Please see the flyer below about the upcoming Parish Mass celebration on 23rd November at 5:30pm.

This is a wonderful time to gather as a school and parish community to celebrate our faith and connect as a shared community. As there are no combined events in Term 4, this will be our chance to come together as a parish and reconnect, share a meal, and celebrate the spirit of our community. We hope to see you there! 

This year, our school is supporting the St Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal by collecting new, unwrapped gifts to help families in need experience the joy of Christmas. Many families in our community are doing it tough, and your generosity can help make a real difference. When purchasing gifts, please consider a range of age groups (0–3 years, 4–8 years, 9–13 years, and 14–17 years) to ensure all children have something special under the tree. Your thoughtful donations will bring hope and joy to families who might otherwise go without this Christmas. Thank you for your kindness and support.

Class Masses

Class Masses and Liturgies schedule Term 4: 

Kindergarten will be participating in a retreat run by our Year 6 Youth Ministry team in place of a liturgy this term.  It is a great opportunity to connect with the faith through peer ministry in a less formal setting.

The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica -Jesus Clears the Temple Courts  John 2:13-22 

A community discerning the building of a new parish church or chapel might first consider the choice of site, asking where we will build. Perhaps it’s helpful to ask whether the new church will be built on earth or in heaven? The question is a surprise, but a church in the Catholic tradition is understood to be a foyer or narthex of heaven. Of course, a church building is not completely in heaven, but neither is it simply another earthly shrine. 

Today’s feast of the Cathedral for the diocese of Rome blends the boundaries between earthly church buildings and the Church as the body of Christ: We are God’s building and Jesus is our foundation. We are, each of us individually and all of us together, temples of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, when we enter a church building we are no longer simply on earth, but we are touching and tasting the heavenly realities and our eternal future. From the Collect for today’s feast we pray: O God, who from living and chosen stones prepare an eternal dwelling for your majesty,  increase in your Church the spirit of grace you have bestowed, so that by new growth your faithful people may build up the heavenly Jerusalem. Amen  

From God’s Word, Daily Reflections, 2025

Yours in Christ, 

Andrea McQuirk 

Religious Education Coordinator