Faith & Religious Education News
Welcome back to Term 4. I hope everyone had a restful spring holiday and are ready for the next 8 weeks of fun filled OLOL action.
Last night the first of our Confirmation /First Eucharist ceremonies occurred. We have 3 more ceremonies over the next couple of weeks. We thank the candidates and parents for their patience in this 2020 year of preparation. We also thank Father Quinlan for officiating these ceremonies.
The month of October is also regarded as the month of the Rosary so sharing a Hail Mary each day with your family is a nice idea to remember Mary, the Mother of Jesus. October is also World Mission Month – Catholic Mission asks us to make a donation to support their work in troubled areas of our world. Donations to the Classroom Mission boxes will be collected and sent to Catholic Mission.
In Week 3 it is Family and Health and Well-being Week. During Week 3 each class will focus on the appropriate family life programme for their year level. Each child will receive a note outlining the topics of discussion. Please return your reply note as soon as possible. If you have any questions or queries about the topics your child’s class will explore, please contact your class teacher by Friday 16th October.
On Thursday, 22nd October it is our “Wear Red for Daniel” Day – A Day when we remember the special messages, reminders and advice of the Daniel Morcombe Foundation. We explore ways to keep ourselves safe. Wear something that is “sun safe red” and bring a gold coin so we can support the Daniel Morcombe Foundation to continue in their quest to keep all children safe.
This term we usually collect grocery items to make up hampers for our local St Vincent De Paul Chapter. The members of St Vincent De Paul have always been very grateful for the generosity of the community of OLOL. Unfortunately, Covid 19 restrictions have hampered how our St Vincent De Paul volunteers can handle, sort and deliver groceries. Our local St VDP chapter have asked if we could donate grocery store gift cards or cash donations which we can convert to gift cards. This way those less fortunate than ourselves can still enjoy a special Christmas. We plan to give these donations to a member of our St Vincent De Paul Chapter at our End of Year Mass on Friday 4th December. Please send in your donations to your class teacher. Thank you for supporting St Vincent De Paul in this way.
RE: Dates for your diary
Thursday 22nd October – “Wear Red for Daniel Day” – gold coin donation
Have a great week.
Janice Moore
Assistant Principal Religious Education (APRE)