Religion News
Winter Vinnies Appeal
To mark the 60th Anniversary of the St Michael’s Conference of St Vincent de Paul Society in August, they are holding a special food collection for asylum seekers and refugees at the Parish.
St. Catherine’s has been invited to participate in the collection. The food collected will be passed on to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) in Dandenong to distribute to the asylum seekers and refugees who rely on their support.
ASRC has asked us to focus our collection on a small number of items that they usually have in short supply,
400gm tins of chick peas,
400gm tins of lentils and
400gm tins of tomatoes,
bottles of vegetable oil (750ml to 1 litre) and
small jars of honey (220gm to 375gms).
This is a great opportunity to speak to your chid/children about assisting those who are in need.
If you would like to send a donation of the above items please send them to school with your child and they will be collected from classrooms. We will collect these up until the end of August.
Thank you for your assistance with this
Anna Viney
Deputy Principal/Religious Education Leader
RECONCILIATION AND COMMUNION
Reconciliation and Communion Enrolments - St Michael's Parish Support Centre - 121-123 High Street Berwick
Reconciliation and first Communion Workshops
Reconciliation and First Communion Workshops are being run at the Parish Centre at St. Michael’s Church in Berwick.
These will run from 7.00pm -8.00pm on
Mon 21 August – Thursday 24 August.
You will need to have booked a place to attend these prior but all students participated should attend one of the workshops with one parent.
Reconciliation celebrations will be happening at the Chapel in four sessions across two days. These will be held on
Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 September. 9.30am and 11.30am
Please look for more communication that will come out regarding this.
First Communion Masses.
Blessing Masses will be held on:
Saturday the 9 and Sunday 10 September at all Masses at St Michael’s Church
The First communion Masses are held over four weekends from the
7 October till the 28 October.
You may have received emails regarding these . You must book a date and time for candidates as spaces are limited for each Mass. Please ring the Parish and do so as soon as possible.
Anna Viney
Deputy Principal/Religious Education Leader