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Dear Parents, Guardians and Carers,
Today we celebrated St Patrick’s Day as it is the Feast of St Patrick on 17th March. St Patrick is one of the most well-known and popular saints throughout the world. Patrick was born in Britain in 387, however at about the age of fourteen he was captured by Irish pirates during a raid and taken back to Ireland as a slave, where he was made to herd and tend to sheep. During his captivity, Patrick turned to God.
Patrick was held captive until he was twenty, when he escaped after having a dream from God. In his dream, God told him to leave Ireland by going to the coast. Patrick followed God’s message and went to the coast where he found some sailors who took him back to Britain, where he was reunited with his family.
A few years after returning home, Patrick had a vision of the Irish people appealing to him to come and walk among them as a holy servant. The vision prompted Patrick to join the priesthood. Patrick studied for four years before being ordained a priest. He was later ordained a bishop and sent to take the Gospel to Ireland.
Patrick arrived in Ireland in 433, where legend has it, that the chieftain of one of the druid tribes, tried to kill him. After an intervention from God, Patrick was able to convert the chieftain and preach the Gospel throughout Ireland. Throughout Ireland he converted many people and began building churches.
Patrick often used shamrocks to explain the Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) and entire kingdoms were eventually converted to Christianity after hearing Patrick’s message. He preached and converted all of Ireland for 40 years. He worked many miracles and wrote of his love for God.
Patrick died on 17th March 461 in Saul where he had built the first Irish church.
To celebrate the day, all students were invited to dress in green coloured clothes. It was great to see so many students get into the spirit of the day and go all out with their outfits.
To add extra excitement to the day, our Grade 6 school leaders created a St Patrick and a leprechaun photo board. Our leaders hatched the idea, planned what they would look like and then carried out the painting. These were a great hit on the day and lots of great photos were taken.
Our St Patrick’s Day celebrations continued with a Special Person’s Afternoon. All students invited a special person or two to school, where we celebrated a whole school mass, had a shared afternoon tea and completed activities in the classroom together. It was great to see so many people attend the Special Person’s Afternoon and I know that they students all loved having them come.
Parent Information Night
Next Thursday, 21st March from 5:30pm-6:30pm, all parents are invited to attend the St Patrick's Primary School Parent Information Night. The information session will be held in the multi-purpose room. This is a parent only event so please make arrangements for the care of your child if you intend on coming.
At the Parent Information evening, the Leadership Team and Fr Francis will provide information to the parents on our key school priorities including :
- School operations
- Catholic Identity and Religious Education
- Parish and School Partnership
- Learning and Teaching
- Student Support
- Whole School Approach to Positive Behaviour Support and Mental Health and Wellbeing
Whilst this is not a compulsory event, parents from across all year levels are encouraged to attend.
Kind regards,
Joel
KEEP UP TO DATE WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING AT
ST PATRICK'S BY CHECKING OUR CALENDAR ON OUR WEBSITE.
Go to: www.stpstratford.catholic.edu.au
Friday 15th March
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| Saturday 16th March |
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| Monday 18th March - Friday 22nd March |
11.30am - 12.50pm |
| Wednesday 20th March |
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| Thursday 21st March |
5.30pm - 6.30pm |
| Friday 22nd March |
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| Tuesday 26th March |
11.00am |
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| Thursday 28th March |
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| Monday 15th April |
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| Wednesday 17th April |
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| Thursday 18th April |
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| Friday 19th April |
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| Saturday 20th April |
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| Thursday 25th April |
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| Friday 26th April |
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| Monday 29th April |
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| Tuesday 30th April |
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| Wednesday 1st May |
Whole School Attends Shakespeare Performance - 1.00pm |
| Friday 3rd May |
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| Monday 6th May |
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| Friday 10th May |
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| Monday 20th May - Friday 24th May |
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| Monday 20th May |
9.00am - 11.00am |
| Thursday 23rd May |
9.00am - 11.00am |
| Friday 24th May |
11.00am |
Happy Birthday to the following students who celebrate
their birthday in the coming weeks:
Chase Shaw - 18th March
Blair Owens - 19th March
Revie Shingles - 19th March
Amber Rigby - 23rd March
Have a great day!!
Easter Raffle
$1 per ticket or $40 per Book.
No money will be accepted through the office.
Please pay through CDF Pay.
Go to: http://stpstratford.cdfpay.org.au
Raffle ticket purhcase on CDF pay, closes on Tuesday 26th March at 1.00pm.
Please return raffle tickets to the school office by Wednesday 27th March.
Raffle will be drawn on Thursday 28th March at Assembly - 1.00pm
Thank-you
As parish leaders I am sending you the Lenten Reconciliation and Holy Week Mass and Services Timetable for our Parish.
These times will be published in the bulletin from next weekend and Easter Mass times will be sent to the Gippsland Times also.
Here is the Lenten Reconciliation and Holy Week timetable for St Mary’s Cathedral Parish, Sale.
ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL PARISH
LENTEN RECONCILIATION:
Saturday 9 March: 10.30am Lenten Reconciliation - Loch Sport
Sunday 10 March: Lenten Reconciliation after Mass – Briagolong
Saturday 16 March: 5.00pm Lenten Reconciliation – Rosedale
Sunday 17 March: Lenten Reconciliation after Mass - Stratford
Friday 22 March: 5.00pm Lenten Reflection and Parish Lenten Reconciliation - Cathedral
HOLY WEEK MASS and SERVICES TIMETABLE:
Saturday 23 March: 9.30am Mass - Cathedral
11.00am Mass – Loch Sport
5.30pm Mass - Cathedral
5.30pm Mass - Rosedale
Sunday 24 March: 9.30am Mass - Cathedral
Palm Sunday 9.30am Mass - Briagolong
5.30pm Mass - Cathedral
Monday 25 March: NO MASS
Tuesday 26 March: 11.00am Mass of the Oils - Cathedral
Wednesday 27 March: 9.30am Mass - Cathedral
7.30pm Service of Shadows – St Paul’s Cathedral
Thursday 28 March:
Holy Thursday 7.30pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper - Cathedral
Friday 29 March: 9.30am Stations of the Cross - Cathedral
Good Friday 9.30am Stations of the Cross - Stratford
9.30am Stations of the Cross - Rosedale
10.30am Walk of the Cross to St Paul’s Cathedral
3.00pm Service of the Lord’s Passion - Cathedral
Saturday 30 March: 7.30pm Easter Vigil - Cathedral
Sunday 31 March: 9.00am Mass - Loch Sport
Easter Sunday 9.30am Mass - Cathedral
9.30am Mass - Stratford
11.15am Mass – Seaspray
Regards, Clare O’Brien
Parish Secretary
(Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9.15am to 3pm. The office may be closed between 12.30 & 1.30pm for lunch)
St Mary’s Cathedral Parish
47 Foster St (PO Box 183)
SALE VIC 3850
03 5144 4100