In our Church tradition.... Sacramental Program Information / Parish Mass / Children’s Liturgy

Dates for the Sacrament of Eucharist:

• Ceremony at Weekend Mass (one): 21^st September-Adamstown 8am; 20^th September-Kotara 5pm or 21^st September-Cardiff 9:30pm

CLASS MASS: Please see dates below for Class Mass for Term 3. Parents are very welcome to attend. Children will be participating in readings and the offertory during these Masses. 

WEEKEND MASS TIMES FOR ST COLUMBA’S: It is always lovely for children and their families to attend Mass in our Parish. Currently Mass is celebrated each Sunday at 8:00am.

CHILDREN’S LITURGY: We have Children's Liturgy at St Columba’s Church in Adamstown at the 8:00AM Mass and Kotara at the 5:00PM Mass. You are encouraged to bring your children along each week to help strengthen their faith.

In our Community.... Save the Date - Father’s Day Liturgy, Lunch and Activities and Mission Fun Day (Socktober)

MISSION FUN DAY: Friday 26^th September (Week 10). On this day students are encouraged to come in their ‘Footy Colours’ for a gold coin donation. Stalls and activities will be set up during the middle session to raise money for Catholic Mission / Socktober, with a focus on Zambia. Your donations for this day are always appreciated. Thank you to our Mercy Committee for helping to organise this day and to our Year 6 students who will be running the stalls. We look forward to a wonderful event!

More information about the cause can be found here: https://www.socktober.org.au/

Donations Appreciated from all classes:

To run this day, we are asking each class to donate goods to ensure that every dollar made goes straight to Catholic Mission. Items for donation have been delegated among the classes. Please refer below for details. Your generosity is very much appreciated. 

• Kindergarten: small packets of chips or biscuits **nut free (bought in beforehand or on the day)
• Year 1: water ice blocks (to come in frozen on the day)
• Year 2: cupcakes or slices **nut free (to come in on the day)
• Year 3: lollies for lolly guessing competition and 2 large jars (brought in before the day)
• Year 4: lollies, lollypops, chocolate snack size and zip-lock snack bags (brought in before the day so that we can make up some lolly bags)
• Year 5 and 6: Novelty prizes for novelty games to use as prizes (bought in beforehand or on the day)
• Year 6: Coloured hair spray, nail polish, face paint (bought in beforehand or on the day)

In our Curriculum.... Module in Focus: Year 3 – Encountering God’s Forgiveness and Healing

This term, Year 3 has been learning about God’s unconditional love and how our choices can affect our relationships with others and with God. They have explored the meaning of forgiveness and how the Sacrament of Reconciliation helps us to heal and grow. Students also learnt how prayer and special celebrations like Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick continue Jesus’ work of love and care in our world.

To demonstrate their learning, children in Year 3 used loose parts and their imagination to retell the story of Zacchaeus and reflected on how his encounter with Jesus teaches us about forgiveness. Well done Year 3, this looks fabulous!