PARISH COMMUNITY AND OUTREACH
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE
If you or someone you know is self isolating or finding it difficult at this time and in need of assistance please reach out let us know. There are people in the College and in the Parish who are available to assist with shopping, collecting items or supplies or even just chatting on the phone. We are also offering company/transport to those who are elderly or with a disability and would like assistance with early morning shopping.
Please contact Pauline Marriott at Pauline.marriott@catholic.tas.edu.au or 0457001551
VINNIES UPCOMING EVENTS
Vinnies students have been hard at work making Harmony Day posters in different languages highlighting various countries and cultures around the world. Look out for these bright orange posters around Huntingfield during Harmony Week. Purple Day for Project Compassion has been booked in for Monday 30th March and already a lot of enthusiasm has been generated by the students for this event. Although to reduce crowding we will not have the usual recess and lunchtime activities, a purple free dress day is still going ahead across the College with gold coin donations going to Project Compassion.
YOUTH GROUP
A number of students from Grades 5-11 at three different schools attended the first Parish Youth Group and Youth Forum. Lots of ideas have been generated for upcoming events. Although Youth Group is currently postponed, we look forward to coming together in the future to pursue faith, leisure and outreach activities.
PARISH SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM
An Information and Enrolment Session was held on Tuesday, 3rd March. We have 17 young people from Grades 2-9 in 7 different schools interested in completing their Reconciliation and the Sacraments of Initiation. These students met again on Saturday 14th March for their first preparation session on the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
If any students from either campus or their families are interested in making their Sacraments please contact Pauline.marriott@catholic.tas.edu.au
COMMENCEMENT MASS
On Thursday 12th March the College Commencement Mass for 2020 was held in the Huntingfield Gymnasium and attended by students and staff of Grades 3 - 10. Fr Chris commented on the respectful nature of the students, in particular their quiet reverence in the gym as a sacred space, prior to the Mass. Particular thanks to musicians Di van Tienan, Simon MacFarlane, Hannah Donovan, Madeline Brough and Francis Yuan (volunteer) as well as Ms Leitch who led our choir of Grade 5-7 students. Following recent health guidelines the sign of peace was omitted.
VISIT FROM MARY AIKENHEAD MINISTRIES
On Friday, 6th March a group of 18 Pilgrims (mainly health and education employees) from Mary Aikenhead Ministries led by Sr Maria Wheeler visited the St Aloysius school convent. This was part of their Tasmanian Pilgrimage relating to the history of the first Sisters of Charity in Australia and their early work in Tasmania. They were delighted to see the way in which the Spirit of Mary Aikenhead and the Sisters of Charity is celebrated and kept alive at the college with the convent set up for Godly Play and the ‘Explorers’ Birth to 4 Program. They enjoyed seeing photographs on the wall of the Sisters at St Aloysius and hearing anecdotes from Sr Maria about the school’s friendly pet goat and the parking skills of the Archbishop at the time, as well as meeting our Explorers staff and Grade 10 students who assist with the program as part of their VET training. Mary Aikenhead Ministries are due to return later in the year with another group.
BLAST FROM THE PAST
Maree Crane was visiting Explorers with her grandson, Max, when she noticed some old photos on the wall and realised she was staring at herself in her First Communion photo from the 1960s! She was so pleased and amazed to see a photo of herself as she has no copies of any photos from her time at St Aloysius.
She believes the other in the picture are (starting from the back L-R):
Chris Fazackerly, Danny Baker, ?? (boy), ?? (possibly Marguerite Coad)
Ian or Andrew Fyfe, ?? (boy), ?? (possibly Claire Priest)
Peter Plunkett, Leonie Sexton
Peter Atkins, Maree Sculthorpe (Crane)
?? (boy), Loretta Strong
?? (possibly Peter Slattery), Felicity Togood
The Sister might be Sister Frances
Do you recognise anyone in this photograph perhaps you have pictures from your time at St Aloysius? If so please contact Pauline.marriott@catholic.tas.edu.au
