Advent Prayer

We await your coming and with joyful hearts we pray:

Come Lord Jesus. 

You come to bring us hope and courage: 

Come Lord Jesus. 

You come as a reflection of God’s love: 

Come Lord Jesus. 

You come to show us ways of compassion and mercy: 

Come Lord Jesus. 

We await your coming and with joyful hearts we pray: 

Come, Lord Jesus.

O God, open our hearts to prepare the way for the coming of Christ. Guide us in your ways of compassion so that we may extend your love and mercy to all people. 

Amen

Altar Server Training

A number of children have been busy with Altar server training. It is wonderful to have students who have made their First Eucharist from Year 4 (Judd, Harvey, Imogen, Matthias, Billy K) and 7 (Joseph) volunteering for this important role in the parish and school masses. It is wonderful that we can replenish and add to the small group of regular servers. The students have another practice arranged during the day tomorrow with Father Sijo. If your child is interested in becoming an Altar server and has not been involved please feel free to email me by the end of this week to be involved. The expectation is that each server would be placed on the weekend roster every few weeks. They will also be involved in serving during school masses. There will also be an Induction at an upcoming Mass for all of the new and existing servers who will be gifted with a badge to signify the important role that they have agreed to undertake. If you have any queries please feel free to contact Mrs Collins at jacqueline.collins@cg.catholic.edu.au 

St Vincent de Paul Appeal

Thank you to the families who have remembered to bring in a financial donation to support the St Vincent de Paul Christmas appeal this year. Your support is greatly appreciated. We ask that you please return your family’s donation in an envelope to the school office by tomorrow morning as our Sharing Liturgy will be held first thing in the morning, where our donation will be given to a representative from St Vincent de Paul. We thank you in anticipation of your continued support of this wonderful local Catholic charity.

Christmas Eve Mass 

The community event celebrated by the Parish on Christmas Eve requires  interested volunteers who would like to become involved as either readers or part of the offertory procession to dress up as characters from the nativity scene. If your child is interested, please email Mrs Collins on behalf of the parish at jacqueline.collins@cg.catholic.edu.au and she will be in touch to confirm your child/ren’s role/s along with practice details during the holidays. 

Spreading Some Christmas Cheer! 

The Year 8 and 9 students have been busy preparing some dance moves to popular Christmas songs which they will perform for the residents of Narraburra Lodge next Thursday morning. Unfortunately we are unable to sing or enter the premises due to our current health restrictions, but we have found a compliant way to entertain the residents none-the-less. It is a wonderful display of the Christmas spirit and a real testament to the amazing students that we have, who have eagerly offered and tirelessly prepared to spread some Christmas cheer again this year.