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A PRAYER FOR FATHER’S DAY
We give our thanks, Creator God, for the fathers in our lives. We ask for your blessings for them all. This Father's Day we remember the many sacrifices fathers make for their children and families and the ways both big and small they lift children to achieve dreams thought beyond reach. So too we remember all those who have helped fill the void when fathers pass early or are absent - grandfathers and uncles, brothers and cousins, teachers, priests and coaches - and the women of our families. For those of us who are fathers, we ask for wisdom and humility in the face of the task of parenting. Give us the strength to do well by our children and by you. In your Holy name, O God, we pray.
Amen.
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
I would like to wish all the dads and pops a wonderful Father’s Day with your families on Sunday week. To help acknowledge and thank the dads, our P & F are holding a special Father’s Day Breakfast next Friday 2 September from 7.00am and it would be great to see lots of dads, pops or significant adults join their children for a delicious hot breakfast. This event will be followed later that morning with the Annual Father’s Day Stall.
WORKING BEE
A big thank you to the following families who were represented at Friday’s Working Bee: Thompson (Year 6), Gutierrez, Thompson (Year 1), De Hosson, Johnsen (Schuback), Atley, Roche, Randall, Creighton, Nowakowski, Bricevski, Grogan, Lindsay. Twenty one parents and grandparents carried out many clean up jobs in rainy conditions and we managed to completely fill two skip bins.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
The First Holy Communion program for this year commences on Thursday 8 September with a meeting and name recording at All Saints, commencing at 7pm. This will be followed by enrolments at the Masses on the weekend of 10 and 11 September. The celebration of the Sacrament of First Holy Communion is on Sunday 20 November at 11am and 2pm.
BOOK WEEK
We are certainly excited to be celebrating Book Week this week. One of the highlights was today’s Book Parade, which commenced at 9am. There were so many creative costumes, with some reflecting the theme Dreaming with Eyes Open. A big thank you to Mrs Love and Ms Morand for all their hard work preparing for Book Week. The library looks amazing!
FEAST DAY
We celebrated the school’s Feast Day, The Assumption, last Monday. All students attended Mass at All Saints and were given extra playtime and an iceblock. After lunch there was a thrilling games competition at Keith Hockey Oval, watched by many parents, carers and grandparents. Congratulations to the Gold Classes for winning with a score of 5-2.
ATHLETICS
Congratulations to the students who represented the school at the Diocesan Athletics Trials at Beaton Park last week. The following students made the top two in their event and will now represent the Wollongong Diocese at the Mackillop Trials at Homebush on Wednesday 21 September: Justin Lakeman, Mason Soligo, Isabella Clowes, Sidney Bartle, Reid Coelho, the Senior Boys Relay Team (Elijah Sim, Ryze Smith, Mason Soligo and Campbell Knox). Isabella won three events- Senior Shot Putt, High Jump and Discuss, whilst Sidney won the 11 Year Girls Discuss. Well done children!
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
This Sunday’s Gospel
Humble yourself and be exalted.
All Saints Catholic Parish Shellharbour
Mass times: All Saints Church
19 College Ave, Shellharbour City
Saturday 5.00pm Vigil
Sunday 9.00am, 5.00pm
There will be a special Father’s Day Choir Presentation during Mass on Saturday 2 September at 5pm.
Mass at Stella Maris
Grade Masses take place at our Stella Maris church on Tuesdays at 9:30am. Parents, grandparents and carers are most welcome to attend. Please find below a schedule of the Masses remaining this Term.
Week 7 - 30 August, Year 2
Week 8 - 6 September, Year 6
Week 9 - 13 September, Year 4
Join us for a Cuppa!
Additionally, we would like to invite parents, grandparents and carers to please join us for a cup of tea or coffee after Mass in the school staffroom. Simply follow the students and Mrs Sanchez-Levine through the gates after Mass to join her, Mr Sykes, Fr Joe and Sr Kerry for a 30 minute informal gathering.
Thank you to the parents and friends who came to the previous get-togethers after Mass. It was wonderful to have a cuppa with you all!
The Sacraments
Communion - Year 3 or Older
The information session and name recording for First Holy Communion will occur on Thursday 8 September in the Parish Hall from 7-8pm.
Enrolment forms will be distributed on the 10 and 11 September after Mass.
Workshop times will become available and preferences will be recorded on the weekend of 17 and 18 September 2022.
If there are any questions related to any of the Sacraments, please contact the parish office on 4296 3939.
Stella Maris’ Feast Day - The Assumption 15 August
On Monday the 15 August, we celebrated our feast day, ‘The Assumption’. The students began the day with a beautiful Mass at All Saints with our sister school Nazareth. The choir filled the Church with their wonderful Mary hymns. During Recess, the students enjoyed an ice block with their friends and continued the festivities in the classroom learning about the different Mary’s in our lives. For lunch, the whole school and parents and friends made their way to the oval for a picnic lunch and some healthy “Gold versus Blue” games. It was a lovely way to spend our feast day. Thank you to all the teachers and parents and carers who helped make our day memorable for the children.
God Bless You
Alicia Sanchez-Levine
Religious Education Coordinator
Canteen News
Canteen is open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
The canteen menu is on our website.
Online orders can be made via the My School Connect app - www.myschoolconnect.com.au/stellamarisps and click on create account.
P&F UPDATE:What a busy Term 3 it is turning out to be and our next event is our Father’s Day Breakfast and Stall. This will be held on Friday 2 September. We will be spoiling our special Stella dads, pops and carers on this morning with breakfast and a coffee van, followed by the annual Father’s day stall. A form went home last Thursday with all the details for this day, as well as an order form to purchase brekky rolls. Any questions, please email parents@smsdow.catholic.edu.au. We will be needing lots of hands on on this day in order to make our dads feel loved, so if you could spare some time to assist, it would be greatly appreciated. Please return the form sent home last week or alternatively, you can email us at parents@smsdow.catholic.edu.au . A parent survey link was sent home via Compass last week which we strongly encourage you to fill out. The information collected from this survey will help us prioritise areas of need when spending fundraised money. If you haven’t completed it and would like to, please click on the link - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/ 1FAIpQLSfvJyGkzggls28awuQK7gBO VZrRgYiCuIXq09064ncWUJwd_A/ viewform?usp=send_form&usp= embed_facebook The Stella Maris Trivia night will be held on Saturday 22 October at All Saints Parish Hall. More details will be provided shortly, however if you have a business and are happy to offer prizes for the night, please contact us at parents@smsdow.catholic.edu.au. Thank you!!!A huge thank you to all our volunteers who offered their assistance in the miserable rain at the Working Bee last Friday afternoon. We were able to complete many jobs for our school which couldn’t have been done without your help.Another big thank you to the many teachers and volunteers who offered their assistance at the school disco recently. It was a wonderful night and the students had so much fun. $2411 was raised on the night which was an incredible effort!Last but not least, our heartfelt thank you goes out to our P&F Liaison Representatives who undertake lots of behind the scenes work in order to make our events a success. Without you, our committee would not be running as smoothly or effectively.Thank you to all for your ongoing support,P&F Committee
