St Patrick's Catholic Parish Primary School Port Kembla eNewsletter

PRINCIPALS MESSAGE

Dear Parents

Tuesday night a number of our Year 6 students received the Sacrament of Confirmation at a special Liturgy led by Fr Bernard Gordon. The sacrament of Confirmation completes the sacrament of Baptism. If Baptism is the sacrament of re-birth to a new and supernatural life, Confirmation is the sacrament of maturity and coming of age.

On behalf of our community I would like to thank Sister Miriam, Mr Mattas and all those who have helped prepare and support our parents over the last few weeks.

Please keep the students, their families and those who prepared them in your prayers.

PRAYER FOR CONFIRMATION CANDIDATES:

Lord, You send out Your Spirit to touch the hearts of all people, so that they may believe in You and in Jesus whom You sent.

Look kindly on all candidates for Confirmation as they listen to Your voice. Open their hearts to Your Spirit and bring to fulfilment the good work that You have begun in them.

As we prepare these children for Confirmation, make each of us an instrument of Your love. Teach us to appreciate what is holy in others, and to be patient with what we do not understand.

Deepen our faith in the Gospel and help us to pass it on by our example. We pray that You will continue to guide us and sustain us.

Through Christ our Lord, Amen.

Farewell

It is with sadness that we will be saying goodbye to Mrs Bronwyn Hall who is resigning from St Patrick’s at the end of this term. Bronwyn has been at St Patrick’s for 25 years and has been a significant part of our school and students lives. She has had several different positions at our school teaching ESL, Literacy Support and providing release for the Religious Co-ordinator. I would like to thank Bronwyn on behalf of our school and parent body for her years of service, friendship and commitment to St Patrick’s.

School Building

Due to the previous regional building award received for the St Patrick’s school project (2018), the Master Builders Association has progressed the project into the NSW State awards category for best Private School project <$5m. Today the judges came and inspected the site.

Assembly change on calendar

Week 9 - Thursday, 19 September – Year 6

Week 10 - Thursday, 26 September – Year 4

New installation

Thank you to Mr & Mrs Markovski (Lukas Yr 4) who generously donated two TVs to our school. One TV is now installed in our staff room allowing us to have staff meetings using the TV as a resource. Timetables and important messages will be posted as well.

Congratulations to Charlotte Larsen and her family who have welcomed a new baby brother called Bailey.

A very special wish to all the fathers and grandparents for this Sunday and the year ahead.

The Lord bless you

and keep you;

the Lord make his face shine on you

and be gracious to you;

the Lord turn his face toward you

and give you peace.

Peace and best wishes for the next fortnight

Mrs Anne Duggan
Principal