SALESIAN COLLEGE RUPERTSWOOD LOUD FENCE
OVER $4000 RAISED LAST WEEKEND!!! A THANK YOU VIDEO FROM L.A.P.
To the wonderful people of the OLMC Parish Community and the Staff and Children at St Anne’s – thank you for your generosity! Over $4,000 has been raised from last week’s fundraising appeal and Coloured Clothing Day at the School.
The Parish Office will be forwarding the funds direct to the Team at the Catholic University in Jakarta caring for the children living with HIV-AIDS. We know how grateful they will be for your wonderful support.
Thank you, again, – Mick Hetherington, Frank O’Connor, Julie Reddan and Tony Kiley on behalf of the Parish Coordinating Team.
THE FOLLOWING VIDEO HAS BEEN SENT BY LENTERA ANAK PELANGI IN INDONESIA TO THE PARISHIONERS OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL PARISH IN SUNBURY TO SAY THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT AND TO SHOW SOME OF THEIR WORK.
CALLING All GARDENERS! THE MINI VINNIES NEED YOU
The Mini Vinnies from OLMC School are trying to raise funds and awareness for the needy by running a produce stall at our school. We are asking any gardeners with excess produce to please donate any goods they can for us to sell. The money raised will go directly lo the Vinnies Winter Appeal and any excess produce will be donated lo the Rotary Kitchen which feeds many families in Sunbury. Please drop items off on Monday 15th June or Monday 22nd June between 8.30am and 9.00am. The produce stall will be on the school grounds. Enter via the Church gates.
Thank you for your support, Mini Vinnies Conference at OLMC School.
KINDA KINDER
Kinda Kinda starts Tuesday 17 March 2015 from 9.15am to 10.15am and runs weekly during school terms in the Parish Centre at 101 Riddell Rd, Sunbury. Victoria University students lead children from infant to pre-school with fun, imaginative educational games. All are welcome to attend. The program is free to all families. Please call the Parish Office on 9744 1060 for further information (no bookings required)
INTRODUCING KATHRYN HOLEWA– PARISH PASTORAL ASSOCIATE….She’s not in the photo!
Hello dear parishioner’s of Our Lady of Mt Carmel! I am delighted to be part of the parish team this year. The pastoral role I am undertaking for the team, is with a focus on the Sacramental programs for the beautiful children of our community. It is a privilege to be here and to serve in this way. I am here to join forces with the good school leaders and teachers, to enrich the lives of these children with matters of the heart, namely their faith life.
Having travelled to India, America and South America I am always fascinated by the hope and spiritual resilience of our young people. This is the hope we foster here in Sunbury, and I am delighted to join you in this mission. As community members, we share the same goal to live as fully as we can as Christians in a tumultuous world. Please join me in praying for all members of our parish family, including the young people in all of our schools. I look forward to meeting many of you individually, and sharing with you in ways we can enrich this vibrant parish.
All best wishes, Kathryn J
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Primary School Mini Vinnies Update
Some of our members are involved with the Sunbury Community Kitchen and we saw the opportunity to get Mini Vinnies involved by contributing towards Monday night meals, by having a vegetable patch in our school.
With the generous donation of $500 from the Rotary Club of Sunbury, we have been able to make our idea a reality. Mini Vinnies Conference members enthusiastically weeded and turned the soil over to make a healthy environment for our vegetables to grow in. We purchased the seedlings, vitamins, soil and mulch and regularly watered our garden. We have now harvested spring onions and different types of lettuce and they were used at the kitchen. The excess vegetables will be sold and the money raised will be used towards next years crops.
Another project we have been very proud to be involved in, is Operation Christmas Child, which is run by Samaritan’s
Purse. It gives children who live in poverty a chance to receive a Christmas Present for possibly the first time.
We organized the delivery boxes and asked each grade in our school to fill the shoe boxes with small toys or stationary. We had two boxes for each grade – one for boys and one for girls. Each grade could also choose what age group they wanted to give their donations to – 2 – 4 year olds, 5 – 9 year olds or 10-14 year olds. Our school students were excited to be able to donate to this cause. Once they were filled, a volunteer from Samaritan’s Purse collected the boxes and the Rotary Club donation paid for the postage, to get the boxes to Cambodia. The boxes are on a freighter right now and are due to arrive in Cambodia on December 12th.
(more info here on Operation Christmas Child Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OCCshoeboxes)
By Erinn, Mackenzie & Rick, on behalf of OLMC Mini Vinnies
THANKS TO OLMC SCHOOL FROM THE EVERGREENS
Our Sincere thanks to the Principal, Paul Hogan, Sr Jose`, Prep teachers Rita & Christine and the beautiful Prep children of Our Lady of Mt Carmel School for the wonderful entertainment and lunch they provided for us on Wednesday. Also thanks to all who attended.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR YEAR 3 STUDENTS
Congratulations to our year 3 students who began to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation last week. The 115 students took part in one of the four sessions.
We were greatly assisted by three Columban Missionary priests: Fr Dan, Fr Ray and Fr Tom from Essendon.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR YEAR 12 STUDENTS
Congratulations to our year 12 students from Salesian College who celebrated with their parents their Graduation Mass at St Anne’s Church in thanksgiving for the last six years and for success in the VCE exams this month. 142 students graduated.
SALESIAN COLLEGE YEAR 9 CAMPUS
Salesian College Year 9 Campus commenced in February 2014. At the College Council meeting last Wednesday, it was noted that parents have been so impressed with the new program in the new campus that parents at other schools have enrolled their children for Year 9 in 2015 so that the campus will be at capacity with 232 students and there is a waiting list. The open evening in early October was very well attended and 140 pizzas were cooked at the campus!
A note here from Fr Will.
FIRST RECONCILIATION
First Reconciliation will be celebrated in four sessions on the evenings of this Wednesday and Thursday. Please continue to pray for our children as they begin to celebrate the Sacrament of God’s merciful love.
YEAR 12 VCE EXAMS
Please remember in your prayers the students and their families, who are preparing for their Year 12 VCE exams. We pray that their hard work throughout the year will bring them the results they require.
PARENTING IN FAITH
Parenting in Faith for parents of children in Years 1 & 2 will be held on Tuesday 28 October at 2pm or 7pm in the Parish Centre by the popular Fr Andrew Hayes.
ONE
Sunday 26 October at Melbourne High School, South Yarra, will be the inspirational celebration titled “One– Awake my Soul” to remember the first anniversary of the Australian Catholic Youth Festival. For further info contact onespiritaustralia@gmail.com. The celebration is a fresh and dynamic Catholic youth event gathering students from all over Melbourne for an unforgettable night of live music, drama, inspiring talks and time to just hang out!
SALESIAN COLLEGE FARMERS MARKET
The VCAL students at Salesian College are running a farmers market on Friday 17 October from 4.30pm til 6.30pm at the Patch (situated at the rear of the school). All welcome.
WEDNESDAY MORNING TEAS
Over the past weeks the Grade 6 Children from St Anne’s Primary School have supplied and hosted morning tea after Wednesday morning Mass. They have been very gracious and hospitable. They will resume the morning teas this Wednesday morning. Everyone is welcome.
BACK-TO SACRED HEART COLLEGE KYNETON
Saturday 18th October – Gala Dinner 3- course Meal, Live Band 7pm-Arrival and Finger Food Tickets $50
Book online www.shckyneton.catholic.edu.au or Phone the College 54 211 273 All past Students, Parents, Staff and anyone who has been involved with the College, are warmly invited to attend.
A Night of Fun and Nostalgia Sunday 19th October
Family Day/College Tours 10:30am – 3pm.
Please bring along your old photos and memorabilia. We will copy/ scan them while you’re here.
These events are part of our 125th Anniversary Celebrations
OUR PARISH AND SUNBURY OUT OF HUME
On 9 September, the Local Government Panel Report was released recommending Sunbury be removed from the City of Hume. Among the Reports’ recommendations is that a population of around 100,000 is the minimum for establishing the future viability of the new municipality (P.37). Such future growth has been previously set out in Plan Melbourne when zoning was changed in 2010. Since then there has been a strategic planning group made up of members of our Parish Education Board and the planners at the diocesan office. Members of this group work with the Metropolitan Planning Authority to plan and purchase future parish sites within our parish. Hence, we hope to be ready to accommodate our future parishioners.
…….Kevin McIntosh
AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
The ACU School of Business has sent some information cards to our parish for those interested in obtaining a degree in accounting, commerce, finance, human resource management, marketing and info technology. Cards are on the Welcome Desk in St Anne’s foyer for those interested.
NEWS FROM SALESIAN COLLEGE
This year the boys won the football premiership among the Catholic Colleges for the fifth year in a row and the girls won the netball premiership for the second year in a row.
Next year, the College will have its highest enrolment ever with over 1200 students. More teachers will be employed. There are only a few vacancies at a few year levels for 2015.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Sunbury 
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