Religious Education news
God our Father, you made the family a community of love.
Bless our fathers as they follow your Son, Jesus.
Let their faith, hope, and love shine in our families,
and show us the way to you.
Strengthen our fathers as they
serve our families and communities.
On Thursday 29 August, we celebrated a beautiful Father’s Day Mass with our dads in the Santa Sabina Chapel. Father’s Day allows us to recall and affirm the particular gifts that fathers bring to families. This includes our fathers, grandfathers, uncles and important father figures. We hope all the dads, grandfathers, uncles and caregivers enjoyed a wonderful day.
In the words of Mariam Fajloun,
‘a father should be nurturing, caring and compassionate. Helping and guiding us in the right way of life. My father displays many of these qualities, every day from helping me with my daily tasks to coming and watching my speech and drama performances. No matter what he’s always been there to help me, and to show me that he cares and to show me nothing but kindness and nurturing’. Dad I love you.
Sacramental Program of First Communion
In the sacrament of Holy Communion, we remember what Jesus did for us in his life, death and resurrection. We remember particularly the Last Supper, that final meal Jesus shared with his disciples. At that meal, Jesus gave us the Eucharist so that we could especially remember him. When we receive Communion, we believe that we receive the person of Jesus into our very beings. We become one with him, and we become one with each other. As a community, we become ‘the body of Christ’
We pray for our students who will receive the Sacrament of First Communion during the next few weeks or who received the sacrament recently.
Service Learning Initiative
This term, as part of our Del Monte Service Learning Initiative, we are inviting students and families to donate snacks for the St Vincent De Paul Night Patrol.
Night Patrol is an outreach service that operates across Sydney, providing meals, snacks, blankets, toiletries, hot beverages, and companionship to people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. This service is invaluable in supporting those in need within our community.
Throughout the term, we encourage families to contribute the following items, which students in the Year 4 Service Team will use to create ‘snack packs’ for the Night Patrol van. This van provides food and care to many homeless individuals each week.
We kindly ask for donations of the following items:
| Prep | Kindergarten | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 |
| Juice poppers | Canned tuna Cuppa soup/sachet soup | Packets of sultanas Noodle cups | Fruit cups Sandwich-size ziplock bags | Nut-free muesli bars (please ensure they are chewy, such as Uncle Toby’s Choc Chip Bars) | Packets of biscuits (e.g., single-serve Tiny Teddies) Le Snack/ Cheese Dippits |
Thank you for your ongoing support and dedication to our Religious Education program. Together, we are making a significant impact on the spiritual growth of our children.
Tina Nicotina
Religious Education Coordinator P-6