Catholic Community Life
Sacraments
| Event | Date & Time | Venue | Participants |
| First Holy Communion Preparation, afternoon tea and Vigil Mass |
Saturday |
St Benedict’s Parish Centre and Church | Candidates and at least one parent/carer |
Year 5/6 Class Parish Mass
Year 5/6 will be joining the parish this Sunday 19th May for Mass. We ask that those who have children in Year 5/6, to make a special effort to attend the school’s Parish Mass. The parish choir will be at this Mass and warmly welcome anyone to join in singing. If you are planning to attend Mass on Sunday and would like your child (or any family member) to have a formal role such as a reading, bringing forth the offertory or the Gospel procession, please email:
Joshua Mackenzie joshua.mackenzie@cg.catholc.edu.au
or
Alana Quirk alana.quirk@cg.catholic.edu.au
Mini Vinnies
Our Mini Vinnies are beginning to organise our annual Winter Woollies Day (whole
school event). This will be held Friday 28th June to raise awareness about the issue of homelessness in Canberra as well as collecting donations for the St Vincent de Paul Night Patrol Van. In preparation for this we ask that all families begin collecting adult size winter clothing, as well as blankets and sleeping bags. Donations can be second-hand or new. Please store these at home until Winter Woollies Day, as we do not have the capacity to store these at school.For more information about the Canberra Night Patrol Van, please visit
https://www.vinnies.org.au/page/Find_Help/ACT/Food/Night_Patrol/
The Community Meals freezer is one way we can assist families who are experiencing hardship. If you are able to cook a meal, please usedisposable containers and label with ingredients and date. All meal donations can be brought to the Front Office. If your family requires temporary meal assistance, you can speak in confidence to any of our staff members.May all I do today begin with you, O Lord.
Plant dreams and hopes within my soul,
revive my tired spirit:
be with me today.
May all I do today continue with your help, O Lord.
Be at my side and walk with me:
Be my support today.
May all I do today reach far and wide, O Lord.
My thoughts, my work, my life:
make them blessings for your kingdom;
let them go beyond today,O God, Today is new unlike any other day,
for God makes each day different.
Today God's everyday grace falls on my soul like abundant seed,
though I may hardly see it.
Today is one of those days Jesus promised to be with me,
a companion on my journey,
And my life today, if I trust him,
has consequences unseen.
My life has a purpose.
"I have a mission...
"I am a link in a chain,
a bond of connection between persons.
God has not created me for naught...
Therefore I will trust him.
Whatever, wherever I am, I can never be thrown away.
God does nothing in vain.
"He knows what he is about."
(Author: J. H. Newman)