Feast of the Holy Cross

On Thursday 14th September we celebrated the Feast of the Holy Cross. It was a special day where we remember the life Jesus gave to us by his death and resurrection and how he asks us to be His presence in the world today to all people.

Our Eucharistic celebration was very special as this year we had veneration of the cross and three people from our school spoke about what being part of the Holy Cross community means to them.

After Mass we celebrated with a picnic lunch then later we had a talent quest among the grades which was a great opportunity to see the wonderful gifts with which our community has been bestowed. We pray and hope that our community of Holy Cross will continue to be blessed in such a way that it is able to show God's love to all within it and to those in the wider community.

St Vincent de Paul

On Wednesday 27th September we celebrated the feast of St Vincent de Paul. Vincent was a French saint who worked towards helping those in less fortunate circumstances in France at this time.

Many years later a young French university student known as Frederick Ozanam looked at Vincent de Paul as a model of the Catholic Church in action and founded a group of lay people dedicated to prayer, study of scripture, reflection and active apostolate towards the poor and disenfranchised in society. These groups soon grew and were known around the world as Conferences of St Vincent de Paul, many parishes and universities having conferences of their own.

In 1881 a young Scottish engineer who had emigrated firstly to New Zealand and later Australia founded the first Conference of St Vincent de Paul Society with the aid of the Marist Fathers at St Patricks Church Hill in Sydney. His name was Charles O'Neill.

Today at Holy Cross we have the junior version of the St Vincent de Paul, Mini Vinnies, which haas operated for two years. We aim to carry on the work of these three men and that of Sr Rosalie Rendu, a supporter of the movement in its early days in France, as we care for those in our community.

Father's Day Mass and Breakfast

On Friday 1st September Holy Cross Primary School celebrated Father's Day with an early morning Mass and Breakfast . Fr Paul was the celebrant and fathers and children participated actively in the Eucharistic liturgy. While this was going on a band of mothers and teachers set up breakfast with juice, coffee, tea and homemade muffins. It was great to see so many fathers in attendance and to see them spend part of the morning with their children while meeting other fathers.
Many fathers were able to stay for the events of the day that followed which is known as Male Role Model Day and contributed to classroom activities, lunch and games in the afternoon. The local TAFE students participated in making this day a wonderful success as we celebrated the gift of fatherhood.