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| Important Dates & Reminders | |
| 31 August | Confirmation Retreat Day & Parent/Child Formation Meeting |
| 1 September | Father's Day Liturgy |
| 5 September | Confirmation @ St Michael's |
| 22 September | St Michael's Feast Day |
Dear Parents and Carers,
Last Thursday evening I was privileged to attend the 2023 Faith in Learning Excellence Awards at St Christopher’s Cathedral in Manuka. After Mass, Archbishop Christopher Prowse presented awards to teachers across the Archdiocese. Congratulations to Danielle Madsen, Jess Hallahan and Laura Frogley who received Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher Awards (HALT). I was so proud of our current and previous staff for their accomplishments.
On Friday Erika Tokich and I attended the Key Leaders Day with Principals, Coordinators and Parish Priests from across the Archdiocese of Canberra/Goulburn. Archbishop Prowse introduced the Year of the Holy Spirit, reminding us that in Catholic Schools we are challenged to be places where our students encounter Jesus. The day also focused on a discussion around Religious Education considering the success of Catalyst initiatives. Please find a copy of the prayer cards for the year of the Holy Spirit in your child’s bag today.
As of this Friday, I am fortunate to be able to access some long service leave at the end of this term and I sincerely thank Bridgette McCann who will be Acting Principal and Danielle Madsen who will be Acting Assistant Principal during my absence.
Other news
We look forward to catching up with many of our Dads this Friday from 8:20am. Enjoy a game with your child and a coffee before work followed by our liturgy at 9:15am in the Church.
Congratulations to Mahli Gafa who represented ACT at the National Cross-Country Championships on Saturday 26 August - see our Sports News.
Thank you also to Bridgette McCann and Jess Hallahan for preparing and presenting our first Coffee chat after our Book Week Parade last week. A small group of parents joined us to share ideas to support students reading at home.
Thank you to Erin Hardwicke and all our staff for assisting with the Book Fair and for joining in with all the Book Week fun last week. It's great to share lots of enjoyable experiences with your children and we all had a lot of fun! We are very appreciative of the amazing book character costumes and of the way our community supported Winter Woolies.
Thank you to everyone for your continued support.
Many blessings,
Judy Egan
Principal
A great opportunity to listen to Andrew Fuller- Clinical Psychologist.
Registrations can be done at Eventbrite
For those unable to travel to Canberra to attend in-person, there is a live streaming registration option.
Congratulations to the following students who achieved a Harmony Award this week.
Well done!!
| KD | Mia B |
| 1/2K | Nixon A |
| 1/2T | Zoe M |
| 3/4B | Alana Z |
| 3/4O | Ruby C |
| 5/6H | Lachlan M |
| 5/6M | Luke C |
| 5/6S | Charlie C |
Parish Sacramental Program 2023
Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated on:
Tuesday 5 September 2023 at 6pm in St Michael’s Church, Kaleen;
Wednesday 6 September 2023 at 6pm in St Monica’s Church, Evatt; and
Thursday 7 September 2023at 6pm in St Monica’s Church, Evatt.
Please keep the 62 candidates in our parish who are celebrating the Sacrament of Confirmation in your prayers.
Child/Parent Formation evening – will be held in St Monica’s Church at 6pm this Thursday 31 August 2023 – please bring your completed home booklet with you on the evening.
Home Booklets – the completed home booklets can be handed in at the child/parent formation night on 31 August 2023.
The home booklets will then be signed with the parish stamp and then be available with certificates at the liturgy celebration.
Sacrament of Reconciliation will be celebrated in term 1, 2024.
For further Information – please contact the Sacramental Program Coordinator at sc.belconnennorth@cg.org.au or check the parish website at www.cg.org.au/belconnennorth
Father’s Day
Father's Day is a special celebration honouring fathers, father figures, fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. This Sunday we will celebrate the fathers in our lives. We especially thank all the St Michael’s Dads for their love and support and ask God to bless them today and always. We hope to see many of our fathers this Friday at the Father’s Day Liturgy. The liturgy will be at 9.15am and led by our Year 5/6 classes.
Father’s Day Prayer
We pray for all fathers, grandfathers, step-fathers, and fatherlike figures in our lives, may God bless them abundantly.
We pray for all the fathers who have passed, may we hold them in our memory and in our hearts and honor them today.
We pray for all those longing to become fathers, may You guide them through this hard time.
St. Joseph, may you intercede in the lives of all fathers struggling, and may you pray for them to draw near to God the Father.
We pray to the Lord,
AMEN
Questioning
Our Harmony Awards for weeks 7 and 8 will celebrate students who display our school key for learning; questioning. Questioning is a way of engaging in and strengthening our learning. It promotes critical thinking and is fundamental in communication. When we are curious about our environment, we ask questions and want to learn. We look forward to celebrating students who are inquisitive learners and actively seek new information.
Confirmation
Tomorrow all Year 6 students will participate in a Confirmation Retreat Day. We will celebrate Mass and then spend the day participating in activities to enrich our understanding of the Holy Spirit. Tomorrow night, candidates will be joined with their parents to attend a Parent/Child Formation Evening as part of their preparation to receive the Sacrament. Please keep candidates and their families in your thoughts and prayers as they will be confirmed this coming Tuesday the 5th of September.
Key Dates RE for Term 3
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31 August |
Confirmation Retreat and Parent/Child Formation Evening |
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1 September |
Father’s Day Liturgy |
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5 September |
Sacrament of Confirmation |
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22 September |
Celebration of St Michael’s Feast Day |
For all Religious Education enquiries please email Erika Tokich at:
erika.tokich@cg.catholic.edu.au
We are finalising the teams for the carnival and team lists will come home next week.
If you are able to help out we are still looking to fill a few positions.
