Grandparent’s Day
On Friday 26 July (Friday Week 1, Term 3) we will be celebrating Grandparent’s Day as a school. We will begin the day with Mass and then invite grandparents to join their grandchildren in their classrooms to see what they are learning. This will be followed by morning tea with their grandchildren in the playground.

We would like to use some photos of our children with their grandparents in the powerpoint at Mass. Could you please send in a photo that we could scan for this by the end of Term 2. Please send these photos to Mrs Briscoe and we will scan and return them. Alternatively, please email photos to info@sfawdow.catholic.edu.au

Confirmation
On Tuesday 2 July we will be welcoming Vicar General Fr Bernard Gordon to our parish to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation. The ceremony will be at 7.30pm in St Francis of Assisi Church Warrawong. There will be 25 candidates and 1 special greeting this year. (Maronite Catholics are confirmed when they are baptised and receive a special blessing at the parish ceremony). Please keep all these young people and adults in your prayers. We also sincerely thank Mrs Briscoe, Sr Anna and Mrs Dona Eady for volunteering their time to lead the candidates in their preparation. 

Sacred Heart Mass
Please join us this Friday at 9.00am for Mass to celebrate the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Our school has a special connection to this feast as the founding sisters of our school are Franciscan Sisters of the Heart of Jesus. Stage 3 are preparing this special Mass.

Thanksgiving Mass  
This term we will be celebrating a Thanksgiving Mass on Friday 5 July prepared by Stage 2. At this Mass we will give thanks for all the wonderful learning and events that have taken place this term. Mass will be at 9.00am, please join us.

Staff Development Day
On Monday 24June our staff participated in a Spirituality Day with an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Focus. The day was titled ‘Listening to the Spirit of the Great South Land.’

The day began with Beth Riolo and Karan Taylor form the Catholic Education Office leading the staff through the story and history of our land and its surrounds and the importance of spiritual totems. We then travelled to Hill 60 and Coomaditchy where Karan spoke of the significance and importance of these areas to the Aboriginal community including the food sources. In the afternoon we made message sticks with symbols to represent our own stories. What a wonderful, prayerful experience!