remembrance Day service on Friday 10 November, PE, Fee information and Visual Arts News.