Sacred Heart Mass & Winter Vinnies Appeal 
Today we came together with our Parish community for the Sacred Heart Feast Day dressed in our pyjamas to celebrate the warmth of our community and how we can help those in need this winter. Over the past few weeks classes have been collecting items from families for the St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal. This year our Mini Vinnies team have been working hard to come up with ways to support Vinnies and the great work they do in our community. We have used the funds from our ‘Colours for a Cause’ day to purchase new sleeping bags which the Vinnies team asked for to help those struggling to keep warm this winter. Altogether we have made such a difference to those in our Moruya community doing it tough this winter. 

Sacrament of Confirmation
This Sunday 29 June at 10am we have some of our Year 6 students making their Sacrament of Confirmation at Mass. We warmly welcome Archbishop Christopher Prowse to preside at Mass with Fr George this weekend. Let us keep Matilda, Ollie, Sam, Pham, Abbie, Mackenzie, Maddie, Tessa, and Lily well as they prepare for their Confirmation this weekend.

Prayer for Confirmation Candidates
Loving God,
We thank You for the gift of Your Holy Spirit.
As our students prepare to be sealed with the Spirit in the Sacrament of Confirmation,
we ask You to fill their hearts with wisdom, courage, and joy.

May they feel Your presence guiding them,
and may the gifts of the Holy Spirit—wisdom, understanding, right judgment, courage, knowledge, reverence, and wonder and awe—
take root in their lives and grow each day.

Bless them with the strength to live out their faith boldly and with love,
and surround them with family, friends, and a community that supports their journey.

We pray this in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Amen.

Pupil Free Day
On our upcoming pupil-free day, staff from St Mary’s Moruya and St Bernards Batemans Bay will be engaging in professional learning focused on the new Collaborations in Religious Education Curriculum. This day will be dedicated to unpacking the key elements of the updated curriculum and collaborating in year-level teams to plan rich, meaningful learning tasks that deepen students’ understanding of faith and scripture. We look forward to implementing these engaging experiences in classrooms across the school next term.

Mrs Carla Durnan
Religious Education Coordinator