RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

First Eucharist Enrolment and Parent only workshop will be held tonight Thursday 6th May at 7.00pm in the Church. Parents are required to attend only one enrolment workshop. Attendance is mandatory if you wish to prepare your child for the Sacrament of First Eucharist. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we request only one parent attend the workshop. This is a parent only workshop and children are not required to attend. If for any reason you miss the enrolment night, or cannot make it to any other meeting/workshop, we request you to wait until the following year, as the parish is unable to offer any catch up workshops for those who are unable to attend. An enrolment levy of $50 is payable via CDFPay www.olhc.cdfpay.org.au which will be available from 18th April 2021. Please bring your receipt number to the enrolment night. For more information please refer to the Sacrament Program Booklet 2021 on the parish website www.olhc.org.au. 

School and Grade Mass and Reconciliation Celebrations have  resumed this term. Parents and friends are welcome to join students during liturgical celebrations. Adherence to COVID safe plans applies when assembling. Current restrictions apply as per announcements by Victorian Government and guidelines directed by DOSCEL.

For the month of May the following celebrations are planned:

• FSL & 6RJ – 13/5/21
• Whole School Mass celebrating Catholic Education Week 27/5/21

The three Parish Schools will join together during Mass on Saturday 22nd May 2021, 6pm at OLHC Church to celebrate the Bicentenary of Catholic Education in Australia.  Please mark this event in your calendar. We would like to see many Mary MacKillop school families attend and together with Don Bosco and Trinity Schools help to bring to life the theme of this year’s special event Faith in the Future.

A number of students will be taking part in a combined choir, as well as participating in the Entrance and Offertory procession.

Trinity Families is a charity which operates to provide funding for service providers who support families in the Gippsland and outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It makes annual distributions to charities from the monies earned from its trust fund investments. Disbursements are made without reference to faith or denomination and are overseen by independent trustees. To support this important charity in the Diocese of Sale, the MacKillop Kids Group members are initiating a Badge Making Fundraiser.

All children in the school will have an opportunity to design and make their own special badge for Family Week. A small $2 donation for each badge will be collected. All monies raised will go directly to the Bishop’s Trinity Fund. All cash donations will need to be directed to your child’s class teacher.

Catholic Care Speaker Rozanne, will be presenting at the Mother’s Day Assembly tomorrow Friday 7th May 9.00am. Rozanne a representative from Catholic Care and will join us sharing important information around the work of Catholic Care Victoria. Each year schools are asked to provide opportunity to support this vital organisation in a financial way. Breakfast that morning is provided and a small donation to Catholic Care would be greatly appreciated. Drop a gold coin or two in the provided collection tins when you collect your egg and bacon roll. All proceeds will be directed to Catholic Care Victoria

John 15:9-17

Jesus commands his disciples to love one another.

In next week’s Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus told his disciples that he began the process of loving, and now it would be their turn to follow his example. Since we are also followers of Jesus, we must follow his example too.

Pray the Rosary during the Month of May

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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WELLBEING

Parenting for emotionally healthy kids Raising children and young people to reach emotional maturity is an important part of parenting. It’s a constant process that takes time, attention and work.  Article attached for your reading pleasure.