Religious news Term 3 Week 9

Sacrament of Confirmation

Congratulations to all our Year 6 students who received the Sacrament of Confirmation over two masses celebrated on Sunday 30th August.  

It was wonderful to see our students participate with such reverence and respect throughout the celebrations.  They embraced special roles including candle lighting and reading, renewed their Baptismal promises and received the special anointing with chrism from Bishop Martin Ashe.

We also extend our gratitude to the students’ sponsors, whose guidance, encouragement and support are such an important part in this step of their faith journey.  

The celebrations were meaningful and memorable occasions for our students, their families and our wider school community.

A special thanks to Fr Tho who con-celebrated the masses with Bishop Martin and to our Year 6 teachers - Marg, Rod, Sarah, Andy and Scarlett -  who prepared the students so beautifully.  We are also grateful to our wider staff community who were there to support our students and lend a hand throughout the day.

We are very proud of all our Year 6 students as they continue to grow in faith, live out the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit in their everyday lives, look for ways to make a difference and follow the example of the values embodied by their sponsors and their chosen saints.
      

    

St. Bernard’s day  -  Lap-a-thon Sponsorship

Thank you to all families who have generously supported our Mannya Appeal following our recent Lapathon on St. Bernard’s day.    We are incredibly grateful for the generosity of our school community.  Every donation, no matter the amount, makes a real difference to the lives of children and their families.

Donations can be made online through School 24 → Events → Lapathon for Mannya until the end of Term 3,  with Friday 18th September being the final collection date.

Touchstone sticker winners

As part of our St. Bernard’s day festivities, each Year level was allocated one of our Clairvaux Touchtones and set the task of designing a sticker.  We are very pleased to be able to announce the winning designs:

Prep:  Friendship  Audrey Davis  Prep PP

Year 1: Kindness Amelia Hall  Yr 1 LB

Year 2: Belonging Tommy Norton Yr 2 MR

Year 3: Happiness Eve Ryan  Yr 3 JB

Positivity: Valencia Martin Yr 3 JB

Year 4: Connection Ava Torpie  Yr 4 KB

Year 5: Respect Sophie Groves Yr 5 VR

Year 6: Purpose Siena Dougherty  Yr 6 ST

Growth Sabelle Carmody Yr 6 MM

Congratulations and we look forward to seeing your designs created into stickers that we can award to students in our school who live out our touchstones.