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Inside this issue

Our Schools Catholic Education Week Mass Sacraments In and Around Calendar Parish Prayer

Weekend Mass Times

St Mary’s Swan Hill Sat 6.30pm Sun 10.30am

St Mary’s Sea Lake Sun 8.30am (1st Sun); 5pm (3rd Sun) 9.30am Ass (2nd, 4th); 10am Ecc (5th)

St Joseph’s Lake Boga Sun 8.30am (4th Sun)

St Joseph’s Nandaly Sun 5pm (2nd Sun) 9am Assembly (1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th Sun)

Sacred Heart Culgoa Fri 5pm (2nd Fri) 9.30am Assembly (1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th)

Ss Peter & Paul Quambatook Sun 8.30am (2nd); Sat 6.30pm (3rd) 9.30am Ass. (1st, 4th); Ecc. 10am 5th

St Michael’s Lalbert Sun 8.30am (3rd & 5th) Sun Assembly 9.30am (1st, 2nd, 4th)

Holy Family

Herald May—June 2019 Volume 2

Incorporating the Catholic Communities of:

Sacred Heart, Culgoa; St Joseph’s, Lake Boga; St Michael’s, Lalbert; St Joseph’s, Nandaly;

St Mary’s, Sea Lake; St Mary’s, Swan Hill; Ss Peter & Paul, Quambatook;

Greetings,

We are celebrating our first birthday as a Parish!

It has been an exciting year! I am very happy to

present to you the new parish prayer, which I

ask each community to pray after the prayers of

the faithful. When we pray our parish prayer, we

are joining together in praying for one another.

We are very fortunate to be a parish filled with

many people doing many different things and

hosting numerous events and activities. This

magazine is a snapshot of some of the activities

and events happening within the parish.

I encourage you all to carry on doing what you

do and to continue to be the light of Christ in the

communities in which live you live and work.

May God bless you all.

Fr Matt

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Meals on Wheels - St Mary’s at Your Service

At St Mary’s we have again embraced an exciting venture to help others as a part of our Catholic

mission – Meals on Wheels. We are extremely fortunate that our Year 6 students have secured a

permanent monthly position delivering meals to people in need within our local community.

Once every month we will be taking children out and about to be involved in this social justice

experience. This is a wonderful connection between our Catholic gospel values and how we live this

out in our community by reaching out to others. It is a great opportunity for our students to make a

difference to their world around them.

It has been amazing to witness the interactions between our students and the elderly people during

visits, chatting about everything from the weather to what they experienced when they attended

school.

St Mary’s Primary School

Swan Hill

(03) 5033 2542

Principal: Kate Quin

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History Box Incursion

This term our children have been learning about events that have shaped our Australian history. To

compliment their history units, we welcomed back Barry and Cynda, who run The History Box

Incursions program. The History Box conducts onsite history programs complete with very engaging

“hands-on” activities that teach children a great deal about the past as they participate in the program.

Year 4 Echuca Camp

The Year 4 students, teachers and helpers headed off to Echuca on 15th June for 3 days of fun-filled

activities. They went on the paddle steamers, visited a zoo and the highlight was going on the

trampolines and slides at The Gravity Shack.

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St Mary’s Primary,

Sea Lake

(03) 5070 1272

Principal: Kate Nunn

GRIP Leadership Camp

On Friday May 3rd, St Mary’s Sea Lake Grade 6

students were lucky enough to participate in the

2019 GRIP Leadership conference at the Bendigo

stadium. We completed four different sessions on

core strengths, making a difference to my team,

culture within my school and making a difference

to a cause in society. The day taught us how to

understand the proper qualities of a true leader.

‘It was a fantastic experience that taught

us about generosity, responsibility,

integrity and interacting with people.’

Jenna & Ellie

Celebrating Open Day

It was wonderful to show case our school to

the community on Friday 7th May. We had a

lovely morning with the Kinder children

visiting and participating in activities with our

classes. Thank you to Sandra, Carol, Danielle

and Bailee and the Kinder children for

supporting our day.

Photos:

Above – Kate with kinder kids on Open Day

Left – Year 6 Students, Leadership Camp

Top – Open Day Fun

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Cluster Cross Country

On Wednesday 8th May, Grade 3-6 students

competed in the Cluster Cross Country at the

Complex. We had great success with 19

students making the regional level in Swan Hill.

Congratulations to all students on your fantastic

effort.

On Friday 10th May we all wore a splash of blue in honour of

Dolly. Do It For Dolly is about raising awareness and money

to stop bullying around Australia, so other kids don’t take

their lives like Dolly did.

We raised $62.00 for the Do It For Dolly Foundation.

Well done Team St Marys.

Matt and Judd

Mothers Day

On Friday 10th May we celebrated Mothers Day

with a liturgy followed by morning tea. It was

great having all of the Mums and special friends at

school. All Mothers and special friends received a

pink carnation from the children. We all then

enjoyed our yummy cake.

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Nyathor Dualdong, Jethro Edullantes, Bakhita Dhelbai, Tima Ratubalavu & Sr Rita

PJASS Pilgrimage

In May, four of our Year 10 students participated in a pilgrimage from Melbourne to Penola. The

students spoke highly of the journey, reflecting that ‘overall we met new people, new friends and defined

a clear relationship with Mary MacKillop. Today her legacy is an important one as it serves much of our

school’s identity and is an inspiration to achieve our goal of a passion for learning. Being a part of the

AJASS pilgrimage was an absolute privilege. It felt great to be in the spirit of Mary MacKillop, as it felt like

she was right there with us as we walked in the very places she walked through many years ago. Mary

MacKillop is the reason our school is standing today and we should feel proud to be a part of this. ’

St Mary MacKillop College Swan Hill

(03) 5032 9771

Principal: Michelle Haeusler

Top Marks for Tahlia

On Monday 3rd June, Tahlia was awarded a Premier’s VCE

Award for obtaining a perfect study score of 50 for VCE VET

Sport and Recreation in 2018. Tahlia is pictured receiving her

award from the Deputy Premier, Mr James Merlino.

Obtaining a perfect score in any VCE subject is an outstanding

academic achievement and Tahlia is to be congratulated for

her dedication, hard work and enthusiasm towards her

studies.

Murray River Culinary Challenge

The Murray River Culinary Challenge

inter-school competition was held on

Wednesday 5th June. VET Hospitality

students were set the task of cooking three courses within a set amount of time.

Students were judged by local chefs on

their workflow, cooking techniques and

presentation. Thy Pham-Nguyen and Kate

Gillingham were the winners and now make up the St Mary MacKillop College

team who will compete against the Swan

Hill College team in August.

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Transition Day 1

Grade 6 students from Swan Hill and district schools attended our first Transition Day in May. Approximately 140

students attended, which was fantastic to see. Students enjoyed a tour of the school, before experiencing a timetable

of different subjects including; Science, Food Technology, Woodwork, Japanese, Drama and Physical Education. At

recess the students were treated to muffins made by the first year Hospitality students, and at lunchtime a BBQ lunch

was provided. Students then participated in fun lunchtime activities, including rock painting in the library. The Grade

6 students enjoyed the day, meeting new friends and staff as well as familiarising themselves with life in a secondary

school setting. Students who have enrolled for Year 7 2020 will be invited to attend the second Transition Day on

Thursday 30th July 2019.

2020 Enrolments now being accepted

With a wonderful turnout on Transition Day, our expectation is that our enrolments will increase at Year 7

in 2020. Please do not miss out on a place as, depending on applications, we may need a waiting list. Enrolments for Year 7, 2020 close on Monday 15th July, the first day of Term 3.

If you know of any interested families or students for year levels other than Year 7, please encourage them

to apply as soon as possible, as we have limited places available at some year levels.

Wicked Tickets now on sale!

St Mary MacKillop College is excited to announce our 2019 production of Wicked: The Untold Story of the

Witches of Oz! The show will run on Thursday 15th August and Friday 16th August at 7:00pm at our Jubilee

Centre in Splatt Street.

When Dorothy famously triumphed over the Wicked Witch, we only ever heard one side of the story. WICKED

tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two young women who first

meet as sorcery students at Shiz University: the blonde and very popular Glinda (played by Charlotte Rush)

and a misunderstood green girl named Elphaba (played by Phoebe Griffiths and Kate Mullan). Following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (played by Jethro Edullantes and Harrison Sawyer), their

friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very different paths. Glinda’s unflinching desire for

popularity sees her seduced by power while Elphaba’s determination to remain true to herself, and to those

around her, will have unexpected and shocking consequences for her future. Their extraordinary adventures

in Oz will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased through the Front Office. Phone: 03 5032 9771.

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On May 29th our three Parish Schools came together to celebrate mass at St Mary’s Primary School, Swan Hill as part of Catholic Education Week Celebrations, with a shared lunch and fun activities afterward. The theme this year was ‘Listen With the Ear of Your Heart.’ Fr Matt challenged everyone to really listen with our heart and be people of love and compassion towards one another. It was lovely to have all staff and students within the Holy Family Parish, as well as parents, grandparents, friends and parishioners come together to share this wonderful celebration. (Alison Wright, Director of Mission, MacKillop College).

Belinda Davies RE Coordinator

Listen With the Ear of Your Heart

Benedict of Nursia

With the occasion of Catholic Education Week, it is fitting that we remind ourselves of who we are as a Catholic School Community and what makes us so important and special. Catholic education strives to make a difference in the lives of individuals and in the wider community by challenging young people, through God, to find meaning and value in their lives and reach their full potential as compassionate, contributing, life-giving members of our community. Catholic schools are welcoming and compassionate, learning and living by the Gospel values everyday. Jesus Christ is our role model and inspiration as we strive to become the great people He created us to be.

Photos:

L – Fr Matt with Principals before mass;

Kate Nunn (St Mary’s, Sea Lake), Kate

Quin (St Mary’s, Swan Hill) & Michelle

Haeusler (MacKillop College, Swan Hill).

Below L – MacKillop School Captains and

Liturgy Committee Captains

Below R – Entrance procession

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Listen whenever your heart tells you something!

God is talking, we are listening!

Your heart has a story!

Listen to your heart and do its desire!

Your heart has something to tell you every minute of the day!

Thomas Kennedy, Yr 3

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Photos:

Top – some of the

1000 odd students

from our 3 schools

Above – prayer of

the faithful readers

Immediately Above

– Fr Matt with his

final blessing

Left - MacKillop

Band warming up

before mass

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Sacramental Snapshot - April - June 2019

We joyfully welcome into our parish family through the sacrament of baptism our newest little

brothers and sisters in Christ:

Kaitlyn Rullo, Alaina Marsh, Huey Collins, Millie De Morton, Hamish Nalder, April Gerakis, Ruby

Gerakis, Nikolas Gerakis, Eleanor Murdoch, Miyana Baber, Thomas Turner, William Turner and Oliver

Miliado.

Congratulations to Thomas Rumbold & Madeleine McInerney and Julian Amador & Janine Peracta who

were united through the holy sacrament of marriage. We wish them every happiness and blessing.

We pray for the repose of the souls of our brothers and sisters born into eternal life. We remember:

Carmelina Mazzarella, Eris Tuohey and Maria Cimino. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let

perpetual light shine upon them, through the mercy of God, may they rest in peace. Amen.

Year 3 students from St Mary’s Primary School, Swan Hill were confirmed on Friday, June 7th.

Congratulations to the following:

Ramel Alvear, Harrison Bowd, Bayden Boxall, Sam Brown, Kit Croskery, Jobe Crow, Ethan Curtis, Rory

Davies, Ryan Donohue, Tyler D’Orsa, Charlie Elford, Noah Fleming, Mason Forster, Brock James, Jimmy

Kelly, Thomas Kennedy, Anton Mammone, Oliver Miliado, Brayden Mitchell, Jedd Morris, Cal Muir,

Jake O’Brien, Will O’Brien, Jovi Prochilo, Max Renda, Lenny Ryan, David Tran, Kevin Tran, Luca Zucco.

Zaidee Agustin, Emmy Blair, Lana Brooks, Olivia Carlo, Sara Carlo, Arna Carroll, Stella Elston, April

Gerakis, Ally Grace, Indi Hall, Chloe Mazzarella, Gypsy O’Brien, Tiarna O’Brien and Ella Whately.

‘Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever

you go.” Joshua 1:9

Come Holy

Spirit,

Come.

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Congratulations to the St Mary’s, Swan Hill Year 3 children who continued along on their faith journey

receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation on the evening of Friday 7th June. It was a very special

community occasion, with many family, friends, sponsors and school staff in attendance.

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In and Around…

Coming Up….

Nandaly’s Biggest Morning Tea

With the May weather being kind and the

invitations sent out, people started to arrive

to once again enjoy Nandaly’s hospitality.

The Nandaly ladies worked hard during the

week to set up the hall - Jo Brady had the

stage looking great with her ‘home with

rooms’ theme. The ladies that did the scones

were on deck with the baskets of scones

being distributed to the tables with the jam

and cream or butter as preferred.

The cakes stall was laden with a variety of

goodies, as only the country folk can make,

and as expected, they sold like hot cakes.

Plants by Bernie Kiley did a roaring trade and

the fancy goods were a great hit.

A total of 78 persons attended and enjoyed

the entertainment supplied by Alyis Scougall

and her squeezebox and a good day was had

by all. A wonderful total of $4 821.05 was

raised, which included a donation from Tom

Elliott as the profit book.

Jo Brady at the cake stall.

Italian Festa - (19th to 21st June)

Ϯ Friday 19th, 5:45pm – Mass of Remembrance

Ϯ Saturday 20th, 10am – Anointing Mass

Saturday Evening – Dinner Dance

Ϯ Sunday 21st, 10:30am – Mass with

Procession to follow

Left – Fr Jake Mudge

Right –

Our Lady of

Mount Carmel

Fathers Day – September 1st

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July 2019

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

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School Holidays

St Junipero Serra 1

School Holidays

St Otto of Bamberg 2

School Holidays

St Thomas Apostle 3

School Holidays

St Elizabeth Portugal 4

School Holidays

St Anthony Zaccaria 5

School Holidays

St Maria Goretti 6

School Holidays

14th Sun Ord Time 7 Mass Sea Lake 8.30am

School Holidays

St Grimbald 8

School Holidays

St Augustine Zhao 9 Rhong & Companions

School Holidays

St Veronica 10

School Holidays

St Benedict 11

School Holidays

Louis&Zelie Martin 12 Mass Culgoa 5pm

School Holidays

13 Rosary in the Park

10am

15th Sun Ord Time 14

Mass Quamb. 8.30am Mass Nandaly 5pm

School Holidays

St Bonaventure 15

Yr 7 Enrolments Due

School Closure Start of Term 3

Our Lady of Mt Carmel 16 Term 3 Commences

St Hedwig of Poland 17

School Advisory 7pm

St Frederick 18

St John Plessington 19

……… Italian Mission

Hearts & Hands Mass 12pm

St Apollinaris 20

……… Italian Mission

Mass Quamb. 6.30pm

16th Sun Ord Time 21

……… Italian Mission

FESTA MASS SH 10.30 Mass Lalbert 8.30am

School Mass 5pm

St Mary Magdalene 22 Yr. 12 Biology Excursion ←Prime Sci Incursion

←Fr Matt Away CEOB)…

St Bridget of Sweden 23 ←22nd-24th Chartsec… ..Prime Sci Incursion.. ...Fr Matt Away (CEOB)..

St Charbel Makhlouf 24 ….Driver Ed 10A →

..Prime Sci 22nd-26th ... Nexus Arts

..Fr Matt Away (CEOB)...

St James Apostle 25 VET Student First Aid ..Prime Sci Incursion…

...Fr Matt Away (CEOB)..

Ss Joachim & Anne 26 Staff PD-Student Free Flying Start Session 1 National Tree Planting

.Fr Matt Away (CEOB)→

Ss Natalie & Arelius 27

17th Sun Ord Time 28

Mass Lake Boga 8.30am

St Martha 29

←29th-31st Chartsec 10B

←Fr Matt Away CEOB)…

St Peter Chrysoligus 30

Transition Day 2

MacKillop Transition .Fr Matt Away (CEOB)→

St Ignatius of Loyola 31

←Chartsec/ Y11 Ski Trip

Pies Speed Field Days

1

…….. 31st-2nd ……...

2

Ski Trip/Driver Ed 10C →

‘Peace should be your

quest and aim.’

St Benedict

‘To write well and speak well is mere vanity if one does not live well.’

St Bridget of Sweden (July 23rd)

Swan Hill Masses

Sat 6pm Sun 10.30am

St Mary MacKillop College

St Mary’s Primary, Swan Hill

St Mary’s Primary, Sea Lake

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August 2019

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

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29

30 31 ←Chartsec/ Y11 Ski Trip

St Alphonsus Liguori 1 …….. 31st-2nd ……..

St Peter Faber 2 …Ski/Driver Ed 10C →

Flying Start Session 2

St Dominic 3

18th Sun Ord Time 4 Mass Sea Lake 8.30am Confirmation&Eucharist

Dedication of the 5

Basilica of St Mary Major

JAMM Week

TRANSIGURATION 6

JAMM Week Illustrator in Residence

St Sixtus II, pope 7 & Companions

JAMM Week Illustrator in Residence

ST MARY MACKILLOP 8

† Feast Day Mass †

Liturgy

Edith Stein 9

Mass Culgoa 5pm JAMM Week

Flying Start Session 3 Jeans for Genes Day

10 Rosary in the Park

10am

19th Sun Ord Time 11

Mass Quamb. 8.30am Mass Nandaly 5pm

St Jane Frances 12 de Chantal

Ss Pontian & 13 Hippolytus

St Maximillian Kolbe 14

School Advisory 7pm

THE ASSUMPTION 15 School Production 7pm

† Feast Day Mass 9.10 Wicked 10.30am

St Stephen of Hungary 16 Flying Start 4 7pm Prod.

St Donatus 17 Mass Quamb. 6.30pm

20th Sun Ord Time 18 Mass Lalbert 8.30am Mass Sea Lake 5pm

St John Eudes 19

←Yr 6 Camp/Book Wk.. *Baptism Prep. 7pm

St Bernard 20

Athletics Carnival ….Yr 6 Camp/Book Wk...

St Pius X 21 Culinary Challenge Final

….Yr 6 Camp/Book Wk...

Mary Queen of Heaven 22

.…....Yr 6 Camp……..→

Cluster Athletics

St Rose of Lima 23

Book Week Parade

24 St Bartholomew Apostle

21st Sun Ord Time 25

Mass Lake Boga 8.30am

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St Monica 27

Staff PD-Student Free Zone Priests Meeting ←Fr Matt Away (CEOB)

St Augustine 28 Fr Matt Away (CEOB)→

Death John the Baptist 29

School Review

St Richard Martin 30

Flying St.5/Snr Athletics School Review

31 St Aiden of Lindisfarne

‘Do not accept anything as the truth if it lacks love. And do not accept anything as love which lacks truth. One without the other becomes a destructive lie.’

St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein, August 9th)

Swan Hill Masses

Sat 6pm Sun 10.30am

St Mary MacKillop College

St Mary’s Primary, Swan Hill

St Mary’s Primary, Sea Lake

Yr4 Holy Communion

Sat.&Sun

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September 2019

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

22nd Sun Ord Time 1

St Ingrid of Sweden 2

St Gregory the Great 3 St Rosalia 4 St Teresa of Calcutta 5 Ember Day 6 Disco / Flying Start 6

St Regina 7

23rd Sun Ord Time 8

Mass Sea Lake 8.30am Year 5 Mass

St Peter Claver 9 ←…..MADD Week…….

St Finian 10

…MADD (Music, Art,.. Yr 4 Liturgy

St Daniel 11

.Drama, Dance) Week

The Holy Name of Mary 12 .…….MADD Week…..…

St John Chrysostom 13

.…..MADD Week……→

14 Rosary in the Park

10am

EXULTATION HOLY CROSS 24th Sun Ord Time 15

Mass Quamb. 8.30am

Mass Nandaly 5pm

Ss Cornelius & Cyprian 16

←10C Work Experience.

Division Athletics

St Robert Bellarmine 17 Formal School Assembly

St Joseph of Cupertino 18

10C Work Experience

St Januarius 19 10C Work Experience

Ss Andrew Kim Tae-gǒn, Paul Chǒng Ha-Sang

…..10C Work Exp…..→ Last Day Term 3

Mass Culgoa 5pm

St Matthew Apostle 21 Mass Quamb. 6.30pm

School Holidays

25th Sun Ord Time 22 Mass Lalbert 8.30am Mass Sea Lake 5pm

Padre Pio 23

School Holidays

St Rupert of Salzburg 24

School Holidays

St Herman the Cripple 25

School Holidays

Ss Cosmos & Damian 26

School Holidays

St Vincent de Paul 27 School Holidays

St Wenceslaus 28

School Holidays

26th Sun Ord Time 29

School Holidays

Mass Lake Boga 8.30am

St Jerome 30

School Holidays

St Therese the Little 1 Flower

School Holidays

The Holy Guardian

2 Angels

School Holidays

‘Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.’

St Teresa of Calcutta

‘Pray, hope and don’t worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.’

St Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (September 23rd)

Swan Hill Masses

Sat 6pm Sun 10.30am

St Mary MacKillop College

St Mary’s Primary, Swan Hill

St Mary’s Primary, Sea Lake

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God our Father,

Through the intercession of the Holy Family our patron,

we pray that You bless this parish so that we may love

You more.

Help parents to be a good example to their children

and our youth to grow in strength as good Christians.

Encircle our families with Your loving care; to the sick and

the weak grant health;

to the aged bring serenity; and to those in sorrow joy.

May we grow stronger in faith and may our love for one

another become deeper in our daily life.

Amen.

Holy Family

Parish Prayer