On Monday 24th May, the Catholic Church of Australia celebrates a special day for Mary the Mother of God, the Feast Day of Mary, Help of Christians, patroness of Australia.

O Immaculate Mary, Help of Christians, Queen of heaven and
earth, and tender Mother of humanity, at this time when a
pandemic threatens all your children, we entrust to you our
nation, Australia, and all who live in this country.

We commit to your intercession all the members of our
community, beginning with the weakest ones, from the unborn
to the sick, the disabled and the elderly.

We commit to you our families, our young and old, and all who
are vulnerable, those who are quarantined or anxious.

We entrust to your Immaculate Heart those who have lost their
livelihood or employment, our pastors and other essential
service workers, and our leaders at this time.

We implore your intercession especially for the protection of
doctors and nurses and those who minister to the contagious
sick in this crisis.

Reign over us, Mother of God, and teach us how to make the
Heart of Jesus reign and triumph in us and around us, as it has
reigned and triumphed in you!

from https://catholicoutlook.org/a-prayer-for-entrusting-australia-to-mary-help-of-christians/

Sydney Catholic Schools Parent Forum

Contained in this newsletter is information about Sydney Catholic Schools’ first Family Forum, Part of Something Bigger, hosted by Anthony (Tony) Farley, Executive Director of SCS. I encourage all parents / carers to join in this online event on Tuesday, 25 May 2021 at 7.00pm.

Mother’s Day Mass and Morning Tea

It was wonderful to celebrate Mother’s Day with the 100 guests (mums and daughters) who attended our Mass and Morning Tea on Wednesday 5th May. Fr Peter, from St Gertrude’s Parish, was the presiding priest and made this occasion special with his inspirational homily. As a sign of gratitude and love, the students gave their mums a red gerbera and a small gift.

Morning Tea was provided for our guests and staff in the Hospitality atrium. Thank you to Mrs Mikhael and Mrs Falzon for catering and adding those little touches that make this event special for our Mary MacKillop Mums.

Congratulations to our Mother’s Day Raffle winners:

• 1st Prize (Giant Cadbury Chocolate) – Emily Ly M3 (Year 9)
• 2nd Prize (Giant Toblerone) – Rhonda Nader M1 (Year 9)

Principal and Assistant Principal Gathering

On Thursday 13th May, we gathered at Mary MacKillop Catholic College with the Principals and Assistant Principals in our local Catholic feeder primary schools. This was a great opportunity for Mrs Christine Harding, our new Assistant Principal as well as the new Primary Principals and Assistant Principals to meet, hear about our Science, Mathematics and Technology initiatives and see our College first hand. We appreciate that they made time after school to join us for Afternoon Tea and tour our College.

Parent Advisory Group Meeting

Our Term 2 Parent Advisory Group Meeting will be held on Wednesday, 26th May commencing at 6pm. We welcome our regular committee members and invite new members to join. We will be holding this meeting both face to face and via Zoom. Please send an email to info@mmcwakeley.catholic.edu.au to register your attendance and receive the Zoom log in code.