Parent and Parish News Week 2, Term 4

Welcome to Term 4!

We’re excited to begin the final term of the year and look forward to celebrating everything the students have achieved.  Parents and families should be incredibly proud of how far the children have come. Let’s make this a fantastic term!

Whole school Family Mass

We are excited to invite everyone to our next family Mass:

When: Saturday, 9 November at the 5:30pm Vigil Mass.

Where: OLGC Church

This will be a whole-school family celebration, and we are delighted that Jennifer and Daniel, parents of Bradley and Joshua, will be playing and leading us in music at this Mass. There will be pizza to share afterwards, making it a great community event. Please look out for an invitation and remember to RSVP.

Back by popular demand and amazing efforts in previous years is SOCKTOBER!

This year we are focusing on raising funds for those in need in Mongolia.

This year – each grade will fundraise as a group. The grade who raises the most will receive a prize which I will reveal later.

For example, Year 1 students can register for Year 1 at our school and try to raise the most across our school

Prizes and SOCKTOBER EVENT will be held on THURSDAY, 7 November.  More exciting details to be announced soon!

Steps to get fundraising:

  1. SIGN UP https://www.socktober.org.au/
  2. LINK YOUR ACCOUNT TO OUR SCHOOL AND YOUR GRADE (Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic School Forestville)
  3. Start raising FUNDS for those in need

BE INSPIRED https://youtu.be/hk9H9s6XtNc?si=ZuAWwkiSpNR-qfNt

Thank you for making a difference to the lives of those in need.

I look forward to supporting this fundraising event at OLGC, with the support of our staff, students and community.

Together we can move mountains, and I look forward to together reflecting on all that we have achieved for those in need last year.

Parish News

Feast of St Martin’s Celebration
Everyone is invited to come and enjoy the celebrations of St Martin’s feast day with Mass and BBQ at St Martin’s Church and Playground –

WHEN: Saturday, 2 November at 5:00 pm

WHERE: St Martin’s Church, 149 Prahran Ave, Davidson

Please feel welcome to attend and enjoy the festivities.
For catering purposes please RSVP using the QR code or write your name on the lists at the back of the churches.

Altar Serving at Mass

A special Altar Server Formation Session will be held on Saturday, 9 November 2024, 10.30 am to 11.30 am at OLGC Church, Forestville. Deacon Peter McCulloch will facilitate the session. This session is open to both our senior and junior altar servers and anyone interested in becoming an altar server.

If anyone, who has completed their sacraments, wishes to become an Altar Server, you are welcome to attend this session. We look forward to getting new people to serve at the Altar. After this session there will be training sessions during school time with Susanne Bragge and a senior server to become a full altar server.

If any child in year 4,5 or 6 is interested in becoming an altar server please feel free to complete the form below or email susanne.bragge@dbb.catholic.edu.au

Kind regards,

Susanne Bragge – Parent Engagement Coordinator

Allison Houston – RE Coordinator