First Reconciliation 

This Friday all students preparing for the Sacrament of First Reconciliation and all Year 3 students will attend Holy Trinity for our First Reconciliation Retreat Day. Students are able to wear free dress, but we ask that they all wear sneakers as we are walking back to school at the end of the day.

Students will be dropped off at Holy Trinity and walk back to school for normal end of day collection arrangements. If you have any questions please email me at: andrea.mcquirk@cg.catholic.edu.au.

Due to priest availability the time for the Sacrament of First Reconciliation on the 8th of April has been moved from 6pm to 6:30pm. 

TIMETABLE FOR THE SACRAMENT OF FIRST RECONCILIATION PROGRAM 2025

Project Compassion 

Project Compassion gives us all the opportunity to stand in solidarity with vulnerable communities around the world, and create lasting change – together. By putting our faith and compassion into action this Lent, and fundraising for Project Compassion, we can help people in those communities lift themselves out of poverty, and change their lives forever.

To support our 2025 Project Compassion fundraising efforts, we are holding a uniform-free day on Thursday of Week 10. Students are encouraged to come in free dress and make a donation to this important cause. Donations can be made in cash on the day or via the school's QKR app under the fundraising section. Every contribution helps make a difference in the lives of those in need. Thank you for your support!

Easter Prayer Celebrations

All families are welcomed to join us in our Easter Prayer Celebrations. 

The Schedule is as follows: 

Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year C  Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32 The Parable of the Lost Sheep and The Parable of the Prodigal Son 

According to Matthew, ‘Jesus spoke to the crowd in parables, indeed, he would never speak to them except in parables’ (Matthew 13:34). We listen today to one of the most memorable of them. Responding to the accusation of the Pharisees and scribes that he welcomed and ate with sinners, Jesus told a story that could be variously entitled ‘The Parable of the Prodigal Son’ or ‘The Parable of the Forgiving Father’. It is both challenging and reassuring to us - challenging if we have reason to see ourselves in the older brother and reassuring if, mindful of our sinfulness, we identify with his erstwhile wayward but repentant sibling. Their father receives his younger son with great love and compassion, rejoicing that he ‘was lost and is found’. With reference to this parable St John Paul II wrote: ‘[God’s love] is able to reach down to every prodigal son, to every human misery, to sin. When this happens, the person who is the object of mercy does not feel humiliated, but rather found again and “restored to value” (Dives in Misericordia #6). Is there anyone whom, like the older brother, I have yet to forgive - a good Lenten question? 

From God’s Word, Daily Reflections, 2025

Yours in Christ, 

Andrea McQuirk 

Religious Education Coordinator